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IDC Survey Spotlight: How Are European Organizations Accelerating Cloud Architecture Strategies in Response to Geopolitical Risks?

Carla Arend — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines how geopolitical and energy risks are accelerating a shift toward more resilient and adaptable IT architecture and sourcing strategies. Organizations are redesigning infrastructure, applications, and operating models to reduce external risks while maintaining scalability and flexibility. This is driving the adoption of hybrid cloud, multicloud, and regionally diversified approaches that enable enterprises to better manage uncertainty and sustain operations in an increasingly volatile environment.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Where Are Asia/Pacific Organizations in the Shift from SD-WAN to SASE?

Nikhil Batra — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines where Asia/Pacific organizations are on their journey from SD-WAN to integrated SASE. While the interest is strong, progress remains slow, with most organizations still in planning rather than deployment. This document explores why that transition is proving difficult and where service providers can help customers move forward.

"The SASE framework is no longer a hard concept sell for most organizations. They understand why integrated networking and security, with unified policies and management, makes sense. The harder part is helping them make the change inside the organization," says Nikhil Batra, senior research director, Telecom at IDC. "For most organizations in Asia/Pacific, bringing together networking, security, policy, and operations teams that have traditionally worked separately has been the biggest challenge. Service providers that can simplify the transition and help customers bridge these silos will end up being more successful."

This document contains data from IDC's 2025 Asia/Pacific Enterprise Connectivity Survey, which included 700 respondents.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Which IT Investments will European Organizations Accelerate amid the Middle East War?

Carla Arend — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines which IT investments will see accelerated investment in Europe due to geopolitical instability. European organizations are reshaping IT and AI investment priorities to balance resilience, cost, and long-term strategic value. AI is also seeing accelerated investment, mainly in the areas of operational efficiency, defense/analytics and resiliency use cases. The success of AI initiatives will increasingly depend on strong data, infrastructure, and governance foundations. At the same time, organizations are prioritizing control, continuity, and risk mitigation and redefining how they allocate resources in an environment where uncertainty and operational pressures continue to intensify, with significant impact on their cloud strategies.

The Impact of AI on PaaS

Adam Reeves — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation is an excerpt from IDC's December 2025 PaaS Decision-Maker and Business Value Survey, which highlights a series of questions related to artificial intelligence (AI). It includes analysis of deployment plans, use cases, and impact on PaaS adoption.

This IDC Survey interviewed 310 individuals from midsize and large organizations in the United States who are leaders, decision-makers, or influencers in their organizations' platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud application deployment platform strategies.

IDC Survey: Cloud Vendor Selection Criteria

Daphne Chung — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey analyzes how organizations select cloud providers, what drives vendor switching, and which criteria shape final purchase decisions. The survey provides actionable insights into what end users value most in cloud, including pricing, security, reliability, service quality, scalability, and business alignment, enabling providers to assess switching risk, sharpen competitive positioning, and align their offerings more closely with buyer priorities.

国内ハイパーコンバージドシステム市場シェア、2025年：仮想化基盤移行の本格化による市場構造の転換

Yukihisa Hode — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、国内ハイパーコンバージドシステム市場におけるシステムベンダー別およびハイパーコンバージドソフトウェアベンダー別ソリューションの売上額シェアとベンダー動向を分析する。

IDC Japan、Infrastructure, Imaging, and Devicesのリサーチマネージャーである宝出幸久は、「国内ハイパーコンバージドシステム市場では、仮想化基盤の移行が本格化しており、セグメント別にプラットフォーム選択の方向性が明確化している。また、コンテナ基盤やAI（Artificial Intelligence）インフラ需要も立ち上がりつつある。セグメント別の市場展開戦略や新領域への対応がITサプライヤーの競争力を左右する要因となる」と分析している。

IDC's Worldwide Software Taxonomy, 2026

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's software market taxonomy. It serves as the foundation for classification and sizing of the worldwide software market. For 2026, the taxonomy includes 79 individual functional markets grouped within a hierarchy of 20 secondary markets, which in turn aggregate into three primary segments: applications, application development and deployment, and systems infrastructure software. Each of the functional markets is described, with a sample list of representative software vendors and products.

"IDC's software taxonomy represents a comprehensive classification of the worldwide software marketplace," said Rasmus Andsbjerg, vice president, Public Cloud Services and Software Trackers at IDC. "It continues to be the premier source for defining and categorizing commercial software and the basis for IDC market sizing and forecast data products such as trackers and spending guides."

Japan DevOps Software Forecast, 2026–2030

Shinichi Kimura — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides the 2025 market size and market forecast through 2030 for the Japan DevOps software market, broken down by functional market and by delivery model. It also analyzes the drivers and inhibitors of market growth and key market context, presenting directions, growth opportunities, and recommended actions for IT suppliers as they develop their future strategies.

Across all industrial sectors, digital business initiatives are advancing and accelerating the development and release cycles of the applications that form the foundation of these operations, as well as delivering value through software while maintaining and enhancing quality. These challenges have become critical management priorities that determine a company's competitive advantage. Against this backdrop, an increasing number of companies are adopting DevOps initiatives to transform traditional development and operations processes and structures that hinder software delivery.

Shinichi Kimura, research manager for Software, Services, and IT Spending at IDC Japan, says, "Demand for software that underpins the DevOps practices of enterprises and organizations continues to show solid, sustained growth. In recent years, initiatives to integrate generative AI into DevOps pipelines to further automate and advance software delivery have been gaining real momentum, and the DevOps software market is expected to enter a new phase of growth."

This is the English translation of the Japanese document (IDC #JPJ53499826).

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Communications Engagement Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

Courtney Munroe, Denise Lund — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive assessment of select communications engagement platform (CEP) vendors, highlighting their strengths, challenges, and strategic direction to guide technology buyers in making informed decisions.

"We are witnessing a pivotal shift in the customer engagement market, as AI-powered orchestration and frictionless integration across platforms fundamentally reshape enterprise interactions with both customers and employees. Organizations should focus on solutions that deliver demonstrable innovation, adaptability, and a strategic approach to context-rich, omni-channel engagement," says Denise Lund, research vice president, Worldwide Telecom and UC, IDC.

IDC Survey: PLM for Process Manufacturers

John Snow, Jeffrey Hojlo — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey presents the findings of IDC’s 2025 Product Innovation and Aftermarket Services Global Survey, from the perspective of 112 product life-cycle management (PLM) decision-makers in process manufacturing industries. The survey results highlight business drivers, application areas, and investment trends of process manufacturers. Companies included in this research had more than 500 employees. All respondents were either the primary decision-maker or part of a team that makes decisions related to PLM in the North America, EMEA, and APAC regions.