... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Five key factors make AI a more consequential technology and speed its impacts in enterprises as well as consumer lives. There’s a reason nearly every company is increasing its AI budget in 2026. Here’s a way to think about it. Gartner Recommended Reading Gartner ...
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... Takes Fresh insights on emerging trends SAP’s new API policy impacts customers’ AI strategy, increases lock-in, and will create unbudgeted costs. IT sourcing, procurement, and vendor management leaders must urgently audit AI integrations, optimize architecture, and proactively negotiate to mitigate financial ...
Analyst(s): John Santoro | Johan Jartelius | Nicholas Carter | Ciaran Hudson | Mike Tucciarone
... Specifications are becoming the primary control point in AI-assisted development, shifting power upstream from code to intent. When product management does not explicitly own intent, control defaults to engineering practices or AI systems. Insights at a Glance Strategic Planning Assumption Issue Context ...
Analyst(s): Mark Driver | Clifton Gilley | Kelli Smith
... CFOs are rapidly increasing AI spend, but challenges with value and risk management persist. To ensure returns, CFOs must set investment priorities, define ROI standards, and strengthen AI risk governance so rising spend translates into measurable impact. Insights at a Glance Issue Context Impact Brief ...
Analyst(s): Twisha Sharma | Marco Steecker | Grace Gstalder
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Heads of I&O and their ITSM leaders are being inundated with vendor offerings that include multiple AI agents designed to reduce human touches at the service desk. Building the next-generation service desk and transitioning frontline support away from humans ...
... Already a Gartner client? Whether AI-enabled solutions for wealth management turn your advisors into Rock Stars or Zombies depends on the strategic decisions made across your IT infrastructure. If you properly deploy game changing AI and ensure your advisors are AI literate, they will become Rock Stars ...
... trends Leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos cited concerns about the misuse of AI to spread misinformation and threaten brand visibility and reputation. Tech CEOs and AI leaders should focus on AI-enabled risk and security tools and make trust and resilience a core part of their culture. ...
Analyst(s): Alfredo Ramirez IV | Frank Ridder | Apeksha Kaushik | Errol Rasit
... Gartner client? Agentic AI advancements offer organizations a catalyst to displace restrictive and costly legacy SaaS tools some consider a “capital trap” with diminishing returns. Product leaders who prioritize modular, API-first SaaS solutions, reducing expenses and supporting AI-native transformation ...
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? AI agents, semantic query layers, and lakehouses are starting to dethrone data warehouses as the enterprise primary intelligence hub. Data warehouse product managers must evolve their platforms into unified AI analytical control planes to survive this architectural ...