Moderate IT budget increases have CIOs shaping 2025 strategies to suit

“While many organizations are contending with tight budgets, overloaded teams, and fewer resources, now is a strategic time to invest,” he says. “We, and many of our customers, are turning to gen AI to create efficiencies for established pieces of our business, both for individual workers but also among teams and processes.”

It was natural for SnapLogic, which helps customers improve their business processes, to adopt AI internally, Stone says. SnapLogic has launched AI applications in its finance department, to calculate monthly revenue projections; in its sales department, to automate RFP responses; and in its marketing department, to assist with writing website content. The HR team is planning to use AI to rewrite job descriptions.

Although Stone isn’t sure how much the company’s IT budget will go up in 2025, SnapLogic is investing for growth, he says.