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Gartner® Market Guide for Utility CIS 2025

The AI Era Has Begun: But Is It Really Changing How Your Utility Works?

Utilities are under pressure from every angle with tighter margins, stricter regulation, and competition, all while customers demand immediate resolution and seamless digital experiences. It’s no surprise that AI has become a strategic priority in almost every boardroom. However, a different reality often emerges: AI stuck in pilots, innovation labs, or isolated chatbots that never integrate into the core of day-to-day operations. Insights are generated, dashboards are built, but billing errors still occur, collections still linger, and field crews still respond to avoidable visits.

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Breaking free from rebranded robust but rigid systems: Choose a Modern and Complete CIS to grow with

Utilities are at a technological crossroads, often burdened by outdated systems and technologies that restrain their ability to adapt to rapidly changing market and customer demands. Traditional CIS providers continue to offer rebranded solutions that complicate integration and inflate costs without addressing core issues. Utilities should focus on finding and understanding how they can benefit from selecting new, innovative CIS vendors that provide modern, integrated solutions to support their evolution and growth.

Dual Innovation Roadmap

See how utilities can deliver AI wins now while modernizing CIS in parallel. Our Dual Innovation roadmap maps both paths low risk, faster value with Open Smartflex.

The Dual Innovation Strategy: Building AI-Ready Utilities

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers utilities a powerful way to innovate and enhance customer value. However, operating within strict regulatory environments requires balancing immediate AI benefits with system stability. The dual innovation strategy addresses this challenge by enabling utilities to quickly implement targeted AI solutions for operational gains, while gradually modernizing legacy systems.

For the Future of Water: Open Intelligence Joins the Spain Smart Water Summit to Drive Digital Transformation in the Water Sector

The need to involve citizens in the care and efficient management of water resources, the growing demand for digital services, and the ongoing adaptation to regulatory changes—aimed at improving responsiveness to the challenges posed by the climate crisis—are reshaping the water business in Spain. Companies that do not accelerate their digital transformation risk losing efficiency, competitiveness, and responsiveness.