
IBRSiQ November 2025
Leaders are prioritising operational optimisation and procurement, whilst navigating AI governance to future-proof their digital strategies.

Leaders are prioritising operational optimisation and procurement, whilst navigating AI governance to future-proof their digital strategies.

Unsustainable AI vendor economics demand a strategic focus on governance, true costs, and open-source models for lasting innovation and competitive advantage.

Microsoft’s new sandboxed Copilot extends its reach from data synthesis to autonomous execution, creating governance and compliance challenges, especially around paywalled data and security.

From pilot to profit: Navigate the AI cost landscape for scalable strategic advantage.

Core AI will soon be embedded in core business platforms, making complex custom projects redundant and shifting ICT strategy focus to vendor roadmaps.

Salesforce’s Agentforce signals conversational AI is the ‘final mile’ in IT support automation, freeing up human staff for complex work.

Adobe’s AI agents represent the natural evolution of ecommerce, moving beyond chatbots to integrated, multi-step workflows for customer self-service.

Creative AI is evolving beyond manual prompting to programmatic, high-throughput image generation with enhanced governance and analytics features.

Figma’s successful IPO signals a robust design software market, potentially encouraging competitors to also go public soon.