Tag: market research

ARE FDEs THE FUTURE OF MANAGED SERVICES?

AI-powered managed services team working on engineering-driven business solutions

Enterprise AI keeps stalling at the last mile. Forward Deployed Engineering is emerging as an answer to that problem – and increasingly looks like a new operating model, not just a hiring fad. This market insight brings together market research on AI deployment, talent and managed services to assess what the shift could mean for… Read more »

CYBER DEFENCE AT CROSSROAD – FROM POINT TOOLS TO AI DRIVEN

The SOC as we know it – AI-powered threat defence platform in 2026

The next cybersecurity platform is not another dashboard. It is a continuously learning decision-and-action layer that understands the enterprise, predicts the attacker’s next move and contains risk at machine speed with humans still accountable for the outcome. Competitive edge now lies in governed, context-aware action at machine speed. This market research examines the shift through… Read more »

BARRIERS TO AI ADOPTION IN 2026

AI hype fades as enterprise AI ROI takes center stage amid data, cost, skills and security barriers.

More pilots. More copilots. More AI agents. Yet value still lags adoption. Governance, skills, data, legacy systems and regulation – not model access – are becoming the real barriers to scale. The next phase of AI will be defined by how well enterprises can govern, integrate and operationalize it. THE WARNING SIGN: AI ENTHUSIASM IS… Read more »

COCOA DECOUPLING: COCOA‑FREE CHOCOLATE AS A PORTFOLIO HEDGE

Cocoa hit a record USD12,900 a tonne in December 2024. By January 2026 it was trading near USD 4,400 – roughly two-thirds below that peak. Yet investment in cocoa alternatives continued. Nestlé, Barry Callebaut, Cargill and others are now testing or commercialising ingredients made from sunflower seeds, grape seeds and cell-cultured cocoa. The emerging opportunity… Read more »

Big 4 AI Slop: Why Verified Insight Wins

Within a year, all four Big Four firms faced public scrutiny over reports containing apparent AI-generated errors, fabricated citations or unsupported claims. The deeper market signal is clear: as polished content becomes faster and cheaper to produce, verified, traceable and accountable market insight is becoming the scarce resource – and the capability that commands a… Read more »