Futurum Custom Research:
Published Analysis & Insights

Futurum’s published thought leadership, competitive landscapes, and ROI Spectrum business cases—authored independently by Futurum with sponsorship from technology, services, or channel sponsors—that range from briefs and reports to full primary studies with deep quantitative and qualitative primary data collection.

The Storage Squeeze How Smart Organizations Are Funding Their AI Future

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

The Storage Squeeze: How Smart Organizations Are Funding Their AI Future

In our latest Thought Leadership Brief, The Storage Squeeze: How Smart Organizations Are Funding Their AI Future, completed in partnership with CTERA, Futurum Research examines how unmanaged data growth drains....
Closing the Enterprise Context Gap

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

Closing the Enterprise Context Gap

In our latest thought leadership brief, Closing the Enterprise Context Gap, completed in partnership with Teradata, Futurum Research examines why autonomous AI agents stall before reaching production and outlines the....
Delegating Outcomes: How a Universal Agent Changes the Way Enterprises Work

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

Delegating Outcomes: How a Universal Agent Changes the Way Enterprises Work

In our latest thought leadership brief, Delegating Outcomes: How a Universal Agent Changes the Way Enterprises Work, completed in partnership with Google Cloud, Futurum Research examines why first-generation agent programs....
The AI Last Mile Problem

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

The AI Last Mile Problem

In our latest thought leadership brief, The AI Last Mile Problem, completed in partnership with Snowflake, Futurum Research examines why enterprise AI stalls between pilot and production and lays out....
Cyber Resilience Is Now the Mandate: A CXO Checklist

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

Cyber Resilience Is Now the Mandate: A CXO Checklist

In its latest thought leadership brief, Cyber Resilience Is Now the Mandate: A CXO Checklist, completed in partnership with Everpure, Futurum Research lays out ten questions every leadership team should....
When AI Is Everywhere, Data Becomes the Differentiator

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

When AI Is Everywhere, Data Becomes the Differentiator

In our latest Thought Leadership Brief, When AI Is Everywhere, Data Becomes the Differentiator, completed in partnership with Oracle, Futurum Research examines why industry-specific AI requires industry-specific data and how....
Where AI Delivers Real ROI: AI-First Integration and Orchestration

Research

Thought Leadership Report

Where AI Delivers Real ROI: AI-First Integration and Orchestration

In our latest thought leadership report, Where AI Delivers Real ROI: How AI-First Integration and Orchestration Transform Workflows, completed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research examines why AI delivers the....
From Pilots to Production: Why Agentic AI Runs Through the Ecosystem

Research

Thought Leadership Report

From Pilots to Production: Why Agentic AI Runs Through the Ecosystem

In its latest report, From Pilots to Production: Why Agentic Transformation Runs Through the Ecosystem, published in partnership with Google Cloud, Futurum Research examines why enterprise AI spending keeps climbing....
The Off Ramp From Per-Token Pricing

Research

Thought Leadership Report

The Off Ramp From Per-Token Pricing

In our latest report, The Off Ramp From Per-Token Pricing, completed in partnership with QumulusAI, Futurum Research examines how organizations progress from token-metered experimentation to reserved, hybrid AI infrastructure as....
Sovereign SASE Aligning Security Architecture with Jurisdictional Reality

Research

Thought Leadership Brief

Sovereign SASE: Aligning Security Architecture With Jurisdictional Reality

In our latest thought leadership brief, Sovereign SASE: Aligning Security Architecture with Jurisdictional Reality, completed in partnership with Fortinet, Futurum Research examines why data sovereignty has become a board-level gate....
The Token Cost Reckoning Arrives in the CFO's Office

Research

Thought Leadership Report

The Token Cost Reckoning Arrives in the CFO’s Office

In our latest thought leadership brief, The Token Cost Reckoning Arrives in the CFO's Office, completed in partnership with Google Cloud, Futurum Research examines how enterprises can track cost per....

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Welcome

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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