India, Dec. 16 -- Some years make headlines. 2025 made history. It wasn't loud or flashy. It wasn't about showy demos or futuristic concepts. It was about showing up, showing impact, and showing results. The tech world hit a turning point: a clean break from the age of hype. Call it a tech inflection point in 2025. What used to be sandbox experiments and proof-of-concepts became high-stakes, full-scale deployments.

The transformation didn't come gently. Agentic AI systems took the reins, cloud and data became geopolitical assets, and enterprises were told, loud and clear, "Deliver value or step aside."

The old era of speculative pilots and GenAI experimentation faded fast. In its place: technology with a job to do, KPIs to hit, and stak...