CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2025

The report underscores a growing commitment to AI-driven innovation, with 67% of business leaders predicting that gen AI will transform their organizations by 2025. Leaders are putting real dollars behind agents, but with mounting pressure to demonstrate ROI, getting the value story right is critical.

ROI 81

ROI Enterprise Broadcasting Metrics 81

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2025

I dont think anyone has any excuses going into 2025 not knowing broadly what these tools can do for them, Mason adds. So the organization as a whole has to have a clear way of measuring ROI, creating KPIs and OKRs or whatever framework theyre using. What ROI will AI deliver?

Strategy 141

Strategy ROI Experimentation Risk 141

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Business risk (liabilities): “Our legacy systems increase our cybersecurity exposure by 40%.” Our research shows 52% of organizations are increasing AI investments through 2025 even though, along with enterprise applications, AI is the primary contributor to tech debt. Focus on delivering immediate change in a self-funding way.

ROI 136

ROI Cost-Benefit Metrics Strategy 136

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

But alongside its promise of significant rewards also comes significant costs and often unclear ROI. Ineffective cost management: Over 22% of IT executives highlight challenges in managing costs and developing clear ROI methodologies. See also: Gen AI in 2025: Playtime is over, time to get practical. million in 2025 to $7.45

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit ROI Measurement Strategy 98

datapine

MAY 31, 2022

This increases the risks that can arise during the implementation or management process. trillion by 2025 , these concerns are urgent and certainly not far-fetched fallacies. The risks of cloud computing have become a reality for every organization, be it small or large. In both cases, the return on investment (ROI) is healthy.

Risk 237

Risk Cost-Benefit Business Intelligence Data-driven 237

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 10, 2025

More than 90% of IT leaders, in fact, expected their 2025 budgets to increase when surveyed in 2024. AI pressures The rapid adoption of AI over the past two years has demonstrated a need for IT spending to be better connected to business results, Guarini says, as CIOs are under pressure to deliver ROI from AI projects.

ROI 96

ROI Optimization Risk Management Forecasting 96

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2024

More than nine in 10 IT decision-makers project their budgets will increase in 2025, according to the Forrester 2025 Budget Planning Guide for Technology Executives. That spectrum of budget adjustments is being met by a range of strategies by IT leaders seeking to make the most of their 2025 IT spend.

Strategy 134

Strategy IT Uncertainty Software 134

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Agentic AI, the more focused alternative to general-purpose generative AI, is gaining momentum in the enterprise, with Forrester having named it a top emerging technology for 2025 in June. This can be great for technically-savvy customers but has the risk of not being sufficiently abstracted from AI costs to hold value over time, he says.

Cost-Benefit 128

Cost-Benefit Modeling ROI Marketing 128

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

And we’re at risk of being burned out.” If there are tools that are vetted, safe, and don’t pose security risks, and I can play around with them at my discretion, and if it helps me do my job better — great,” Woolley says. But there’s only so many projects we can meaningfully contribute to, and conversations we can be part of.”

IT 141

IT Consulting ROI Cost-Benefit 141

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

According to the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Industry Ecosystems 2023 Predictions (October 2022), by 2025 60% of global 2000 organizations will have formed cross-ecosystem environmental sustainability teams responsible for sharing data, applications, operations, and expertise in ways that facilitate sustainable ecosystem practices.

Uncertainty 98

Uncertainty Measurement ROI Reporting 98

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

By 2025, IDC expects Global 2000 companies to devote more than 40% of their core IT budgets to AI-related activities , with worldwide AI spending predicted to exceed $500 billion by 2027. ROI quickly becomes DOA. In this new year, the speed and scale of AI implementation will make the progress made in 2023 look stagnant.

ROI 52

ROI Business Objectives Technology Optimization 52

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

In addition, many companies are still looking for the ROI in their AI projects , and SMBs hoping to reduce costs and cut headcount may instead need to hire prompt engineers to get value out of their investments, he adds. It is too risky, and its ROI is unproven.” SMBs need to get over those concerns or risk being left behind, he says.

Risk 131

Risk Cost-Benefit Insurance ROI 131

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2024

Gartner also recently predicted that 30% of current gen AI projects will be abandoned after proof-of-concept by 2025. Many of those gen AI projects will fail because of poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, unclear business value , or escalating costs , Gartner predicts.

ROI 143

ROI Cost-Benefit Experimentation Deep Learning 143

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Research from IDC predicts that we will move from the experimentation phase, the GenAI scramble that we saw in 2023 and 2024, and mature into the adoption phase in 2025/26 before moving into AI-fuelled businesses in 2027 and beyond. These ROI expectations exist despite many surveyed organisations not having a clear AI strategy.

ROI 59

ROI Experimentation Insurance Strategy 59

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

According to Informaticas CDO Insights 2025 , 87% of data leaders expect increased investment in generative AI and data governance, yet only a fraction are leveraging these advancements for ESG efforts. Without robust data infrastructure, sustainability reporting can become fragmented, leading to inefficiencies and compliance risks.

IT 59

IT Data Governance Data-driven Metrics 59

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

Organizations today risk falling into a similar scenario known as Shadow AI , where teams turn to public clouds or API service providers in their rush to build or adopt AI solutions. Gartner predicts 75% of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside a traditional centralized data center or cloud by 2025 [3].

Strategy 138

Strategy ROI Data-driven Data Processing 138

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 8, 2024

From the first quarter of 2025, SAP said, developers will be able to create their own autonomous AI agents to further extend Joule. At what scale do they provide a positive ROI?” AI will enter the mix in the first half of 2025, offering developers suggestions to help them optimize their integration scripts.

Business Objectives 130

Business Objectives ROI Finance Sales 130

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But unknown to many is Indias meteoric rise to become a global leader in AI adoption and it is one to watch: what happens in the Indian market in 2025 will set the scene for the rest to follow. The first is responsible AI development. The first is responsible AI development. Data privacy and security follow closely behind.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data-driven Risk Digital Transformation 52

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The cost of compliance These challenges are already leading to higher costs and greater operational risk for enterprises. Clearly, compliance poses a significant operational risk that can only be overcome by robust systems and processes. zettabytes in 2020 to 181 zettabytes in 2025. million, a ROI of 196%.

Data-driven 106

Data-driven Management Cost-Benefit Risk 106

Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 13, 2021

billion on big data by 2025. Marketers are using AI to refine their outreach strategies, assess the likelihood that their messages will be flagged as spam or phishing with risk scoring algorithms and ensure compliance with local regulations. You will have an easier time improving your ROI if you use it to your advantage.

Data-driven 145

Data-driven Marketing Strategy Big Data 145

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Nonostante il ROI di qualsiasi progetto di AI rimanga ancora incerto [in inglese] , una cosa sta diventando chiara: i CIO spenderanno molto di più per questa tecnologia nei prossimi anni.

ROI 52

ROI Risk Strategy IT 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2022

The shift to SASE is well underway, with Gartner predicting that by 2025, at least 60% of enterprises will have explicit strategies and timelines for SASE adoption Security built for the future. ? Unlike legacy security tools that only protect against specific risks, SASE takes a more strategic approach.

ROI 98

ROI Strategy Data-driven Risk 98

Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 21, 2019

trillion by 2025. A growing number of advertising platforms such as Facebook are using AI and other big data technology to get more value for their marketers, which means that your ROI will be higher as a marketer of digital products. Reduce risk by choosing a platform that offers up-to-date security measures. Key Takeaways.

Big Data 94

Big Data Sales Marketing Predictive Analytics 94

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 14, 2024

It’s aggressively deploying those to Azure data centers, which won’t require any changes by customers, and expects these investments to come closer to meeting demand by mid 2025. It’s also creating tools to help customers pick from a wide range of models, Wong adds.

Enterprise 136

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Experimentation Modeling 136

Andrew White

JANUARY 11, 2021

Some data is more a risk than valuable. Risk Management (most likely within context of governance). See Roadmap for Data Literacy and Data-Driven Business Transformation: A Gartner Trend Insight Report and also The Future of Data and Analytics: Reengineering the Decision, 2025. Would really like to explore this one in debate.

Data Analytics 52

Data Analytics Analytics Data-driven Finance 52

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 9, 2025

The foundational tenet remains the same: Untrusted data is unusable data and the risks associated with making business-critical decisions are profound whether your organization plans to make them with AI or enterprise analytics. Absent governance and trust, the risks are higher as organizations adopt increasingly sophisticated analytics.

Enterprise 102

Enterprise Analytics Experimentation Statistics 102

Jet Global

JANUARY 14, 2025

Welcome to 2025! 2025 is forecast to be as impactful as any of the last few years, with continuing advancements in financial and business reporting technology promising to help organizations enhance their operational efficiency and effectiveness. Weve survived a lot in the last 25 years.

Finance 52

Finance Reporting Cost-Benefit Software 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 22, 2025

They should learn to talk about projects in terms of three business parameters: reducing risk, reducing cost, and increasing revenue. In 2025, IT leaders should invest in AI, but also focus on the cases where they can demonstrate measurable value, and then improve on those cases incrementally. Where are we heading?

Technology 128

Technology Data Governance Risk Data Lake 128

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Early returns on 2025 hiring for IT leaders suggest a robust market. Were seeing record growth in our search firm almost immediately in 2025, says Kelly Doyle, managing director at Heller Search Associates, an executive recruiting firm in Westborough, Mass., CIOs need to be the business and technology translator.

Uncertainty 126

Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Data-driven Marketing 126

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2025

As per Foundrys State of the CIO Study 2025, almost 79% of CIOs respondents say they have additional responsibility of driving AI / Gen AI projects at their organisation. Focus on high-impact AI use cases aligned with business goals, ensuring measurable ROI. Myth: AI Delivers Immediate ROI. Myth: AI Is Only for Tech Companies.

ROI 66

ROI Cost-Benefit Risk Enterprise 66

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The Impact of Technology in 2025 and Beyond survey from professional organization IEEE found that 58% of enterprise tech leaders believe AI will be the most important area of technology in 2025, far ahead of any other tech. The business may be saying that theyre not getting the ROI they expected, or theyll say IT is too slow, she says.

Risk 126

Risk Testing Software Finance 126

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 11, 2025

Business consulting firm Deloitte predicts that in 2025, 25% of companies that use generative AI will launch agentic AI pilots or proofs of concept, growing to 50% in 2027.The Business alignment, value, and risk How can an enterprise know whether a business process is ripe for agentic AI? Feaver says.

Consulting 127

Consulting Cost-Benefit Interactive ROI 127

Timo Elliott

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

While EA leaders have long been positioned as key enablers of digital transformation, the rapidly shifting business landscape of 2025 presents new pressures. According to Gartners 2025 Leadership Vision for Enterprise Architecture , several key missteps are preventing EA from delivering the business impact it should.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise IT Digital Transformation Cost-Benefit 52

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Supplier risks: Evaluating supplier performance and mitigating risks consume substantial resources. AI simplifies this process, identifying risks and ensuring compliance. See also: How to prioritize AI initiatives: A strategic framework for maximizing ROI.) See also: Where CIOs should place their 2025 AI bets.)

Data-driven 64

Data-driven Risk Digital Transformation ROI 64

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

A question of ROI GM’s move is hardly isolated, and it might reveal apprehension about enterprise software investments and their perceived lack of concrete return on investment (ROI). This is especially the case with various Generative AI efforts.

Digital Transformation 100

Digital Transformation Software Strategy Manufacturing 100

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Marsh McLennan CIO Paul Beswick says enterprise CIOs and perhaps more importantly, CEOs should not get distracted or alarmed by vendors competing announcements about milestones and instead focus on getting first-generation AI projects deployed , evaluate the results and ROI , and carefully plan next steps.

Cost-Benefit 124

Cost-Benefit Enterprise Technology ROI 124