10 Trends to Watch in 2025

[precious]

CompTIA's IT Industry Outlook 2025 presents educators and IT professionals with both exciting prospects and difficulties. Highlights are as follows:

1. AI Costs vs. Potential: While AI increases productivity, it also presents issues with cost, cybersecurity, and privacy. Give students the tools they need to control AI risks and ROI.

2. Workforce Upskilling: 66% of businesses want to provide cybersecurity, software, and data analytics training to their staff. compared to 59% in 2024. To close the skills gap, practical training is essential.

3. Growing Cyberthreats: Stronger frameworks and stricter MSP controls are essential. Utilize realistic simulations in the Security+ and Pentest+ labs.

4. Flexibility in IT: Greater work-life balance and prospects for career advancement are brought about by the high demand for IT talents.

5. Collaborations Are Important: 90% of businesses collaborate to handle complexity. Emphasize teamwork and how it fosters creativity.

Read More: CompTIA IT Industry Outlook 2025

What trends resonate with you, and how are you preparing students for the future of IT?

 

[Trevor Chandler]

CompTIA's IT Industry Outlook 2025 presents educators and IT professionals with both exciting prospects and difficulties. Highlights are as follows:

1. AI Costs vs. Potential: While AI increases productivity, it also presents issues with cost, cybersecurity, and privacy. Give students the tools they need to control AI risks and ROI.

2. Workforce Upskilling: 66% of businesses want to provide cybersecurity, software, and data analytics training to their staff. compared to 59% in 2024. To close the skills gap, practical training is essential.

3. Growing Cyberthreats: Stronger frameworks and stricter MSP controls are essential. Utilize realistic simulations in the Security+ and Pentest+ labs.

4. Flexibility in IT: Greater work-life balance and prospects for career advancement are brought about by the high demand for IT talents.

5. Collaborations Are Important: 90% of businesses collaborate to handle complexity. Emphasize teamwork and how it fosters creativity.

Read More: CompTIA IT Industry Outlook 2025

What trends resonate with you, and how are you preparing students for the future of IT?

I have no empirical evidence to repudiate Item 5, but I'm going to have to respectfully, and humbly, challenge that 90% value! As a spectator on the sidelines, I just don't see businesses, even within the same vertical, collaborating at such a high percentage! Now, if this value represents a goal, then I'm shaking my poms-poms. Outside of that being the case, I'm wearing a 10-gallon Doubting Hat!!!

 

[precious]

I have no empirical evidence to repudiate Item 5, but I'm going to have to respectfully, and humbly, challenge that 90% value! As a spectator on the sidelines, I just don't see businesses, even within the same vertical, collaborating at such a high percentage! Now, if this value represents a goal, then I'm shaking my poms-poms. Outside of that being the case, I'm wearing a 10-gallon Doubting Hat!!!

Thank you for your thoughtful response! It's always good to question numbers like this, so I applaud your skepticism. As cooperation is becoming into a more important survival tactic, the 90% probably represents answers from channel companies that are already negotiating the intricacies of technology. To enhance service offerings, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are increasingly collaborating with cybersecurity companies.

Having said that, I agree that cooperation may not yet be common in all verticals, particularly among rivals. However, as technology becomes increasingly specialized and linked, collaborations may soon become more of a need than an objective.

 

[Trevor Chandler]

Thank you for your thoughtful response! It's always good to question numbers like this, so I applaud your skepticism. As cooperation is becoming into a more important survival tactic, the 90% probably represents answers from channel companies that are already negotiating the intricacies of technology. To enhance service offerings, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are increasingly collaborating with cybersecurity companies.

Having said that, I agree that cooperation may not yet be common in all verticals, particularly among rivals. However, as technology becomes increasingly specialized and linked, collaborations may soon become more of a need than an objective.

You applaud my skepticism? Whew! What a relief. I'm really just glad you didn't want to take my head off. You do know that some people will want to do that when they disagree with you

 

[precious]

You applaud my skepticism? Whew! What a relief. I'm really just glad you didn't want to take my head off. You do know that some people will want to do that when they disagree with you

Of course, I'm all for skepticism—it's the way to keep everyone guessing! And no heads will be removed here, so don't worry. Disagreements aren't duels; they're just chances for insightful discussion!

 

[Trevor Chandler]

Of course, I'm all for skepticism—it's the way to keep everyone guessing! And no heads will be removed here, so don't worry. Disagreements aren't duels; they're just chances for insightful discussion!

Sounds like you've mastered the demeanor of agreeing to disagree. Love it! That's a sign of someone who is aware that they're not always right! That's a sign of someone who KNOWS that they don't know everything! That's a sign of someone who is humble! That's a sign of someone who is Well-known member of the CIN community!!!!!

 

[Gregory Childers]

#1 Trend: Use of buzzwords increasing exponentially.