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PTC Evolves AI and Agentic Strategy for ALM/PLM with Framework for Innovation and new ALM releases

Melinda-Carol Ballou — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

PTC recently published a blog that lays out a three-step framework and trajectory for AI PLM/ALM adoption, providing context for an Intelligent Product Lifecycle (IPL) and to support new and future releases of its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) portfolio. Released last month, Codebeamer AI 1.0, Codebeamer 3.2, and Pure Variants 7.2, introduce AI-driven capabilities for requirements management, test management, test generation, test coverage analysis and product line engineering. These updates reflect the accelerating integration of AI into ALM and product development, with a focus on standards-aligned automation to help address complexity and regulatory demands. The announcements exemplify broader industry trends toward interweaving AI into ALM and PLM to enhance productivity, compliance, and lifecycle orchestration, along with effective governance and orchestration. These announcements signal PTC’s intent to position its ALM portfolio and overall suite as a foundational system of record for product development across regulated, software-driven industries.

Retail Operations Strategies: Insight from NRF 2026

Filippo Battaini — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note summarizes the key themes that emerged from NRF Retail's Big Show 2026, including POS evolution, AI-powered store associate tools, and computer vision deployment; it provides an overview of solutions that leverage unified commerce platforms, edge computing, and real-time data, as showcased by technology providers at the event; and it reflects on key takeaways from the event, including the transformation of POS into commerce hubs, the empowerment of frontline workers, and the transition of computer vision from pilots to scaled deployments.

"POS is no longer 'point of sale' — it's now 'point of service' where all commerce capabilities converge. At NRF 2026, retailers and vendors demonstrated they understand this shift. The most successful implementations will start with data architecture, empower store associates with real-time information, and prepare for AI-driven commerce. Retailers still treating POS as isolated checkout infrastructure will fall behind," says Filippo Battaini, research manager, IDC Retail Insights.

Dell Technologies FY 4Q26 and FY26 Results: From AI Surge to Structural Scale

Matthew Eastwood — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

IDC Survey Spotlight: How Are IT Providers Looking to Gain Insights to Improve Their Datacenter Facilities’ Operational Performance?

Andrew Buss, Luis Fernandes — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight focuses on IT stakeholders' priorities in terms of monitoring, managing, and disclosing information about datacenter facility operations. It provides a perspective centered on the type of core business offered by the respondent's company.

The report is based on IDC's Datacenter Facilities and Operations Survey, conducted in January 2026 among 320 respondents globally.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Is Modular Datacenter Infrastructure Becoming the Dominant Architecture by 2027, and How Fast Can It Scale?

Olga Yashkova — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines the current and projected adoption of modular datacenters within enterprise on-premises environments. The document contains data from IDC's January 2026 Datacenter Facilities and Operations Survey. It highlights the present distribution of modular footprint, expected expansion by 2027, regional adoption trends, and typical build timelines compared with traditional datacenter construction.

IDC Survey Spotlight: What Is the 2026 Spending Outlook for Enterprise Storage Infrastructure?

Carol Sliwa — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight provides insight into 2026 spending plans for enterprise storage infrastructure, drawing on select data points from IDC's Enterprise Infrastructure Pulse Storage Survey of 870 IT decision-makers completed in February 2026. The analysis examines ways in which the top drivers for storage budget increases — including AI workloads and increasing needs for greater data protection, advanced security, and higher-performance storage — are having an impact on enterprise storage choices, technology, and NAND flash supply.

IonQ Advances National-Scale Quantum Networking in Europe Amid Growing Worldwide Quantum-Safe Security Investments

Heather West, PhD — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

IonQ’s deployment of Romania’s national quantum key distribution network underscores the accelerating government investment in quantum-safe communications as part of broader national security and digital sovereignty strategies. While post-quantum cryptography will likely anchor near-term cryptographic modernization efforts, national-scale quantum networking initiatives signal parallel long-term positioning for quantum-native security approaches and potentially for future distributed quantum computing architectures..

NVIDIA FY 4Q26 and FY26 Results: NVIDIA Shapes the Intelligence Economy

Matthew Eastwood, Brandon Hoff — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Worldwide Server Microprocessor Vendor, Architecture, Channel, Socket, and System Category — Market Shares and Forecast, 4Q25

Brandon Hoff — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Pivot Table examines the performance of the server microprocessor market through several market views. For the period 1Q16 through 4Q25, unit shipments and revenue by vendors are included as well as unit shipments by processor architecture, channel to customer, socket design capability, and system category. The "Server Microprocessors Tables" tab of the accompanying pivot table includes a forecast of unit shipments by processor architecture, channel to customer, socket design capability, and system category.

A server microprocessor (CPU) is designed with the intent to be used in a computing system expressly built, marketed, and sold as a server. However, while server microprocessors are most often used in servers, they may also be used in workstations, storage appliances, networking appliances, security appliances, and embedded systems.

Companies covered: Tianjin Phytium Information Technology Co Ltd., IBM, Oracle Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Amazon Web Services Inc., Intel Corporation, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Cavium Inc., Fujitsu Limited, HiSilicon Technologies Co. Ltd., Ampere Computing LLC, and NVIDIA

Cisco Q2 FY26: Accelerating AI Infrastructure and Campus Networking Refresh Drive Strong Results

Chris Barnard, Brandon Butler — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT