Gartner identifies top trends in data and analytics for 2025 - and AI takes the lead

Getty Images/Eugene Mymrin Data is at the heart of most organizations, fueling everyday business functions. To help digital leaders better prepare their data and analytics (D&A) strategies, Gartner has identified the top D&A trends for 2025. "D&A is going from the domain of the few, to ubiquity. At the same time D&A leaders are under pressure not to do more with less, but to do a lot more with a lot more, and that can be even more challenging because the stakes are being raised," said Gareth Herschel, VP analyst at Gartner. "There are certain trends that will help D&A leaders meet the pressures, expectations and demands they are facing." Also: 5 easy Gemini settings tweaks to protect your privacy from AI Out of the nine trends Gartner identified, unsurprisingly, AI-related technologies made up more than half of the list, including the biggest AI trend of the time -- agents. Agentic AI has begun permeating every business sector, with organizations finding ways to implement the auton ... Read full article.