{"id":273725,"date":"2026-06-15T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/midsize-companies-expect-ai-gains-but-integration-woes-curb-progress\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:30:17","slug":"midsize-companies-expect-ai-gains-but-integration-woes-curb-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/midsize-companies-expect-ai-gains-but-integration-woes-curb-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsize companies expect AI gains, but integration woes curb progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/midsize-AI-budgets-software-engineering\/822921\/\">Midsize companies expect AI gains, but integration woes curb progress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/midsize-AI-budgets-software-engineering\/822921\/\">https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/midsize-AI-budgets-software-engineering\/822921\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-15 14:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.ciodive.com\">www.ciodive.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<\/p>\n<p>            <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Midsized businesses are expecting a boost in productivity from the deployment of AI tools, according to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>a Netrio report published Monday<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>. More than 70% of 410 midmarket IT leaders surveyed by Censuswide in April said the technology will particularly benefit IT operations and service desks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>However, midsized businesses still face barriers to AI development, with security,\u00a0privacy and compliance concerns among the most commonly cited obstacles, identified by nearly 1 in 5 respondents. IT leaders also listed data readiness and integration complexity as key barriers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cAI has moved from experimentation to execution in the midmarket, but execution is where the real challenges begin,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201d Al Calabrese, VP of AI services at Netrio,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> said in the release accompanying the report. \u201cCompanies are investing in AI but are struggling with how to get real returns from it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Dive Insight<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>AI adoption and ambitions are running high, with <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>82%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> of respondents saying they\u2019ve already rolled out the technology in production. Yet Netrio\u2019s report highlighted a disconnect between the momentum and the operational maturity needed to sustain it, with just <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>26% <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>saying they\u2019ve scaled and governed AI across operations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Alongside IT operations, software development and cybersecurity, emerged as areas where leaders expect the most impact, reflecting growing confidence in AI&#8217;s ability to automate routine tasks and lift workforce productivity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>As the power of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>more advanced AI models<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> come into view, cybersecurity worries are lingering.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Nearly three-quarters of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>executives reported either a confirmed AI-related security incident or a near miss over the past year. 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