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CIO Agenda: Benchmark Top Priorities and Technology Plans Across Industries
Technology leaders are tasked with identifying their peers’ priorities, technology spending plans, and digital investment objectives for 2025. Each item in this research collection contains a downloadable presentation with comprehensive, industry-specific data that reflects:
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​Technology investment trends
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IT budget changes
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Vendor selection criteria
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Technology deployment plans
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Critical outcomes of digital investments — and their performance against expectations
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CIO focus areas, reporting lines and role perception​​
Key cross-industry findings indicate that improving operating margins and ensuring compliance/minimising risks are the two most critical outcomes of digital technology investments across most industriesÂ
OUR Services
Strategy & Plannning Services
Strategy & Planning Services help organizations define a clear technology direction aligned with business goals and translate it into an actionable roadmap. This includes shaping IT strategy, developing future-state operating models, prioritizing investments, and ensuring technology initiatives deliver measurable business value. It positions the CIO as a strategic partner to the business, moving beyond operations to drive growth, innovation, and resilience.
Transformation Services
Transformation Services in the context of CIO Advisory focus on guiding organizations through major technology-enabled change programs. This includes modernizing legacy systems, driving cloud and digital adoption, implementing enterprise platforms like ERP, and embedding emerging technologies such as AI and automation. Transformation Services ensure that people, processes, and technology evolve together, enabling CIOs to deliver measurable business outcomes, improve agility, and position IT as a driver of innovation and growth.
Assessment Due Dligence Services
​Assessment & Due Diligence Services in a CIO Advisory context involve evaluating an organization’s current IT landscape, capabilities, and risks to support informed decision-making. This includes assessing technology infrastructure, applications, security posture, vendor contracts, and operating models, as well as identifying gaps, redundancies, and opportunities. The aim is to provide CIOs and business leaders with a clear, objective view of IT readiness, costs, risks, and alignment with business strategy—whether for transformation, mergers and acquisitions, or major technology investments.
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Digital transformation is no longer a technology initiative — it’s a boardroom agenda. In 2025, CEOs face pressure to deliver growth, resilience, and innovation, all while navigating disruption. Transformation success depends not on tools alone, but on leadership clarity and execution discipline.
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70% of digital transformations still fail — leadership alignment is the single biggest predictor of success.
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CEOs must treat digital as a growth strategy, not an IT upgrade.
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Clear accountability and board-level governance accelerate execution.
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As enterprises modernise, SAP S/4HANA remains the backbone of digital transformation. But CIOs often struggle with the decision: greenfield, brownfield, or selective migration? The future is clear — standardisation, speed, and minimal customisation.
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Customisation is the enemy of agility — stick to the standard wherever possible.
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Business case should be measured not in IT savings, but in operational performance.
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CIOs must align SAP roadmaps with cloud and AI strategies to stay relevant.
Cloud as a Growth Engine, Not Just an IT Strategy
Enterprises that treat cloud as infrastructure risk missing its real value: growth. Cloud platforms are no longer about cost reduction — they’re about agility, scalability, and faster innovation. CFOs and CIOs must work together to ensure cloud adoption delivers enterprise-wide returns.
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Cloud-first is becoming cloud-smart — focus on business outcomes, not lift-and-shift.
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Multi-cloud and hybrid models are essential for resilience.
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Cost governance must be embedded from day one to avoid “cloud shock” bills.
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Practical AI: 5 Use Cases Delivering ROI Today
AI hype is everywhere, but business leaders want results. The good news: there are proven use cases where AI delivers measurable ROI. From predictive forecasting to intelligent automation, enterprises are embedding AI into core operations — with impact.
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Predictive analytics can cut inventory costs by 20–40%.
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AI-enabled automation reduces manual effort in finance and logistics by up to 50%.
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Embedding AI in SAP and ERP systems accelerates decision-making.
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The best results come when AI is tied to specific business outcomes, not standalone pilots.
The Role of the PMO in Strategic Transformation
Most executives underestimate the importance of program governance. A well-run PMO is not a reporting factory — it is the backbone of transformation success. Without strong governance, digital programs drift, budgets balloon, and adoption stalls.
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The PMO must evolve from tactical reporting to strategic enablement.
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Business readiness and change adoption are as important as IT delivery.
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Hypercare planning is critical for sustaining momentum post go-live.
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Successful PMOs connect strategy with execution, ensuring C-suite visibility at every step.