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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Management Solutions Independent Software 2026 Vendor Assessment

Evan Hardie, Geoffrey Wilbur, Tim Greene — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC MarketScape study assesses the market for print management software solutions among the most prominent global independent software vendors and identifies their strengths and challenges. This assessment discusses both quantitative and qualitative characteristics that position vendors for success in this important market. This IDC study is based on a comprehensive framework to evaluate print management delivered within the context of an engagement.

"Print management remains a persistent challenge in 2026, and IT teams face constant pressure to optimize devices, control costs, and maintain security, even as hybrid work has simply become the baseline that print must support. What's changing is the platform underneath print itself: Microsoft's move toward driverless, IPP-based printing through Windows Ready Print and Protected Print Mode is forcing vendors to rethink device compatibility, while ARM-based and Copilot+ PCs add further disruption to users' ability to print. At the same time, agentic AI is pulling print management into a broader layer of document intelligence and workflow automation. Securing print in this environment increasingly means moving to the cloud and a SaaS billing model that offers more budgeting predictability. As the landscape evolves, buyers should seek a solution aligned with their business and technology goals," says Evan Hardie, senior research director, IDC.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Telco Network Operations Managed Services 2026 Vendor Assessment

Bruno Teyton, Chris Barnard — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study highlights a shift from cost-driven outsourcing to strategic partnerships, as communication SPs (CSPs) increasingly rely on managed SPs for operational transformation, automation, and AI integration. Vendors are evaluated on their ability to deliver autonomous, secure, and multi-domain network operations, with leaders distinguished by advanced AI capabilities, modular platforms, and strong co-innovation strategies. The managed services model is central to CSPs' pursuit of operational excellence and differentiated customer experience.

"The network operations managed services market for CSPs enters a new phase with growing technology complexity and CSP business transformation," says Bruno Teyton, associate vice president for IDC's network infrastructure and services group. "MSPs in this space need to help CSPs navigate this transformation, automate network operations, and deliver tangible outcomes with a partnering and co-innovation mindset."

Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Cloud Application Deployment Platforms, 2026

Matthew Flug — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the cloud application deployment platforms market. It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a perspective from a technology buyer, a market outlook, and IDC's advice to technology suppliers in this market.

"AI has expanded the remit of application platforms. Buyers now expect application platform solutions to include data services and gateway controls for security, optimization, and cost control. These capabilities determine which model answers a request and what data that request can access and enable organizations to observe and monitor agentic actions for optimization and remediation. Vendors that let organizations move at the speed AI enables, while keeping security and cost under control, will separate themselves in this market." — Matthew Flug, research manager, Intelligent Application Modernization and Deployment Platforms, IDC

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Fax 2026 Vendor Assessment

Evan Hardie, Geoffrey Wilbur — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study assesses vendor activities in the ongoing fax market transition from analog to digital. This study uses the IDC MarketScape model to assess multiple quantitative and qualitative criteria that can be used to evaluate a vendor's offerings and position in the marketplace. The evaluation is based on a standardized set of parameters, which IDC uses to produce a comprehensive assessment of digital fax vendors.

"As the fax market continues to evolve alongside the broader shift toward AI-driven document intelligence, vendors have made significant progress moving fax beyond a standalone, legacy channel into a broader layer of secure, agentic AI–enabled workflow automation," said Evan Hardie, senior director, IDC's Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions research. "The benefits of implementing a digital fax infrastructure to safely and securely distribute important business information remain numerous, and continue to carry significant bottom-line financial and operational impact. At the same time, buyers should look closely at ownership stability and depth of security certification, given the wave of consolidation, leadership transitions, and acquisitions reshaping the vendor landscape. Any one of the vendors analyzed in this IDC MarketScape could still help an organization effectively make the transition and begin to reap the benefits of such a move, provided that the vendor's road map and organizational footing align with the buyer's long-term needs."

Building Digital Twins for Decision and Scenario Modeling

Robert Multhaup — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective notes that an advanced group of organizations is building digital twins to help respond to complex business events, where the twin can accelerate decision velocity, objective realization, decision scalability, and continued learning to improve its decision quality. But all of this decision-making activity must be fully monitored and controlled by humans, and this required cultural change can prove more difficult than automating the actual digital twin technology itself.

As Robert Multhaup, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP), says, "Big companies are beginning to implement digital twin solutions with a decision-centric approach that exploits the ability of causal AI models to be trained on a chain of reasoning to make decisions. But the bigger question is: Can organizations rework their decision-making operating model to support both synthetic actors and humans working together as a frictionless, high-speed digital twin?"

IDC Survey Spotlight: Which Edge Deployment Locations Are Leading the Shift from Evaluation to Production?

Olga Yashkova — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines the leading edge deployment locations for enterprises, drawing on IDC's August 2026 Edge View Survey (n = 650). Respondents represent organizations with 500+ employees that are currently using at least one form of edge computing. They are director-level or above decision-makers across IT, line of business, and operations who are knowledgeable about their organization's edge infrastructure and strategy.

The survey covers edge computing strategy, drivers, industry-specific use cases, partner ecosystem, deployment challenges, and spending, including colocation-specific edge data points.

"Edge colocation has quickly become the venue of choice for enterprises moving from evaluation to production, backed by interconnection ecosystems and operational maturity that other venue types have yet to match," said Olga Yashkova, research manager, Hosting and Colocation program at IDC.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Workplace Services 2026 Vendor Assessment

Pushkaraksh Shanbhag — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study represents a vendor assessment of providers offering digital workplace services (DWS) through the IDC MarketScape model. The assessment reviews both quantitative and qualitative characteristics that define current market demand and expected buyer needs across the DWS market. The evaluation is based on a comprehensive and rigorous framework that assesses vendors relative to defined criteria. The framework highlights the key factors expected to matter most for success in the DWS market, both in the short and long term.

"Digital workplace vendors have moved agentic AI from pilot to production faster than they have moved AI governance from concept to codified practice. Buyers should treat a provider's ability to govern AI in live operation as seriously as its ability to deploy it," says Pushkaraksh Shanbhag, senior research director, Worldwide Services, IDC.

Market Share: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services Shares, 2025 — Committed Power Became Billed Capacity

Olga Yashkova — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the datacenter colocation services market.

The market reached $61.0 billion in 2025, growing 8.2% year over year. Growth in 2025 followed available capacity rather than established position: providers that brought power online ahead of demand captured an outsized share, opening the field to broader, more organic gains across the market. Where providers had contracted power ahead of demand, revenue followed.

"The colocation market has moved past a simple growth story. Providers are racing to secure power and land for AI-dense workloads, while edge deployments proliferate to meet latency requirements, making energy strategy, not just square footage, the new competitive battleground," said Olga Yashkova, research manager, Worldwide Digital and Datacenter Infrastructure at IDC.

华为全联接大会2026：AI规模化应用重塑ICT服务需求

Kai Cui, Thomas Zhou — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

IDC MarketScape: Japan Datacenter Facilities Services 2026 Vendor Assessment

Mimei Ito — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、国内データセンター（DC）ファシリティサービス市場における主要ベンダーを対象として、IDC MarketScapeモデルを用いて「戦略」および「能力」の評価を行い、その分析結果をまとめたものである。また、ITバイヤーが、データセンターファシリティサービスを選定する際に留意すべき事項を提示している。

「今後3～5年でこの市場の優劣を決めるのは、DCキャパシティの規模そのものではなく、電力確保に向けた実行力である。電力会社との早期の協議や送配電設備投資への関与を通じて、迅速かつ確実にキャパシティを供給できる事業者が、ハイパースケール需要を取り込んでいくであろう」と、IDC Japan、Software, Services, and IT Spendingのリサーチマネージャーである伊藤未明は指摘する。