Gartner's View of 2025 Automation and CIOs

In CWorld: One in three jobs will be taken by software or robots by 2025.    Provocative, hard to say, but close I would say.  Also includes an interesting view of CIOs: " ...  "The door is open for the CIO and the IT organization to be a major player in digital leadership," said David Aron, a Gartner analyst.

CIOs have been steadily gaining authority, and 41% of CIOs now report to the CEO, a record level, said Aron. That's based on data from 2,810 CIOs globally.

To be effective leaders, Gartner argues that CIOs have shifted from being focused on measuring things like cost to being able to lead with vision and describe what their business or government agency must do to take advantage of smarter technologies. ... "