Category: CIO & Technology Buyers

Redefining Reliability in Modern Data Center Networking
November 3, 2025

Redefining Reliability in Modern Data Center Networking

In our latest Market Brief, Redefining Reliability in Modern Data Center Networking, completed in partnership with Nokia, Futurum Research quantifies how next-generation network operations and automation tools deliver measurable improvements...
The Importance of Strategic Portfolio Management and Data-Driven Planning for Modern Enterprises
October 21, 2025

The Importance of Strategic Portfolio Management and Data-Driven Planning for Modern Enterprises

In our latest Market Report, The Importance of Strategic Portfolio Management and Data-Driven Planning for Modern Enterprises, developed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research examines how enterprises are using modern...
AgentOps: AI Agents Take Command of Workflow Automation
October 20, 2025

AgentOps: AI Agents Take Command of Workflow Automation

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead of Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on how AI agents are overtaking rule-based workflow tools. AgentOps emerges as the discipline for...
Is Teradata About to Leapfrog Agentic AI for Regulated Enterprises
October 16, 2025

Is Teradata About to Leapfrog Agentic AI for Regulated Enterprises?

Dion Hinchcliffe, Vice President and Practice Lead, Digital Leadership and CIO at Futurum, analyzes Teradata agentic AI—AgentBuilder, MCP Server, and AI Factory—and explains why a deterministic, governed approach could put...
The Data Center Networking Imperative Key Trends Driving the Next Era of Data Centers
September 16, 2025

The Data Center Networking Imperative: Key Trends Driving the Next Era of Data Centers

In our latest Market Study, The Data Center Networking Imperative: Key Trends Driving the Next Era of Data Centers, The Futurum Group explores how IT leaders are elevating reliability to...
HP Q2 FY2025 Earnings: Healthy PC Growth and Swift Supply Chain Rebalancing Amid Tariff Headwinds
May 30, 2025

HP Q2 FY2025 Earnings: Healthy PC Growth and Swift Supply Chain Rebalancing Amid Tariff Headwinds

Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard shares his insights and analysis of HP, Inc.’s Q2 FY2025 earnings, which show commercial strength and supply chain agility as the company manages tariff impacts, with AI...
Accelerating Customer Innovation with Oracle Database and Google Cloud - Six Five Media
May 28, 2025

Accelerating Customer Innovation with Oracle Database and Google Cloud – Six Five Media

Nathan Thomas and GG Goindi discuss the groundbreaking Oracle Database at Google Cloud partnership, highlighting how it empowers customers to utilize Oracle’s robust database capabilities within Google Cloud, marking a...
From Data to Drive: How IBM is Fueling Fan Engagement for Scuderia Ferrari - Six Five On the Road
May 27, 2025

From Data to Drive: How IBM is Fueling Fan Engagement for Scuderia Ferrari – Six Five On the Road

Stefano Pallard, Head of Fan Development at Ferrari, and Daniel Newman explore how AI and data are redefining fan engagement in Formula 1, showcasing Ferrari's collaboration with IBM....
The Six Five Pod EP 262: AI Acceleration: Cisco's Jeetu Patel on Transforming Enterprise Tech
May 26, 2025

The Six Five Pod EP 262: AI Acceleration: Cisco’s Jeetu Patel on Transforming Enterprise Tech

On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the recent Dell Tech World conference, Computex announcements, and Microsoft Build highlights. The hosts analyze...
Is Zendesk’s AI Voice Expansion Enough to Disrupt the Contact Center Market?
May 23, 2025

Is Zendesk’s AI Voice Expansion Enough to Disrupt the Contact Center Market?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, explores Zendesk’s completed acquisition of Local Measure and what it means for enterprise contact centers and AI voice deployment....
AI Compute is Driving the Need for Thermal Cooling Solutions - Six Five On The Road at Dell Tech World 2025
May 22, 2025

AI Compute is Driving the Need for Thermal Cooling Solutions – Six Five On The Road at Dell Tech World 2025

Andrew Pack and Tim Shedd from Dell Technologies discuss the necessity of efficient thermal solutions in data centers, focusing on the innovative eRDHx cooling system and the shift towards liquid...
AI PCs: The Ultimate Enterprise Edge Device - Six Five On The Road at Dell Tech World 2025
May 22, 2025

AI PCs: The Ultimate Enterprise Edge Device – Six Five On The Road at Dell Tech World 2025

Sam Burd, President at Dell Technologies, shares his remarkable insights on the evolution of AI PCs as enterprise edge devices, highlighting pivotal innovations and customer feedback at Dell Tech World...

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The vision behind everything in Futurum’s Custom Research practice is this: research should show you what is happening, what comes next, and what to do about it. It should be personal to each audience, easy for people to grasp, and structured so LLMs can reason over it accurately. And it should be fast and turnkey; you want answers now, not another project to carry for quarters.

Whether you are defining business, channel, or go-to-market strategy; evaluating vendors or justifying ROI; or commissioning research to fill an emerging market need, we have your back, with a program that answers your questions with the objectivity and credibility to drive real decisions.

To do it, we bring unmatched data to bear: Futurum research, surveys, and market projections; validated market feeds; ETR’s 15 years of insight from 10,000 technology decision-makers; G2’s buyer and user data; and what our analysts hear every day. Add leading primary collection, from AI-moderated voice interviews to surveys and analyst-led interviews, all turnkey, and every project comes out credible, nuanced, and actionable.

And we don’t just drop the results in your lap. For internal work, we provide analyst-led sessions, interactive dashboards, and a range of formats. For market-facing work, Futurum delivers turnkey activation and amplification that actually gets seen, by people and by LLMs, through our media and share of voice. This is research that moves decisions and markets.

We will meet you wherever you are, from a fast-turn brief to a multi-year program, and shape the work to your goals, timeline, and budget. The right program for your moment.

If any of this is useful, I would love to talk.

Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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