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5 predictions for emerging ’25 technology trends

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And theyll get this level of granularity without needing a thousand-person operation or a billion-dollar data analytics budget. In a world with thousands of categories, millions of products and hundreds of millions of consumers, when an individual walks into a virtual storefront, a company will be able to make remarkably specific predictions.

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Banks bet on AI to deliver digital efficiencies

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In the face of shrinking budgets and rising customer expectations, banks are increasingly relying on AI, according to a recent study by consulting firm Publicis Sapiens. As the study’s authors explain, these results underline a clear trend toward more personalized services, data-driven decision-making, and agile processes.

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Companies look to sell off assets to pay for AI investments

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Until now, many companies have cut costs in other areas, laid off staff, or raided the budgets of other departments to pay for AI projects. If you look at 23 and 2024 you had a lot of budget increases, you had a bunch of layoffs over the last couple of years, and not something thats sustainable.

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How will AI agents be priced? CIOs need to pay attention

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An early trend seems to be the SaaS model, with a per-conversation model emerging for infrequent users, says Ritu Jyoti, general manager and group vice president for AI, automation, data and analytics research at IDC. It all sounds good, but the challenge is that people get annual budgets and cannot tolerate variability, he says.

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Moderate IT budget increases have CIOs shaping 2025 strategies to suit

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Despite those complications, a huge majority of IT leaders expect their organizations’ IT budgets to increase — at least moderately — in the next fiscal year, with IT talent and software spending leading the way. Talent, software spending lead the way According to Forrester’s guide, personnel accounts for nearly 35% of IT budgets.

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SAP adoption surges in Europe as enterprises embrace cloud

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This trend aligns with broader European movements, where companies accelerate digital transformation efforts and seek greater operational efficiency through advanced technologies. However, there is a notable decline in organizations maintaining a stable SAP budget, with only 23% keeping spending unchanged compared to 32% in 2024.

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

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Free the AI At the same time, most organizations will spend a small percentage of their IT budgets on gen AI software deployments, Lovelock says. These areas of spending are not just responses to current trends but are strategic investments that will foster long-term innovation, resilience, and competitive advantage.”