AI
It's all about ROI
Strategic AI investments and the rise of domain-specific small language models (SLMs) will lead businesses to tangible returns by year’s end.
- AI initiatives that improve productivity will pay the biggest dividends.
- More companies will bake AI tools into routine workflows.
- SLMs will deliver greater accuracy and significantly reduce operating costs.
RESILIENCE
It’s a team sport
After a tumultuous 2024 in which digital outages and security breaches impacted millions, businesses will adopt a more creative and collaborative approach to resilience.
- Organizations and their vendors will join forces to avoid mass disruption events.
- The public sector will recruit students to address security talent shortages.
- Observability data will inform and optimize application roadmaps and features.
REGULATION
It’s a moving target
Regulatory trends around the world will produce both clarity and confusion, so it's critical to prepare for every possible outcome.
- CISOs and CIOs will proactively address new compliance demands.
- Lengthy recoveries will define cybersecurity materiality.
- Geopolitical shifts will splinter global data residency, privacy, and AI laws.
