CIOs Name AI Adoption As Top Imperative: Survey
CIODIVE, Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Despite strong deployment goals, most C-suite executives believe new technology investments will take more than six years to reach 48% of expected returns.
Nearly half of CIOs - 46% - named AI adoption and increased automation as their top priority over the next five years, according to a survey of 4,300 C-suite executives published Tuesday by Rimini Street. The software company partnered with Censuswide to conduct the global survey of CIOs, CEOs, CISOs and CFOs.
More than one-third of respondents named strengthening business continuity and disaster recovery as a top business imperative in their five-year plan, while a similar proportion indicated that talent and skills development is at the top of their priority list.
C-suite leaders reported different near-term goals, with 44% planning actions around cybersecurity and risk management, 41% focused on compliance and regulatory requirements and 39% looking to optimize and reduce costs.