IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2023 Predictions
This IDC study provides IDC's top 10 predictions for the 2023 CIO agenda."In the face of continued economic volatility, inflation, and disruptions, technology leaders will have to rethink their role in light of what it takes to become a future CIO," says Serge Findling, vice president of research for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP).
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- IDC FutureScape Figure
- Executive Summary
- IDC FutureScape Predictions
- Summary of External Drivers
- Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers
- Prediction 1: By 2025, 70% of CIOs Will Find Their Roles Being Challenged by LOB Counterparts Who Better Demonstrate the Ability to Align Technology with the Organization's Mission and Customers
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 2: By 2025, 60% of CIOs Will Increase Their Reach and Impact by Effectively Governing "Pervasive IT" Spanning LOBs and Ecosystem Partners and Optimizing Services from the Best Contributors
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 3: To Address the Increasing Volatility of Market and Customer Needs, by 2026, 60% of CIOs Will Use Operating Model Design to Optimize Value Stream, Agile Architecture, and Risk Management
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 4: By 2024, 65% of CIOs Will Actively Harness Resilience Capabilities as a Competitive Advantage to Deliver Financial, Supply Chain, Ecosystem, and Sustainability Differentiation
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 5: Through 2025, Only 45% of CIOs Will Achieve a True Intelligent Enterprise That Blends AI/ML and Deep Automation with Speed and Scale to Monetize Changing Business Environments
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 6: To Cope with Skills Shortages, Labor Needs, and Work That Is Beyond Human Abilities, by 2026, 75% of CIOs Will Broadly Augment Critical Systems with Embedded Intelligence and Automated Technologies
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 7: By 2025, 70% of CIOs Will Rely More on Operational Data and Information Collected on the "Edge," as Businesses Look to Act on Multiple Source Real-Time Data for Faster Decision Making
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 8: By 2024, 40% of CIOs Will Be Tasked with Using Technology Ethically to Gain Insight into Employee Experience and Their Perceptions of the Company's Offerings and to Enable Them to Amplify the Brand
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 9: Through 2027, 80% of CIOs Will Provide Governance in Selecting "Clean" Information Technology, Holding Partners Accountable, and Managing Systems with Sustainability Metrics
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 10: By 2025, with 40% or More of IT Spending as a Service, Use of Short Duration Capex Cutting Tactics Will be Constrained, Instead Requiring Lasting Opex Resets of 10–30% in Software and Resources
- Associated Drivers
- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Advice for Technology Buyers
- External Drivers: Detail
- Storms of Disruption — Accelerating, Interconnected Uncertainty
- Economic Instability — Flurry, Snowball, or Avalanche?
- Digital Business — Stepping Stone to the Future Enterprise
- Meaningful Intelligence — Differentiated Decision Power
- Ecosystem-Based Innovation — Driving Enterprise Value
- Work Mode Upheaval — New Models and Leadership
- Everything as a Service — Thriving Through the Change
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