10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025 [Video]

A new year brings new opportunities and fresh challenges. To better position your business to thrive in 2025, here’s what CIOs should prioritize over the next 12 months.

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As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago. AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges.

To keep ahead of the curve, CIOs should continuously evaluate their business and technology strategies, adjusting them as necessary to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and economic practices. Most of all, the following 10 priorities should be at the top of your 2025 to-do list.

1. Shift AI experimentation to real-world value

Generative AI dominated the headlines in 2024, as organizations launched widespread experiments with the technology to assess its ability to enhance efficiency and deliver …