# How CTOs Can Justify Technology Investments to the Board

DevFeed: [How CTOs Can Justify Technology Investments to the Board](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-ctos-can-justify-technology-investments-to-the-board-13086.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/how-ctos-can-justify-technology-investments-to-the-board>)

Published: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>)

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## AI overview

The article explains how CTOs and engineering leaders can justify technology investments by connecting initiatives to measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, faster innovation, lower costs, and reduced risk. It emphasizes using a small set of clear, baselined, trackable metrics and illustrates how cloud-native migration, containerized workloads, automation, and DevOps metrics can support efficiency and savings.

## Source excerpt

Learn how CTOs can tie technology investments to increasing revenue, speeding innovation, and reducing risk and cost to drive positive business outcomes.