Vision 2025: CIO Innovation Agenda 2025: AI, Data and Business Transformation

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CIOs are at the forefront of innovation, driving digital transformation and business resilience. This survey seeks your insights on emerging trends, challenges, and best practices shaping enterprise IT. Your participation will contribute to an industry benchmark, helping CIOs navigate the evolving tech landscape. Join your peers in defining the next era of IT leadership – because your perspective is key to shaping the digital future. Take the survey and make an impact.

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Which of the following best describes your role as it relates to your organization's IT Infrastructure strategy and planning?

Primary decision maker for all enterprise infrastructure investments and spending decisions Key influencer of enterprise infrastructure investment and spending decisions Part of a large team that makes decisions related enterprise infrastructure investments and spending I am neither involved in influencing nor making spending decisions pertaining to enterprise infrastructure

This question is mandatory and you must provide an answer.

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Which of the aforementioned business priorities witnessed the biggest impact in 2024 as a result of the investment your organization made in transforming and modernizing its IT in 2024?
SELECT TOP 3

Driving Digital Innovation & Transformation

Accelerating Revenue and Profit Growth

Optimizing Operational Costs

Delivering Hyper-personalized Customer Experiences

Improving Employee Productivity

Better Data-driven Decision Making

Increase Business and IT Collaboration

Mitigating Cyber Attacks & Data Breach Risks

Improving Sustainability

Regulatory Compliance Enhancement

Reduce Business Risk

Leverage AI / Gen AI for Product & Services Innovation

Increasing Business Agility and Resilience

Please select at least 3 options for your response

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Which of the below mentioned statement best describes your organization's Digital Transformation (DX) journey?

DX initiatives are tactical and disconnected from enterprise strategy

DX initiatives are initiated at the function or line of business (LoB) level, with some connection to enterprise strategy

DX initiatives are tied to enterprise strategy but with short-term focus

DX approach goes beyond the current financial year with longer-term commitment and change management. Integrated, continuous enterprise wide DX innovation is in place with operations and customer/service experiences.

There is a longer-term investment plan in place and the enterprise strategy is to use DX to transform markets and customers by creating new business models and product/service experiences

This question is mandatory and you must provide an answer.

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What proportion of your organization's revenues will be generated in 2025 and 2027 using digitally enabled products, services and customer experiences?
Numeric open end: 0 to 100

2025 (Response in %)

2027 (Response in %)

Please enter a percentage between 0 to 100

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What are the top 3 digital technologies you will be looking to invest in the next 12 to 18 months to help accelerate your organization's digital innovation and its transformation into a successful digital enterprise?
SELECT TOP 3

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning

Internet of Things (IoT)

5G Technology

Cybersecurity Resilience Advancements

Edge Computing & Edge AI

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)

Quantum Computing

Biotechnology & Bioinformatics

Green IT & ESG

Industry X.0 / Robotics & Automation

Digital Twins

Metaverse Development

Platform Engineering

Cloud computing & Infrastructure Modernization

Please select at least 3 options for your response

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Which are the Top 3 Organization and Business Challenges impacting your ability to innovate and digitally transform?
SELECT TOP 3

Business Strategies and IT Investments not Aligned Lack of Collaboration between LoBs and IT Change Management Inertia Lack of Data-driven Business Decision Making Culture Regulatory and Compliance Requirements IT is seen as a Cost Center Technology Vendor / Partner Transformation Capabilities Human IT Capital Skills Gap Lack of IT Budget for Innovation and New Initiatives

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What percentage of your organization's total deployed applications currently run across the following options

	Today
Edge
Public Cloud - IaaS
Public Cloud - PaaS
Public Cloud - SaaS
Hosted Private Cloud
On-Premise Private Cloud
Traditional Infrastructure (On and Off-Premise)

Please ensure that sum of % is 100

Both the columns are mandatory for selected rows

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What are the Top 3 reasons your organization chose to deploy application in the Public Cloud?
SELECT TOP 3

Application(s) offered as SAS

Faster time to Market / Agility

Modern Tools for Application Development

Application requires Bursting Capability

Business decision to move to OPEX model

Scalability and Flexibility

Human Capital Costs and Availability

Reduce Infrastructure Complexity

Application Modernization

Cost of captive DC Facilities, Power & Cooling

Others

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Have you repatriated or planning to repatriate any of the workloads running in Public Cloud to run in Private Cloud or Traditional On-Premise Infrastructure?

Yes

Repatriated
Planning to Repatriate

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Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) currently implemented in your organization for any operational, strategic, or innovative purposes?

Yes

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Which AI approaches and strategies are most prevalent in your organization?
Select all that apply

In-house AI Development
Use of Cloud-Based AI Services (e.g., Google AI, Microsoft Azure AI)
Open-source AI Solutions

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What challenges have you encountered in implementing AI solutions?
SELECT TOP 3

Data Quality and Availability
Integration with Legacy Systems
Lack of Skilled Talent
Security and Privacy Concerns
High Initial Costs
Ethical and Compliance Concerns

Others

Please select at least 3 options for your response

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What has been the overall impact of AI implementation in your organization so far?
Select the most appropriate option

Positive, transformative impact on operations and strategy

Moderate impact with some improvements

Minimal impact, currently in exploratory phases

Not yet measurable; still in pilot phases

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How does your organization measure the impact of AI initiatives?
Select all that apply

Increased Operational Efficiency
Cost Reduction
Enhanced Customer Satisfaction and Retention
Improved Decision-Making
Competitive Advantage
Revenue Growth from New AI-driven Products or Services

Others

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Has your organization ever withdrawn or discontinued an AI project?

Yes

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Please specify the primary reason(s) for withdrawal
Select all that apply

Insufficient Data Quality or Volume
Lack of ROI or Business Impact
Integration Challenges with Existing Systems
Ethical or Compliance Concerns
Budget Constraints
Limited In-house Expertise

Others

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What is the overall organization's IT Budget for FY2025-2026? (Includes IT Opex, IT Capex, Business Budget and Salaries for IT Division)

< USD 1 Million

USD 1-10 million

USD 10-25 million

USD 25-50 million

USD 50-75 million

USD 75-100 million USD > 100 million

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What percentage increase in the IT budget is anticipated for the upcoming fiscal year? Please state the %

Please enter a percentage between 0 to 100

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What is the current share of the following technologies in your organizations' IT budget? And how is it expected to change in next 2 years? Check all that apply.

Share in IT Budget - 2025

Share in existing IT Budget

In next 2 years, it is expected to ...

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Process Automation

Cybersecurity & Cyber Resilience

Collaboration & Unified Communications

Sustainability & Green IT Initiatives

Please ensure that sum of % is 100

Both the columns are mandatory for selected rows

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Would you be willing to clarify any of your responses to this survey by participating in a follow-up call at some point in the next few weeks?

Yes

This question is mandatory and you must provide an answer.

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