What IT leaders need to know for 2026
Technology is accelerating across multiple fronts: AI production readiness, quantum preparation, security resilience, cloud optimization and more. The decisions you make now about capabilities, architecture and investments will define your competitive position. Through extensive conversations with industry experts and our own company leaders, we’ve identified 10 insights that will shape enterprise technology decisions this year. Download the report to help sharpen your strategy.
Key considerations for the year ahead
Focused AI deployments will replace transformation projects
Knowledge assistants, coding copilots and service operations tools move from experimentation to packaged deployment, delivering fast ROI.
Security will invest in both recovery and prevention
AI accelerates attacks and defenses, while recovery speed becomes the key metric. Organizations prioritize immutable backups, rehearsed failovers and segmentation.
Roles will evolve, not disappear
AI eliminates routine coding tasks and organizations will invest productivity gains in quality and customer experience.
Cloud strategies will shift to workload optimization
Organizations will balance private clouds, sovereign zones and repatriation based on economics and data requirements.
Where IT strategy gets specific
Technology leaders face critical decisions this year. This infographic distills 10 insights into four priorities that help determine ROI. See what separates organizations building momentum from those that are just busy planning.
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