The global forecast for IT spending in 2025 points toward an intentional, aggressive investment strategy, with a projected total spend reaching $5.74 trillion. This increase is driven less by simply maintaining infrastructure and more by the mandate for growth and hyper-automation.
A staggering 90% of major corporations now view hyper-automation—the end-to-end automation of all possible business processes using a combination of technologies like AI, Machine Learning, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)—as a top strategic priority. This shift is fueling an AI market growing at over 120% year-over-year.
The key trends in corporate investment include:
Agentic AI Systems: Companies are deploying Agentic AI, which allows systems to operate independently, make real-time decisions, and manage complex tasks like cloud resource allocation or supply chain logistics without continuous human input.
The Rise of Low-Code/No-Code (LCNC): The embrace of LCNC platforms is democratizing the automation push. By empowering "citizen developers" (employees outside of the IT department) to create their own automated workflows using simple visual interfaces, businesses can scale their automation efforts faster and reduce bottlenecks within centralized IT teams.
Cybersecurity Automation: With increased complexity and connectivity, security spending is surging, with organizations adopting AI-driven cybersecurity tools for automated threat detection, incident response, and continuous policy enforcement.
This hyperautomation movement underscores a fundamental corporate goal: to achieve greater operational efficiency and scalability through AI-powered autonomy.