https://my.idc.com/rss/2809.do IDC RSS alerts https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EUR154121926&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC MarketScape assesses the capabilities and strategies of 11 global vendors of laser production printers. It also provides guidance to vendors and advice to companies considering the acquisition of such equipment, including the selection criteria they should consider and the vendors that fit their production printing needs best.</P><P>"Production printers are mission critical and have long life cycles. These buying decisions involve high CAPEX, which creates extreme inertia. Customers know that, whatever their possible issues are, getting the printers online quickly is the most critical element in deploying them. Because of this, customers' most important selection criteria is 'Which vendor offers the best service and support that we can trust?'. Features and innovative solutions that address efficiency, automation, and changing business needs are also important but clearly come in the second place," said Mitri Roufka, program director, IDC Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions team.</P> IDC MarketScape Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Mitri Roufka, Tim Greene https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53339226&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Market Presentation examines the impact of agentic AI on digital business professional services across strategy, commercial models, delivery, and talent, mapping the competitive forces reshaping the market, charting the platform race now underway, and setting out a practical playbook for services providers to consider. For providers, the central question is no longer whether to respond; it is whether they are moving fast enough.</P><P>Agentic AI is not an incremental upgrade to how professional services are delivered; it is a structural disruption to the business model itself. The traditional labor-led delivery pyramid is giving way to platform- and outcome-led models, client expectations are shifting (perhaps faster than most providers are moving), and a new class of competitor is converging on the enterprise workflow layer. </P> Market Presentation Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Jennifer Thomson https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54528026&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Market Perspective explores how agentic AI is transforming IaaS network services, emphasizing the need for high-performance connectivity, efficient application networking, and integrated security and governance. As enterprises scale agentic AI deployments, strategic networking partner preferences are shifting toward cloud SPs. The report offers recommendations for vendors, highlighting the importance of specialized AI networking capabilities, validated designs, and expertise to support dynamic, distributed agentic AI environments.</P><P>"Networking is foundational to agentic AI. Its pervasive presence across AI agent interactions positions it as an important enabler of end-to-end connectivity, security, and governance," says Taranvir Singh, research manager, Cloud Networking Services, IDC. "For AI agents to operate at production scale, the network must function as an intelligent policy fabric, not just an underlying transport layer."</P> Market Perspective Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Taranvir Singh https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54539926&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of Digital Realty Trust, one of the major global providers of datacenter facilities, colocation, and interconnection services. </P> Vendor Profile Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Mary Johnston Turner https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54542626&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Presentation identifies the organizational and technical preparations that enterprises must address before deploying AI agents at scale. Drawing on IDC survey data, the presentation maps readiness gaps across data management, culture, skills, trust, and workflow design. It provides a structured Day Zero framework across six domains: data readiness, culture and planning, intelligent workflows, AI models and infrastructure, testing and governance, and observability and monitoring. This presentation is part of IDC's Agentic Ways of Working Series.</P><P>"Enthusiasm for AI agents is high, but most organizations are not yet prepared in terms of data governance, culture, skills, trust, or workflow readiness to operationalize them effectively. Organizations that align data, culture, processes, and governance before agents are deployed are well-positioned to scale agentic AI with confidence and deliver quantifiable business outcomes," says Matthew Flug, research manager, Intelligent Application Modernization and Deployment Platforms at IDC.</P> Tech Buyer Presentation Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Matthew Flug, Douglas Hayward, Bill Latshaw https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EUR153421226&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Market Presentation summarizes key events in the European tier 1 service provider market in 1Q26.</P> Market Presentation Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Matthew Wilkins https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=JPJ53500426&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>本調査レポートは、アクセンチュアが2026年4月にインド・ベンガルール（バンガロール）で開催した「Accenture Global Analyst Summit 2026」の議論内容を踏まえ、同社が新たに発表したサービス提供モデル「Reinvention Services」と、その背景にある人月依存からの脱却（Non-FTE収益モデル）、契約モデルのアウトカム連動型への転換、AI（Artificial Intelligence）／データ戦略、M&A戦略などについて整理する。また、これらの同社のグローバル戦略が国内市場における取り組みに対しどのような示唆をもたらすかについて、IDCの視点から考察する。</P> Market Note Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Takuya Uemura https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54562626&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights the results from the following question posed to 1,503 respondents and firms with over 1,000 employees across multiple countries and industries, as part of IDC's 2025 <I>Worldwide Managed Cloud View </I><I>Survey</I><I>:</I> "Primary reason for switching vendors. Please select two reasons that your company/organization is considering or would consider switching to a new vendor(s) for managed cloud services within the next 12–24 months." This IDC Survey Spotlight then assesses the impact of primary organizational reasons for switching managed SPs for managed cloud services and highlights how managed SPs need to invest in building an AI operating model, creating a hybrid cloud operating model to support the move from CAPEX to OPEX, and utilizing an integrated digital services supply chain with agentic AI and inventory management capabilities.</P> IDC Survey Spotlight Mon, 25 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT David Tapper https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54017026&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>The IDC Survey Spotlight is based on IDC's <I>Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey (</I><I>FERS </I><I>Survey)</I> Wave 2, 2026 (n = 1,009). Talent and skills shortages remain a critical strategic concern for technology leaders even as agentic AI reshapes the workforce, ranking fourth among top tech-related risks at 44.8%, nearly tied with AI budget pressure. Although external risks, such as geopolitical instability, tariffs, and supply chain disruptions, rank higher, talent is uniquely within leaders' control and therefore represents the highest-leverage focus area. </P><P>Agentic AI often eliminates entry-level tasks such as data analysis, coding, drafting, and research that traditionally served as on ramps for junior professionals, threatening organizations' ability to develop future senior talent unless apprenticeship paths are intentionally redesigned. Simultaneously, demand for emerging roles, such as AI orchestrators, agent supervisors, and model risk and governance leads, is outpacing supply. </P><P>This study's key takeaway is that skilled teams are also the best mitigation for every other risk on the list, making talent investment the most reliable competitive hedge available to CIOs in an uncertain macro environment.</P> IDC Survey Spotlight Mon, 25 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Bill Latshaw https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54562526&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights results from the following question posed to 180 respondents and firms with over 500 employees across multiple countries and industries, as part of IDC's 2025 <I>Worldwide </I><I>Services Path Survey</I><I>:</I> <I>Service Measurements</I>. Respondents were asked to select which categories their company/organization views as the primary set of service metrics that they utilize or would utilize for measuring success when using managed cloud services.</P><P>This document then assesses the impact of the service measurements organizations expect managed SPs to support on the types of service-level agreements (SLAs) and service-level objectives (SLOs) required as agentic AI is increasingly embedded as part of managed services. It also examines how managed SPs will need to redefine and expand the types of SLAs and SLOs to meet client requirements.</P> IDC Survey Spotlight Mon, 25 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT David Tapper