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Foreword
T
he Logicalis CIO Report has always
captured the de昀椀ning currents
shaping the technology landscape.
But this year marks a profound in昀氀ection
Bob Bailkoski
point. After more than a decade of steady
CEO Logicalis Group
transformation, we are entering an era
where AI is not simply enhancing enterprise
IT, it is reshaping the very foundations on
which organisations operate and compete.
are becoming more autonomous, more
The scale of change is unprecedented, and
powerful, and more consequential.
so is the opportunity.
Our research shows a striking surge in
leadership. Few CIOs expect to carry this
ambition. Organisations everywhere
transformation alone. Instead, they are
are accelerating their AI investment,
building ecosystems, networks of partners,
recognising its potential to unlock new
specialists and trusted advisors who can
value, new models and new forms of
amplify capability, accelerate progress
intelligence across the enterprise. Yet
and reinforce resilience. The fact that 94%
ambition alone is no longer enough. CIOs
of organisations plan to rely on Managed
are being asked to build the future while
Service Providers over the next two to three
simultaneously safeguarding it. They
years underscores a fundamental truth:
are navigating a world where speed and
leadership in the AI era is no longer about
stewardship must coexist, where innovation
ownership but about orchestration.
must advance in step with trust, governance
and responsibility.
This report offers a view into how CIOs
are shaping this new frontier: setting
We have been here before, but never at
vision, governing risk, building enterprise
this magnitude. A decade ago, in our 2015
intelligence, and architecting a future
survey, the rise of Shadow IT revealed
powered by autonomous systems. Above
how technology could outpace structures
all, it re昀氀ects an unmistakable shift. We
designed to contain it. Today, AI is moving
are leading in an age of acceleration, and
even faster, permeating every corner of
the organisations that thrive will be those
the organisation and rede昀椀ning what
whose leaders can unlock AI’s full potential
leadership must look like. The stakes are
while ensuring it remains responsible,
higher because the systems themselves
trusted and profoundly transformative.
Logica Lis gLoBa L cio R EPo RT 2026
What emerges clearly is a new model of
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