The 2025 State of the CIO research reveals that the CIO role in the APAC region is becoming elevated. These individuals are spending more time on security management while working more closely with line of business executives when determining the business need of new technologies.
Additionally, 89% of APAC CIOs anticipate their overall IT budget will either increase or remain the same in 2025, with the top technology initiatives driving IT investments being AI/machine learning, data/business analytics, and security/risk management. Supporting this, 80% of APAC CIOs agree that they’re tasked with researching and evaluating possibly AI additions to their tech stack.
In the infographic below, you’ll get a full view into:
- Budget expectations for CIOs in APAC
- The top business and technology priorities for this year
- Where CIOs are spending more and less time this year
- The increasing involvement the APAC CIO has in AI
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