From Automation to Optimisation: How Smart IT is Changing the Game

December 5, 2025

The Automation Plateau: Why Scripts Alone Aren't Enough

Automation has long been the backbone of enterprise IT – streamlining provisioning, orchestrating workloads, and cutting costs. But as digital operations scale, many organisations are hitting the automation plateau: a point where task execution alone isn’t enough.

According to the 2025 Global State of IT Automation Report, 90% of enterprises are already using automation, and 77% operate hybrid environments that span on-prem, cloud, containers, and even mainframes. The challenge now is not just automating tasks but optimising them to align with business outcomes.

These trends are reshaping IT from reactive firefighting to proactive governance.

 

 

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