Practice Areas
Eleven areas of coverage, each with its own analysts, research agenda and published work.
The coverage taxonomy defines what a practice area is and carries the filter code for each.
AI Platforms
The Futurum AI Platforms research agenda for 2026 focuses on the critical shift from experimental AI to the deployment of industrial-scale, resilient, and autonomous systems. This transition, which is moving the market’s focus from general-purpose chatbots to agentic applications, represents a significant inflection point for enterprises, vendors, and investors.
373 published pieces · 15 analystsCybersecurity
Futurum covers a broad spectrum of cybersecurity-related technologies, including application, cloud, data, endpoint, network security, identity and access management (IAM), and integrated risk management and Security Operations Center (SOC) markets.
156 published pieces · 7 analystsSemiconductors
Semiconductors have created a technology super-cycle powering the AI revolution. The industry is on pace to approach $1 trillion in revenue in 2026, marking a third consecutive year of elevated growth driven by AI training, inference, and new classes of intelligent systems.
140 published pieces · 10 analystsData Intelligence
Enterprise data is the lifeblood of business. No endeavor, whether a simple order-to-cash process or a complex, agentic AI solution, can survive without timely access to accurate, high-quality, secure, and governed data. As we move into 2026, the market is pivoting from experimentation to engineering, demanding a stack that is not just “AI-ready” but explicitly architected to accelerate AI.
89 published pieces · 9 analystsCIO Insights
Futurum’s Enterprise Technology Buyers practice provides comprehensive coverage of how enterprise technology decisions are made across the organization, from the CIO and IT leadership to the growing universe of business executives who now directly influence technology strategy, budgets, and outcomes.
108 published pieces · 8 analystsChannel Ecosystems
Futurum's coverage of Channel Ecosystems: analyst insights, research reports and vendor evaluations.
140 published pieces · 7 analystsIntelligent Devices
Futurum covers a broad range of AI-enabled consumer and commercial devices. This includes PCs and peripherals, tablets, mobile handsets, XR, hearables and wearables, as well as IoT, IIoT, automotive, and robotics segments.
76 published pieces · 5 analystsEnterprise Software
Enterprise Applications are the lifeblood and framework for accomplishing work in the modern organization.
354 published pieces · 7 analystsSoftware Lifecycle Engineering
The Software Lifecycle Engineering market is moving decisively from AI experimentation to AI accountability across the SDLC. In 2026, enterprises will be required to demonstrate AI-driven business value, operational impact, and measurable risk reduction in development, not just incremental developer productivity gains.
111 published pieces · 6 analystsNetworking
Enterprise networking is the transport system for advanced technologies on-premises and in the cloud. The landscape of data center networking has shifted in the past few years to focus less on cloud computing and direct Internet access, and now is primarily focused on providing high-speed interconnections for AI workloads.
14 published pieces · 4 analystsCloud & Infrastructure
Data is the lifeblood of a modern business, and the underlying storage technology plays a vital role in delivering it. The storage industry is continually adding more data and application-aware capabilities and services to what was historically a box of storage devices with a network attached.
134 published pieces · 10 analysts