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From IT Steward to Strategic Visionary: The Evolving Role of the CIO

Futurum’s CIO Insights focuses on the evolving role of CIOs as strategic leaders in today’s technology-driven landscape. CIOs are no longer IT stewards but key drivers of innovation, business transformation, and AI integration. They face challenges like scaling AI, managing hybrid cloud environments, and ensuring security amidst growing cyber threats. Futurum provides actionable insights on aligning AI strategies with business goals, optimizing IT ecosystems, and future-proofing technology stacks. Key 2024 issues include balancing public-private cloud transitions, leveraging AI for differentiation, and fostering cybersecurity resilience. Futurum’s research offers strategic guidance to help CIOs effectively lead innovation and navigate digital complexities.

When working on strategy, product, marketing, and sales initiatives, consider intelligence from our expert analysts – planned deliverables for 2025 include:

  • Quarterly CIO Insight surveys (4 per year)
  • Monthly CIO Pulse Reports (12 per year)
  • Private vs. Public: Shifting Workloads Redefine the Cloud Narrative (updated once per year)
  • Enterprise AI Strategy for the CIO: What’s Working (updated once per year)
  • CIO as Innovation Leader: The State of the Role (updated once per year)
  • Inquiry Sessions (ongoing) – one-on-one time with our expert analysts to explore your challenges and opportunities

The Latest Insights On Digital Leadership & CIO

CIO Take Smartsheet's Intelligent Work Management as a Strategic Execution Platform

CIO Take: Smartsheet’s Intelligent Work Management as a Strategic Execution Platform

Dion Hinchcliffe analyzes Smartsheet’s Intelligent Work Management announcements from a CIO lens—what’s real about agentic AI for execution at scale, [...]
Are CIOs Ready to Bet Their Agentic Operating Model on Salesforce

Are CIOs Ready to Bet Their Agentic Operating Model on Salesforce?

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP and Practice Lead of Digital Leadership and CIO at Futurum, shares his insights on the CIO implications [...]

Agentic AI Platforms for Enterprise – Futurum Signal

The conversation around AI is shifting from capability to collaboration. What comes next isn’t just smarter tools, it’s systems that [...]
Is Teradata About to Leapfrog Agentic AI for Regulated Enterprises

Is Teradata About to Leapfrog Agentic AI for Regulated Enterprises?

Dion Hinchcliffe, Vice President and Practice Lead, Digital Leadership and CIO at Futurum, analyzes Teradata agentic AI—AgentBuilder, MCP Server, and [...]
Model Context Protocol Is the New Control Point in AI

MCP Is the New Control Point in AI—Are CIOs Ready for the Lock-In Battle?

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP of CIO Insights at Futurum, shares why the Model Context Protocol is fast becoming a strategic control [...]
How AI Is Reshaping Enterprise Strategy - A Recap from The CIO Pulse Report

How AI Is Reshaping Enterprise Strategy – A Recap from The CIO Pulse Report

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP of CIO Practice at The Futurum Group, recaps GTC 2025, ServiceNow’s Yokohama update, and AWS’s AI pricing [...]

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CIOs Consolidate Platform Spending as AI Moves From Pilot to Revenue Engine
December 16, 2025

CIOs Consolidate Platform Spending as AI Moves From Pilot to Revenue Engine

Dion Hinchcliffe, Practice Lead for Digital Leadership & CIO at Futurum, analyzes new survey data showing CIOs consolidating platform spend as AI shifts from pilot projects to revenue-driving enterprise infrastructure....
From Cloud Confidence to Cloud Control: Why Only 7% of CIOs Feel Fully Dialed In and How Vendors Can Close the Gap
September 3, 2025

From Cloud Confidence to Cloud Control: Why Only 7% of CIOs Feel Fully Dialed In and How Vendors Can Close the Gap

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP and Principal Analyst at Futurum, explores why only 7% of CIOs feel fully confident in their cloud strategies and how FinOps-first vendor approaches can help close the...
July 28, 2025

AI Goes Fully Operational, Cloud Strategy Splits, and Platform Cuts Begin: New Global CIO Survey Reveals 2025’s Defining IT Shifts

Futurum’s Dion Hinchcliffe, VP & Practice Lead, Digital Leadership & CIO, shares key insights and highlights from Futurum’s latest Global CIO Survey, which reveals a decisive new chapter in enterprise...
Enterprise AI Strategy and the CIO: What’s Happening in 2025
June 17, 2025

Enterprise AI Strategy and the CIO: What’s Happening in 2025

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how CIOs are maturing their AI strategies in 2025 to prioritize scalable success, financial efficiency, and partner ecosystem...
The Rise of Agentic AI The Leading Solutions Transforming Enterprise Workflows in 2025
March 7, 2025

The Rise of Agentic AI: The Leading Solutions Transforming Enterprise Workflows in 2025

Dion Hinchcliffe and Nick Patience at The Futurum Group present the first comprehensive market overview of enterprise agentic AI, evaluating the strengths and trade-offs of commercial and DIY AI automation...
Futurum and Kearney Reveal CEOs’ Readiness for AI Transformation in Landmark Study
January 21, 2025

Futurum and Kearney Reveal CEOs’ Readiness for AI Transformation in Landmark Study

Dion Hinchcliffe, Vice President of CIO Practice; Daniel Newman, CEO; and Tiffani Bova, Chief Strategy and Research Officer of the Futurum Group and Ben Smith, Partner & Global Lead, Digital...

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