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Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 2Q25: Continuing Economic Uncertainty Results in Another Soft Quarter

Geoffrey Wilbur, Abhyuday Jampu — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective contains excerpts from public financial disclosures by leading hardcopy vendors and details the impact of inflation, economic uncertainty, and other issues facing hardcopy vendors on performance and forecasts.

"In the second quarter, business and consumer confidence remained soft in the wake of U.S. tariffs and weak global economic factors, resulting in another slow quarter for the hardcopy market. At the same time, a strengthening yen, particularly when compared with the U.S. dollar, resulted in a foreign exchange environment that suppressed yen-denominated revenue, causing the market to appear worse than it actually was. Improving exchange rates will result in more representative results in the third quarter, though market weakness is expected to continue into 2026." — Geoffrey Wilbur, research manager, Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions at IDC

Network Automation: Fueled by AI and Focused on Many Critical Tasks

Mark Leary — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight offers insights into the planned role and focus of AI-powered network automation. These survey results are drawn from IDC's 2025 AI in Networking Special Report — a report driven by a worldwide survey of 500+ enterprise network executives and experts. The report covers both the impact and plans for supporting AI workloads across the network and using AI-powered networking solutions. The focus of this document is comprehensive, covering datacenters, cloud services, multicloud environments, network core and edge, and network management. While this IDC Survey Spotlight offers only a view into total responses, results are available by geographic region, select country, company size, major vertical industries, respondent's role, and the AI maturity level of the respondent's organization.

"The vast majority of network executives and experts believe network automation must be fueled by AI. And there is a growing commitment to AI to not only determine network faults and needed changes but also actually execute the necessary management actions. Given the complexity and criticality of the network infrastructure and the very real shortcomings of networking staff and tools, AI is seen as a crucial ingredient in improving network service levels and capabilities, networked resource use and protection, networking staff productivity, and value. The focal points for AI-powered network automation certainly indicate that IT organizations are moving toward a future where more precise, proactive, and protective autonomous management will be the norm — not the exception." — Mark Leary, research director, Network Observability and Automation, IDC

Quantifying the Use of AI-Powered Campus and Branch Networking, Two Years in a Row

Brandon Butler — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights the results from a survey question in IDC's 2025 Worldwide AI in Networking Special Report, which asked respondents to quantify the use of AI-powered management in campus and branch networking both today and in two years. It shows the results of the same question two years in a row and reveals a dramatic increase in the perceived adoption of AI-powered networking capabilities within campus and branch networking.

"For two years in a row, IDC's AI in Networking Special Report has asked respondents what percentage of their campus and branch network management tasks are augmented or automated by AI-powered capabilities, both today and in two years," notes Brandon Butler, senior research manager, Enterprise Networks at IDC. "The year-over-year results show a dramatic increase in the perceived use of AI-powered networking, indicating the rapid rise of AI in powering next-generation network engineering and operations."

Sustainable Cloud: A Deep Dive Into GreenOps

Filippo Vanara — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective analyzes green operations, or GreenOps, and the importance of providing data, recommendations, and insights through cloud sustainability metrics. This document is also an update of FinOps and GreenOps: Synergies Between the Two Approaches (IDC #EUR151007123, July 2023).

“IT operations play a key role in delivering and supporting cloud services. However, these are often not properly optimized, leading to unnecessary waste, costs, and unwanted GHG emissions. GreenOps, as well as FinOps, help organizations deliver efficient solutions, innovation, and business value in the cloud by removing silos and improving collaboration and data-driven decisions.” — Senior Research Analyst Filippo Vanara, IDC European CloudOps and ESG

Sustainable Value Creation — An End-user Perspective

Dan Versace — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight sheds light on the specific areas where end users of sustainability services see the most value created through their use.

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2026 Predictions - Japan Implications

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、世界と国内において2026年から2030年にかけて起こる、IT市場に関する主要な10項目の予測（Predictions）についてまとめたものである。世界市場については『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2026 Predictions（IDC #US53858725、2025年10月発行）』において詳述しており、本調査レポートでは、国内市場のPredictionsにおいて、世界市場からの変更点に焦点を合わせて論じている。

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2026 Predictions - Japan Implications - Positioning for Success - Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2026 Predictions - Japan Implications（IDC #JPJ53133025、2025年12月発行）』に付随して作成されたものである。ITサプライヤーの2つの役職、営業リーダーとマーケティングリーダーに対する提言を提供している。

OpenText World 2025 Putting Authenticity into Agentic AI

Christopher Kissel, Craig Robinson — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

The eSIM Trojan Horse: Telefónica's Strategy for Customer Acquisition

Alejandro Cadenas — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

On December 3, 2025, Telefónica announced the launch of Respaldo Empresa (Business Backup), a strategic connectivity solution designed for large corporations and SMEs that currently rely on competitor networks as their primary providers. Leveraging Telefónica’s extensive 5G coverage, the service provides a secondary mobile line via eSIM technology to ensure business continuity during network outages or coverage blind spots. The offering is characterized by a flexible pay-per-use commercial model, eliminating standard monthly subscription fees in favor of a nominal access fee and daily charges only when the data or voice services are actively utilized.

What Are the Main On-Premises Compute Bottlenecks for IT Buyers? IDC IT Buyer Report, 2025

Chris Drake — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey explores the challenges, limitations, and bottlenecks IT organizations face in their on-premises compute environments. These include challenges related to CPU speeds, server memory, and server network interface technology, as well as datacenter power and cooling technologies. It includes data from IDC's 2025 Enterprise Infrastructure Pulse Survey, which surveyed global users of server platforms and compute technologies.

According to Chris Drake, senior research director, Compute Infrastructure and Service Provider Trends at IDC, "Many of the limitations and challenges in on-premises compute environments are interrelated and impact one another. Server performance can be undermined by network latency, while memory limitations can negatively affect server performance by contributing to slower response times, reduced scalability, and higher levels of power consumption." He continues, "Addressing bottlenecks and limitations in on-premises compute environments often requires a holistic approach that addresses the adequacy of existing hardware infrastructure and the ways in which poorly configured software and applications contribute to subpar system performance. It also needs to consider the impact of the surrounding datacenter environment."