... democratization of IT to business units can deliver strategic business outcomes but also lead to complexity, risk and cost overruns. IT sourcing, procurement and vendor management can help the business overcome these challenges through adaptive governance mechanisms to balance autonomy and control. Overview Introduction ...
Analyst(s): Joanne Spencer | Luke Ellery
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... The value chain for robots remains highly fragmented, with vendors struggling to differentiate as hyperscalers move in and customers look for industry experts. Product leaders must decide if, when and how to invest in the smart robot value chain to remain competitive in the AI race. Overview Strategic ...
Analyst(s): Nick Ingelbrecht | Bill Ray | Tuong Nguyen | Annette Jump
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Agentic orchestration is the control layer that lets agentic platforms scale from isolated pilots to governed and autonomous execution, improving speed, lowering cost, and enabling new AI-driven growth. Product leaders must unify design, runtime, and verificat ...
Analyst(s): Vuk Janosevic | Tom Coshow | Eric Goodness | Raymond Paquet
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Open-source models have significantly lowered the barrier to entry for innovation in physical AI. Product leaders must define specific, measurable goals to strategically shift investment from general-purpose AI models (LLMs) to domain-specialized models for ph ...
Analyst(s): Tuong Nguyen | Roberta Cozza | Ethan Cai | Kiumarse Zamanian
... While overall IT spending is expected to contract in the power and utilities sector, CIOs plan to increase their GenAI and AI budgets by an average of 34% in 2026. Product leaders must be poised to successfully compete in this AI vertical market growth by shifting from selling features to business v ...
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Tech CEOs building and deploying AI “deal desk” agents are slashing quote and order form delivery time by over 90%, increasing accuracy, efficiency, and capacity. By the end of 2026, companies with this capability will outpace the competition by surpassing buy ...
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Palo Alto Networks’ broad security portfolio, acquisition strategy, extensive installed base and robust distribution channels make it the company to beat in the AI security platforms race. Competitors can close the gap with AI innovation and AI services’ nativ ...
Analyst(s): Evan Zeng | Neil MacDonald | Dennis Xu | Marissa Schmidt | Mark Wah
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? NVIDIA’s tools, techniques and software for creating synthetic data for physical AI put it at the forefront of the synthetic data race. However, hyperscalers can threaten this position by shoring up their synthetic data solutions through partnerships with star ...
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? IBM’s GenAI models, AI data and governance platforms make it the front-runner in the AI domain-specific language model enablement race. But competitors can catch up by exploiting its challenges in Granite models’ limited market visibility and platform pricing ...