Information Services Group (ISG), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm, will expand its influential research into enterprise AI in 2026, publishing an even broader portfolio of ISG Provider Lens and ISG Buyers Guide reports with deep insights into service and software providers and major technology trends.
ISG’s portfolio of research and reports continues to grow as companies plan and execute digital transformations. To achieve key business outcomes with AI, enterprises need deep insights into potential vendor and provider partners in multiple dimensions.
The ISG Research 2026 Research Plan showcases the unrivaled scope of ISG’s software and service provider research, encompassing reports on the most important software tools and managed services for enterprises transforming their digital capabilities with AI. ISG’s quarterly thought-leadership reports on vital enterprise IT subjects, including generative AI adoption and service delivery, are included in the plan for the first time.
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The 2026 plan includes 60 ISG Provider Lens studies, broadening the leading series of provider evaluation reports with coverage of new technologies, vertical industries and provider ecosystems. An expanded series of over 30 ISG Buyers Guides studies on software providers and products will cover more than 200 software categories with quadrants, ratings and rankings. It includes the industry’s first unified AI, data and cloud software stack of research, allowing enterprises to assess and select solutions for their entire portfolio of needs.
“Our portfolio of research and reports continues to grow as organizations plan and execute digital transformations to stay competitive in the age of AI,” said John Boccuzzi, Jr., partner and president, ISG Research. “To achieve key business outcomes with AI, enterprises need deep insights into potential vendor and provider partners in multiple dimensions, including data, analytics and operations.”
The ISG Provider Lens and ISG Buyers Guide reports align to five categories: Artificial Intelligence, Business & Technologies, Information Technology, Technology Industry Intelligence and Vertical Industries. Each report focuses on a specific area of ISG’s expertise and analysis, offering actionable insights to help enterprises make informed strategic decisions in the relevant area.
In 2026, the ISG Provider Lens series will feature 10 new studies, including AI-Ready Hardware, AI Services in Life Sciences Industry and Intelligent Robotics & Physical AI Services. As providers increasingly focus on tailoring services to specific sectors, ISG will continue to expand its lineup of industry-focused reports, introducing studies on Hi-Tech and Semiconductor Industry and Life Sciences Digital Services. New reports on the Palantir, Databricks, Amazon Connect, Cloudera and UKG ecosystems will examine service providers that support and extend those platforms.
“As AI deployments advance from experimentation to production, organizations face decisions with implications for their entire technology environment,” said Jan Erik Aase, partner and global leader, ISG Provider Lens Research. “New ISG Provider Lens studies of services across AI and other enterprise technologies help companies choose the best providers for their business goals and level of maturity.”
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The 2026 Buyers Guides will expand ISG’s unique full-stack AI, data and cloud software research to encompass AI governance, sovereign AI, AI-driven DevOps and other new categories. This comprehensive set of Buyers Guides includes in-depth evaluations of the software platforms and applications that are essential to foster new AI readiness in enterprises. ISG is also introducing more research on software for vertical industries and extending its detailed software analysis and ratings to small, up-and-coming providers with Buyers Guides focused on emerging providers. As many software providers broaden their offerings, three new Buyers Guides will examine managed services.
“The significant expansion to our portfolio of Buyers Guides in 2026 will give organizations the ratings and insights to evaluate software providers and products for the complex software towers that are becoming crucial to enterprise AI,” said Mark Smith, chief software analyst and partner, software research at ISG. “As we expand the scope of our research, we are addressing the specific needs of more industry sectors, such as healthcare, and enabling enterprises to evaluate providers at the edges of innovation.”
The plan also includes four quarterly thought-leadership reports in which ISG Research dives deep into important technology trends, producing timely insights into enterprise priorities and market changes. In addition to the GenAI adoption study, coming in the third quarter, the reports will include State of SAP, State of BPO and State of Global Service Delivery. Also in 2026, ISG will continue its quarterly ISG Index Calls, which have delivered real-time data and analyst perspectives on the health and growth of the service and technology provider ecosystem for more than 20 years.
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Source – businesswire
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