Make no mistake, the token crash is coming, but your AI bill is still going up…. thisisfrontier.ai/research/t… My latest research on what CIOs must do to navigate the wild rapids of the token economy.

My take: Technical debt is a key part of the IT complexity spectrum, which is at all time high. Here is why the CIO has one the most challenging jobs ever created. My current list of top IT complexity challenges: •Technical debt •Application sprawl •Shadow IT •Legacy systems •Integration complexity •Data silos •API proliferation •Multi-cloud management •Vendor lock-in •Interoperability gaps •Configuration drift •Security vulnerabilities •Compliance requirements •Regulatory complexity •Licensing complexity •Tax implications •Depreciation schedules •Procurement cycles •Change management •Project portfolio overload •Skills gaps •Knowledge loss •Governance frameworks •Policy enforcement •Risk management •Disaster recovery readiness •Business continuity planning •Monitoring and observability gaps •Incident response complexity •Patch management •Version control sprawl •Documentation gaps •Architecture sprawl •Infrastructure fragmentation •Network complexity •End-of-life systems •Capacity planning challenges •Performance tuning overhead •Testing environment proliferation •Dependency chains •Service-level agreement complexity •Outsourcing/vendor management •Cultural and organizational silos •Decision-making bottlenecks •Innovation backlog •Budgetary constraints •Cost allocation disputes •Resource contention •Toolchain sprawl •Data governance •Privacy management •Access control complexity •Role-based access misalignment •Audit requirements •Asset management overhead •Environment replication •Backup complexity •Data residency requirements •Escalation paths •Third-party risk •Contractual obligations •Ethics and AI governance •Policy exceptions •Escrow agreements •IT tax planning •Maintenance contracts •Subscription management •Decommissioning complexity •Knowledge transfer gaps •Training requirements •User adoption friction •Workflow fragmentation •Organizational change fatigue •Interdepartmental dependencies •Business process misalignment

1/ For four decades, I’ve tracked + used higher-order abstractions to generate apps. From COBOL to Copilot, the dream’s always been the same: Let humans describe what they want, not how to do it. And most of the time, it sort of worked. Until it didn’t. Let’s talk history.🧵👇

1/🧵 💡Cloud + tech vendors: We have to talk about your product roadmaps. Not the next-week patch notes. Not the surprise “it’s here!” launches. We need actual, forward-looking, actionable roadmaps. Because IT can't plan, budget, or deploy on vibes. #CIOInsights #CIOChat

2/ 1️⃣ Start with credibility — fast. ✅ Pop up the MQ or other analyst proof you're the real deal ✅ Tip the IT security checklist (ISO 27001, SOC 2, 2FA, where data lives) ✅ Make it obvious you’re enterprise-grade ✅ Cite 1-2 famous clients with impressive stories Otherwise? CIOs start reading email in 1-2 mins.

I could not be more thrilled about the launch this week of the data from my practice area (#CIO) within the Futurum Intelligence Platform. Tech companies + IT leaders can now get the precise insights + data they need on a regular basis to make their most strategic decisions. Powered by @TheFuturumGroup CIO community. Explore our CIO Insights today: info.futurumgroup.com/cio-in…

IT vendor pitches are rapidly evolving: Agentic AI is starting to supplant gen AI in messaging. It's not just a better version of robotic process automation (RPA): It promises to take enterprises places RPA never could. Will be the big AI story of 2025. cio.com/article/3596212/is-n…

JUST DROPPED: The #CIO Pulse Report for the week of August 12th, 2024 The latest enterprise tech news and analysis with a CIO twist. My analysis of this week’s news includes: - @Dell and @Nutanix deepen their partnership to bring hyperconverged infrastructure to @Broadcom's @VMware customers struggling with ongoing price increases. - IT budgets are expected to grow at an unusual pace in 2025 due to AI infrastructure spend + #cloud migration. See the report for my projected IT budget growth rate. - #AI is coming for jobs in IT. Hear about the latest as @Microsoft, @IBM, and @ServiceNow all try to automate as much of IT operations as possible, as quickly as possible. - Large Language Models (#LLMs) may soon give way to Large Action Models (LAMs), as generative AI moves beyond content generation into taking direct action. @Salesforce is taking the lead with its new #xLAM model. CIOs are in for a big challenge as LAMs arrive in the enterprise due to the expected control and security issues. = Container orchestration strategies diverge as simplicity with @AWSCloud's #ECS shows some limits while new #Kubernetes services like #Canal aim to further streamline and scale use of containers in the cloud. Many implications for IT. And as always. I also have two amazing CIO guests on the show this week: - The legendary #CIO @tonyscottcio – the former CIO of @Microsoft, @VMware, @WaltDisneyCo, and the U.S. Federal Government – joins me to talk #cybersecurity and #zerotrust in 2024. - #Leadership expert, book author, and #CDO/#CIO, @Walt74, graciously discusses his views with me on the real business cases for AI. #CIOPulseReport @TheFuturumGroup #tech #news @danielnewmanUV @CTOAdvisor @Tiffani_Bova @RonWestfallDX @EvanKirstel @sarbjeetjohal @AkwyZ @MylesSuer @itlinchpin @YvesMulkers @reillyusa @eric_kavanagh @bhaines0 @jacob_abboud