What should CIOs focus on in 2025?
Ali Shaikh, Chief Product Officer, Graphiant
For CIOs, the priority in 2025 is to ensure that enterprise networks are modernized to meet the demands of artificial intelligence (AI). As AI becomes pervasive in business operations, networks must be upgraded to facilitate data movement, compliance, and performance.
Business leaders must embrace a network architecture that delivers on privacy and security while accelerating on-demand delivery of new services to their customers. This strategy ensures businesses meet AI’s high-speed data transfer requirements while maintaining cost efficiency and agility. CIOs must explore implementing Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions, which provide scalability, cost savings, and advanced features like AI-driven traffic management and automated provisioning. This model empowers businesses to respond dynamically to AI demands without significant hardware investments.
With increasing use of AI, security and compliance will require increased focus and investment. Leaders should be prepared to respond to real-time threats and have an infrastructure that is ready to meet compliance regulations and global data sovereignty laws. AI models process sensitive data, often involving proprietary information, customer data, or critical business insights. Ensuring the security of this data throughout the AI lifecycle – during data collection, processing and storage – is paramount.
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