{"id":439,"date":"2021-10-25T09:41:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T09:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/axismobi.com\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2024-07-30T04:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T04:23:58","slug":"could-chip-shortage-derail-your-it-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axismobi.com\/blog\/could-chip-shortage-derail-your-it-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Can IT transformation be derailed due to shortage of Chips."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axismobi.com\/blog\/could-chip-shortage-derail-your-it-transformation\/#REASONS_FOR_THE_SHORTAGE_Chip_Shortage\" >REASONS FOR THE SHORTAGE:Chip Shortage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axismobi.com\/blog\/could-chip-shortage-derail-your-it-transformation\/#AFFECTS_OF_THE_SHORTAGE_Chip_Shortage\" >AFFECTS OF THE SHORTAGE:Chip Shortage<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>The short term impact because of chip shortage can be seen by those who tried buying through plugs or batteries. But have you imagined what will be the long-term impact on IT executives?<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">With the global chip shortage disrupting the tech industry, one should soon learn how the mitigate the risk for a safer IT Transformation.<\/label><\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>In the storm of demand and supply issue, the lightning of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/coronavirus\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Covid-19<\/a> pandemic led the product forecast backwards, reducing and redirecting production of the chipmakers. In recent years the booming demand for the chips caught the makers off-guard and buyers and makers scrambling.<\/p>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"REASONS_FOR_THE_SHORTAGE_Chip_Shortage\"><\/span><br \/>REASONS FOR THE SHORTAGE:<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">Chip Shortage<\/label><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 700px;\" title=\"shortage of chips\" src=\"http:\/\/axismobi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-01-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons for the shortage of chips\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\u2022 Explaining further, the shortage is the essential demand-supply chain, only with a unique touch. With the pandemic on board, many industries held back the chip orders. But the rise in remote work and learning led to skyrocketing demand for chips. When chipmakers saw the consumer&#8217;s need, they were shocked as they never expected such high demand.<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\u2022 One more reason behind the chip supply shortage was the Trade War with China. As many chipmakers were American Companies and were against buying hardware products from China, the latter stockpiled the chips leading to the imbalance.<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">With the global chip shortage disrupting the tech industry, one should soon learn how the mitigate the risk for a safer IT Transformation.<\/label><\/p>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AFFECTS_OF_THE_SHORTAGE_Chip_Shortage\"><\/span><br \/>AFFECTS OF THE SHORTAGE:<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">Chip Shortage<\/label><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 700px;\" title=\"AFFECTS OF THE SHORTAGE OF CHIPS\" src=\"http:\/\/axismobi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-02-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"AFFECTS OF THE SHORTAGE OF CHIPS\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>The list of products affected by this shortage is broad. There were pictures over the internet showing rows after rows of shiny pickup trucks waiting to be loaded.<\/p>\n\n<p>The automakers are also hit hard, adding to the limited stocks of intelligent appliances, games, and toys for at least a couple of years.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>If you are a Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer, should you consider making a new IT initiative roadmap?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>Many technology leaders thought that the chip supply shortage would be resolved eventually after a few months. But as they started buying the <a href=\"http:\/\/axismobi.com\/blog\/tag\/digital-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to ramp up digital efforts in the pandemic, the actual picture became more apparent.<\/p>\n\n<p>There were CIOs who got stuck as they couldn&#8217;t source the specific PC configuration. Either they had to buy different formats or shift to a new vendor, causing complications in the IT strategies.<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">With the global chip shortage disrupting the tech industry, one should soon learn how the mitigate the risk for a safer IT Transformation.<\/label><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>But what&#8217;s the antidote to these shortages and complications?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 700px;\" title=\"Chips shortage and complications\" src=\"http:\/\/axismobi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-03-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Chips shortage and complications\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 The first, to keep a practical approach for computing capacity challenges. Shifting the capacities to the cloud is a primary option for many organizations. It is basically like kicking a can down the road and letting the cloud provider worry about the semiconductor<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">chip<\/label> shortage.<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\u2022 Second, to buy refurbished equipment- or put off the schedule hardware refresh as long as possible.<\/p>\n\n<p>To address the more prolonged impact, it is necessary to increase the supplanting capacity of Asian production along with the US and Europe. Till then, we are stuck with limited chips and factories making it.<label style=\"font-size: 1px; color: #fff;\">With the global chip shortage disrupting the tech industry, one should soon learn how the mitigate the risk for a safer IT Transformation.<\/label><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short term impact because of chip shortage can be seen by those who tried buying through plugs or batteries. 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