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Trends we’re watching in 2026:
- How vendors fare in the pivot from traditional SaaS to AI strategies
- Partial displacement of large language models
- From which vendors we’ll see strong PaaS portfolios and credible SLM roadmaps
- Partnership impact for Microsoft, Salesforce and SAP
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Market and competitor benchmarks provide a comparison of vendor performance in a market, including analysis on vendor strategies, financial performance, go-to-market and resource management. The research graphically portrays comparisons of vendors by myriad metrics, calling out leaders, laggards and business models. Defensible, data-informed views of market opportunity and operational best practices are highlighted in each publication. TBR also provides benchmark data in Excel pivot tables.
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Hidden Costs of AI Market Intelligence
/by Dan DemersThe enterprises that succeed will not be those that provide unrestricted AI access to every employee. The winners will build trusted intelligence architectures enabled with proprietary, non-public data and analysis that prevent organizations from paying thousands of times for the same expensive thought. The future of enterprise AI is not simply broader access. It is governed intelligence aligned to enterprise strategy, with CFO approved efficiency. And increasingly, that efficiency may prove more valuable than the AI models themselves.
Global Analyst Summit 2026: Value Creation Through Operating Model Transformation
/by Kelly Lesiczka, Senior AnalystAs consulting continues to evolve due to AI’s influence on business models and day-to-day operations across enterprises, EY’s leaders discussed how the firm is adapting its approach to guide clients through uncertainty and increased speed of change, and introduced featured clients, giving them an opportunity to share their experiences. The client stories emphasized the speed at which they need to navigate market changes and their desire to work with a long-term partner such as EY to guide the transformation as well as to create an ecosystem of vendors that support their end goals. The notion of value was consistent throughout the event, as the firm seeks to reconfirm its positioning in the consulting space despite ongoing market uncertainty about consulting’s future relevance.