In 2025, CIOs Expect to Increase Investments
in Cybersecurity, AI/GenAI, Business Intelligence and Data
Analytics, and Integration Technologies/APIs
On average, only 48% of digital initiatives enterprise-wide meet
or exceed their business outcome targets according to Gartner,
Inc.’s annual global survey of more than 3,100 CIOs and technology
executives, and more than 1,100 executive leaders outside of IT
(CxOs). A small cohort of CIOs and CxOs, known as the “Digital
Vanguard,” has the highest achievement rate, where 71% of their
digital initiatives meet or exceed outcome targets.
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Figure 1: Changes in Technology Funding,
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“This digital vanguard distinguishes themselves from the rest of
CIOs and CxOs because they co-own digital delivery,” said Raf
Gelders, VP, Research at Gartner. “CIOs and CxOs are equally
responsible, accountable and involved in delivering the digital
solutions their enterprises need. This is a radical departure from
the traditional paradigm of IT delivery and business ‘project
sponsorship’ that predominates in most enterprises.”
Gartner analysts presented the survey findings during Gartner IT
Symposium/Xpo, taking place here through Thursday. The 2025 Gartner
CIO and Technology Executive Survey gathered data from 3,186 CIOs
and technology executives in 88 countries and all major industries,
representing approximately $17.6 trillion in revenue/public-sector
budgets and $351 billion in IT spending. This survey was
supplemented with insights from 1,126 executive leaders outside of
IT (CXOs).
Digital vanguard CxOs distinguish themselves from other CxOs
because they dedicate more of their personal time and resources to
digital delivery. They co-own digital delivery end to end with
their CIOs, as well as dedicate 35% of their business area staff to
do technology work (vs 21% of the rest of CxOs). They also work
very closely with IT, meeting with their CIOs four times more often
than the rest of CxOs.
“Behind every digital vanguard CxO, a digital vanguard CIO is
guiding and enabling CxOs and their teams to co-lead and co-build
digital delivery with IT,” said Jaime Capella, Distinguished VP,
Research at Gartner. “Digital vanguard CIOs nurture their peers to
become digital vanguard CxOs. Those CIOs make it easier for their
CxOs to lead digital with them and for business area staff to build
digital solutions together with IT.
“CIOs' success now depends on their CxOs’ success,” continued
Capella. “To succeed at the next phase of digital initiatives, CIOs
need their CxOs to work together and co-lead with them. So their
fortunes are intertwined: one cannot succeed without the
other.”
CIOs Seek Compelling, Easy-to-Use Platforms for All
Technologists
Over 80% of CIOs polled in the 2025 CIO and Technology Executive
Survey said they expect to increase their investments in 2025 in
strong foundational capabilities and technologies such as
cybersecurity, AI/GenAI, business intelligence and data analytics,
or integration technologies/APIs (see Figure 1).
“Digital vanguard CIOs do not invest in these technologies to be
used by their IT staff only. They also make them easy to use for
potential or actual technologists outside of IT,” said Gelders. “On
average, there is 26% of business/corporate area staff outside of
IT dedicated to building, implementing or managing technology. Many
of these technologies naturally lend themselves to easing the
burden of work enterprise-wide, accelerating time-to-market and
time-to-value, and fostering the accountability of CxOs.”
At the other end of the spectrum, 43% of CIOs said they expect
to decrease their investment in legacy infrastructure and data
center technologies. This is a trend that has become more common in
recent years, mainly due to migrating to cloud-based solutions.
That compares with 33% who said they expect to increase it, which
can be attributed, in part, to those organizations that acquired
on-premise infrastructure to experiment and produce GenAI
solutions.
CIOs Look to Develop Tech and Digital Leadership Skills for
All Technologists Across the Enterprise
Only 16% of CIOs surveyed prioritize building a technology
workforce enterprise-wide (beyond their own IT departments) in
2025. That will limit the enterprise’s ability to get the most from
their digital investments. It condemns them to perpetuate the low
number (48%) of digital initiatives that meet or exceed their
business outcome targets.
Furthermore, just 18% of CIOs said they will prioritize sharing
technology leadership with other business areas, a paramount
must-have to grow the digital vanguard (see Figure 2).
“Digital vanguard CIOs plan the needs of digital skills not just
for IT staff but also for all potential and actual technologists
across the enterprise,” said Gelders.
Two-thirds of digital vanguard CIOs (vs 22% of the rest of CIOs)
go beyond that and help business areas forecast their own needs of
digital skills among business staff.
More information can be found in “2025 CIO and Technology
Executive Agenda: Grow The Digital Vanguard.”
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