Given the rapid pace of technology change today, IT leaders are setting their short-term agendas with agility, flexibility, and tangible business outcomes in mind. This month’s topic leans on Foundry’s original Tech Priorities research and external research, along with conversations with IT leaders to uncover enterprise technology trends for the year ahead. Automating, streamlining, and modernizing IT operations is a must as IT teams struggle with skill and staff shortages and increasing demands. A wide variety of tech vendors have solutions aimed at bring IT operations into the AI age.