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1 published report · 7 in progress · 2026 edition

Primary research built to be cited. Data-driven analysis of enterprise AI adoption, healthcare technology, SaaS engineering benchmarks, and cloud modernization trends — from the teams that build these systems every day.

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Healthcare AIComing Soon

Healthcare AI Trends 2026

Healthcare AI is the fastest-growing sector in enterprise AI investment, projected to grow from $45.2B (2025) to $187.4B by 2030. This report examines clinical AI maturity, administrative automation ROI, and the emerging regulatory frameworks that will define healthcare AI deployment strategy through 2028.

22 minJuly 2026
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SaaS Development Benchmarks 2026

What does it actually cost to build and scale a SaaS product in 2026? This report benchmarks engineering team size, deployment frequency, infrastructure spend, and time-to-market across 521 SaaS companies — from $1M ARR seed-stage startups to $100M+ enterprise SaaS leaders.

19 minAugust 2026
AI AgentsComing Soon

AI Agent Adoption Report 2026

AI agents are the most transformative enterprise technology category of the 2025–2026 cycle. This dedicated report examines architecture patterns, deployment economics, governance approaches, and the emerging multi-agent production landscape across 634 organizations — the most comprehensive agent-specific enterprise research available.

21 minSeptember 2026
CloudComing Soon

Enterprise Cloud Cost Benchmark Report 2026

Enterprise cloud spend reached $780 billion globally in 2025 — yet 32% remains unoptimised waste according to our benchmark data. This report quantifies cloud cost maturity across AWS, Azure, and GCP, mapping FinOps practice adoption, reserved capacity utilisation, and savings plan optimisation against peer benchmarks.

18 minJuly 2026
CloudComing Soon

Multi Cloud Adoption Report 2026

Multi-cloud adoption has reached 89% of enterprises — yet only 34% have achieved operational maturity across their cloud providers. This report maps the gap between adoption and mastery, benchmarking governance frameworks, tooling choices, and operational models across AWS+Azure, AWS+GCP, and three-cloud environments.

16 minAugust 2026
CloudComing Soon

Healthcare Cloud Infrastructure Report

Healthcare cloud adoption has accelerated past the tipping point: 71% of hospitals and health systems now run at least one clinical workload in the cloud. This report quantifies migration velocity, HIPAA compliance posture, EHR cloud adoption, and the cost impact of healthcare-specific infrastructure requirements across AWS, Azure, and GCP healthcare clouds.

19 minAugust 2026
CloudComing Soon

FinOps Benchmark Report 2026

FinOps has become a board-level priority: 73% of enterprises now have a dedicated FinOps function. But maturity varies dramatically — the top quartile achieves 3.8x better cost efficiency than the bottom quartile. This report benchmarks FinOps practices, tooling, team structures, and savings outcomes across industries and cloud providers.

20 minSeptember 2026

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Enterprise AI Adoption Trends 2026 (Full PDF, 58 pages)
Enterprise AI Readiness Assessment (47-point checklist)
AI Adoption Maturity Scorecard
Healthcare AI Readiness Checklist (62 points)
SaaS Scalability Checklist (39 points)
Enterprise AI Implementation Roadmap (90-day to 18-month)
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Our research teams are the same engineers, architects, and strategists who build enterprise AI systems every day. The data reflects what we observe in production, not what vendors want you to believe.

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