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AIM Research benchmarks AI, data and cloud vendors on market penetration and technology maturity, and has published the PeMa Quadrant since 2018. Start with a shortlist built from that evidence.
117
vendors covered
36
reports published
12
markets tracked
2018
first PeMa Quadrant
Keynote on the main stage at MachineCon New York 2025Research presented to 50–100 leaders per room
Plenary keynote · MachineConTop Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure Providers in India
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Reports, quadrants
and market studies
12 markets, 117 vendors,
one methodology
14
PeMa studies published since 2018
117
vendors evaluated
12
markets covered
20
CIO Room cities
Our findings are tested in rooms of enterprise AI leaders
PeMa positions are debated with buyers at The CIO Room, presented at MachineCon, and recognised through the AI100 Awards. Deployed brings those conversations back to the teams putting AI into production.
20+
CIO Room cities in 2026
50–100
leaders per room
2018
PeMa on stage since
Keynote on the main stage at MachineCon New York 2025Open PeMa studies
| Study | Report date | Research phase | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCC Enablement Service Providers - Design, Build, Setup & Operate | Nov 9, 2026 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Sep 27 |
| Streaming and Real Time Data Platform Providers | Dec 2, 2026 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Nov 2 |
| Agentic AI Service Providers | Dec 5, 2026 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Nov 16 |
| Customer Analytics & MarTech Service Providers | Dec 10, 2026 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Nov 20 |
| Data Science Service Providers | Dec 10, 2026 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Nov 20 |
| AWS Services Partners | Jan 18, 2027 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Dec 11 |
| LLM Observability Platform Providers | Jan 20, 2027 | RFI Briefings Evaluation Validation Report | — RFI closes Nov 30 |
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