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IDC’s Worldwide Enterprise Network Infrastructure Taxonomy, 2026

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC’s enterprise network infrastructure (ENI) taxonomy. It serves as the foundation for classification, segmentation, and sizing of the worldwide enterprise network infrastructure and services market. The taxonomy encompasses the products, technologies, and services used to build, operate, and support enterprise and service provider networks across key domains, including datacenter, campus, branch, edge, and cloud environments.

The ENI taxonomy organizes the market into four primary segments — network hardware/equipment, network software, network cloud services, and network life-cycle services — each further divided into secondary markets covering key technologies such as switching, routing and SD-WAN, WLAN, network management software, network cloud services, and network life-cycle services.

This structure provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing how networks are designed, deployed, managed, and consumed, while underpinning IDC’s network infrastructure research and data products and enabling consistent market definitions, vendor performance analysis, and tracking of technology adoption and global market trends.

“IDC’s enterprise network infrastructure taxonomy provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how modern networks are evolving across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. As enterprises increasingly prioritize automation, security, and cloud-driven architectures, this taxonomy serves as the foundation for tracking market transformation and vendor innovation across the networking ecosystem,” states Brandon Butler, senior research manager, Network Infrastructure and Services at IDC.

IDC Survey Spotlight: What Is the State of Agentic AI Integration in Industry Clouds?

Nadia Ballard — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines the state of agentic AI integration in industry clouds and vertical SaaS and finds that embedded AI is becoming the dominant model for industry-specific work. The results highlight a clear opportunity for technology suppliers to gain a competitive edge through more embedded, domain-specific, and compliance-ready AI capabilities.

Perspectives from the AWS Türkiye Event, 2026: Advancing AI-Driven Transformation Through Hybrid and Ecosystem-Led Cloud

Eren Eser — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note examines the discussions at the AWS Türkiye event in Istanbul in April 2026. It looks at how AWS’s focus on AI-driven transformation, modernization, and ecosystem development aligns with Türkiye’s evolving digital agenda, regulatory environment, and enterprise cloud adoption trends. Furthermore, it explains where AWS differentiates (full-stack AI capabilities, model choice and governance, and partner-led delivery) and where execution challenges remain (skills availability, legacy modernization complexity, and cost management). It also outlines the hybrid and multicloud reality in Türkiye, where balancing innovation, compliance, and operational control continues to shape enterprise cloud strategies.

“AWS is advancing its position in Türkiye through its global AI and cloud capabilities, supported by a growing local ecosystem and hybrid deployment model. Its strengths in AI platforms, governance, and partner delivery are clear, but outcomes will depend on how effectively organizations address skills gaps, modernization challenges, and cost dynamics while scaling AI adoption,” says Associate Research Director Eren Eser, Global Services Insights, IDC.

Oracle FY3Q26 Results: Cloud Growth Accelerates as AI Contracts Expand RPO

Tapan Patel, Devin Pratt, Dave McCarthy, Eric Newmark, Mickey North Rizza — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Oracle’s FY3Q26 results demonstrate continued execution across cloud infrastructure, database, and enterprise applications as organizations invest in AI use cases and initiatives. Total revenue reached $17.2 billion, whereas cloud revenue grew 44% to $8.91 billion, driven by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) expansion and steady SaaS performance. The quarter highlighted strong adoption of multicloud database services, embedded AI capabilities across Fusion Cloud applications, and industry-specific cloud solutions. Remaining performance obligations (RPO) totaled $553 billion, reflecting substantial demand for Oracle’s AI and cloud offerings. Overall, FY3Q26 underscores Oracle’s strategy of integrating AI across its infrastructure, data, and applications to support enterprise application modernization, cloud growth, and agentic AI demand.

Oracle and AWS Forge Multicloud Interconnect: A Strategic Inflection Point for Enterprise Cloud

Dave McCarthy, Taranvir Singh — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Oracle and AWS have announced a collaboration to establish private, high-speed connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS through a new integration between Oracle Interconnect and AWS Interconnect–multicloud. The partnership, unveiled on April 16, 2026. and set to become generally available later this year in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) region, extends Oracle's rapidly expanding multicloud strategy.

The announcement builds directly on the Oracle and AWS strategic partnership announced in 2024 and Oracle AI Database@AWS, which enables customers to run Oracle AI Database services on OCI within AWS datacenters while maintaining full feature and architectural compatibility, along with performance and availability comparable to on-premises environments. This new interconnect layer takes that integration a step further by creating a dedicated, managed, and private network path between the two clouds, eliminating the need for customers to procure and manage physical networking infrastructure or third-party connectivity solutions.

Security and Sovereignty at the Heart of Cisco’s Platform Play

Duncan Brown, Romain Fouchereau — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note analyzes Cisco Live EMEA 2026, highlighting Cisco's strategic pivot toward integrated platform solutions with a focus on security and sovereignty. Cisco showcased advancements in unified security architectures, AI-driven defense, and sovereign infrastructure, addressing both rapid innovation and regulatory requirements. The event underscored Cisco's commitment to embedding security into network infrastructure, leveraging data fabric and identity management for operational resilience. Cisco's flexible approach and partner ecosystem position it as a strategic ally for organizations navigating the challenges of AI, security, and compliance across EMEA.

IDC Survey: 2026 Worldwide SMB Market Profile Update

Supriya Deka, Katie Evans — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey provides a global overview of the current state of the total SMB market as well as small (1–99 employees) and medium-sized businesses (100–999 employees) in 2025. It provides demographic data on the SMB market as it exists today, including indicators of business health. It also examines business and technology priorities, business challenges, macroeconomic impacts, and overall attitudes toward technology.

IDC Survey: IDC's Cloud Data Logistics and Protection Survey, Executive Summary, Part 1 — Data Protection and Cyber-Resilience

Johnny Yu — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

IDC's Cloud Data Logistics and Protection Survey asked respondents who were familiar with their organizations' compute infrastructure to identify commonly adopted strategies and pain points surrounding various aspects of data infrastructure management and data protection.

The results of the survey are weighted by IT spending per country and divided into two presentations. This is the first presentation, and it focuses on SaaS application data protection, purpose-built backup appliances, and cyber-recovery.

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.