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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Edge Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems 2026 Vendor Assessment

John Villali, Gaia Gallotti, Jean-François Segalotto — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study evaluates vendors providing edge distributed energy resource management systems (edge DERMSs) solutions to utilities worldwide. It analyzes vendors' capabilities, strategies, and comparative positioning in a market undergoing structural transformation as distribution networks absorb rising volumes of distributed energy resources (DERs) and utilities pursue electrification-driven grid modernization. The document provides utilities with a structured framework to assess vendor offerings across DER portfolio optimization and aggregation, market participation and VPP orchestration, platform architecture, integration capabilities, and ecosystem extensibility.

"Edge DERMS is no longer a bet on future flexibility markets; its infrastructure utilities need now, as DER penetration outpaces the tools built to manage it. The vendors that succeed the next three to five years will be the ones proving real-time dispatch at production scale today while building the interoperability with grid DERMS and ADMS that regulators and utilities will increasingly demand," said John Villali, senior research director, IDC Energy Insights.

Datacenter Infrastructure, System and Component Supply, and Leadtime Update: September 2026

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Presentation provides a supply situation and leadtime outlook, along with comprehensive analysis, for the following datacenter infrastructure and system component categories: system motherboard and substrate, processor, memory and storage, logic and control components, networking and connecting components, rack/system power and thermal distribution, rack and peripherals, datacenter power infrastructure, and datacenter cooling infrastructure.

Market Forecast: Worldwide Facility Management Applications Forecast, 2026–2030

Brian O'Rourke — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study examines the 2026–2030 forecast for the worldwide facility management applications market and reviews the forces and dynamics that are expected to influence the market for the next three to four years.

"The facility management applications market continues to see M&A activity as well as a post-pandemic emphasis on tools to assist with lease management and the hybrid workplace. GenAI is now table stakes and agentic AI use cases are becoming increasingly common, and the key will be profitably establishing these tools within an increasingly autonomous world of buildings and facilities." — Brian O'Rourke, research manager, AI-Enabled Enterprise Asset Management and Smart Facilities Strategies, IDC.

Omnissa ONE 2026: Governing the Agentic Endpoint Under a New CEO

Phil Hochmuth, Filippo Vanara — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

A leadership change and a new category of AI-focused products were the top announcements at Omnissa's third annual Omnissa ONE AMER 2026 event in Orlando, September 28–30, 2026. Since spinning out of VMware in 2024, the virtual client computing and unified endpoint management (UEM) vendor named Amit Singh (formerly of Palo Alto Networks and Google) as CEO. It also introduced the beta of Omnissa Elara, an AI governance and authority platform. Omnissa Elara detects shadow AI, applies usage guardrails and token metering to agents, and runs change control and keeps an audit trail for high-impact agentic activity across IT operations and the wider enterprise. With a handful of other announcements, the vendor made clear it intends to become a control point for AI-powered agentic workloads in the enterprise, building on its core strengths in end-user computing (EUC) and device management.

IDC ProductScape: Worldwide Virtual Client Computing, 2026 — Technology Supplier Solution Functionality

Shannon Kalvar, Filippo Vanara — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC ProductScape offers a comprehensive guide on the key functionalities of virtual client computing, featuring products from Microsoft, Omnissa, Citrix, Parallels, AWS, Inuvika, Leostream, V2 Cloud, Nerdio, Dizzion, and Workspot. The status of each functionality is categorized as fully supported, partially supported, partner provided, road map, or not supported, aiding technology purchasers in quickly identifying which vendors align with their changing requirements.

Infobip Vendor Profile: AgentOS Connects Communications Scale with AI Interaction Orchestration

Denise Lund, Masarra Mohamed — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Vendor Profile examines Infobip's transition toward a broader AI interaction orchestration proposition, with AgentOS as the central focus. Current deployments remain concentrated in customer engagement and service workflows, but Infobip's longer-term ambition extends to orchestration across customer-facing and internal interactions. This document assesses the company's operating foundation, product capabilities and maturity, commercial model, implementation ecosystem, and outlook.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Accounts Payable Automation Software for Large Enterprise 2026 Vendor Assessment

Kevin Permenter, Jordan Steele — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides an assessment of accounts payable automation software providers serving enterprise organizations with 1,000 or more employees. The study evaluates the capabilities and strategies of vendors in the market and examines the most important criteria for technology buyers selecting an enterprise AP automation platform. At enterprise scale, the AP technology decision is increasingly about orchestration rather than invoice automation alone. Organizations need platforms capable of coordinating processes, systems, data, controls, suppliers, exceptions, and emerging autonomous workflows across complex and often fragmented financial environments.

"Enterprise AP is becoming a control layer for financial operations. The leaders will be the platforms that can coordinate complexity across systems while giving finance confidence that every automated action remains visible, governed, and accountable." — Kevin Permenter, research director, Financial Applications, IDC

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Embedded Payment Applications in Accounts Payable Workflows 2026 Vendor Assessment

Jordan Steele, Kevin Permenter — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study assesses the vendors offering embedded payment capabilities within accounts payable (AP) and procure-to-pay (P2P) workflows. Embedded payments in AP allow organizations to initiate, authorize, process, and track supplier payments directly inside the applications finance teams already use rather than routing payments through a separate banking portal or standalone payment tool.

This assessment is one of four workflow-specific reports produced under IDC's broader worldwide embedded payment applications 2026 study. Companion reports cover accounts receivable (AR/order-to-cash), travel and expense (T&E), and treasury.

"Embedded payments have turned AP into one of the clearest proving grounds for whether a vendor's AI claims translate into production results," said Jordan Steele, research manager, Financial Applications at IDC. "Buyers are no longer asking whether a platform can pay a supplier. They are asking whether it can do so with the rail economics, fraud controls, and straight-through processing rates their business actually needs."

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Embedded Payment Applications in Accounts Receivable Workflows 2026 Vendor Assessment

Jordan Steele, Kevin Permenter — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study assesses vendors offering embedded payment capabilities inside accounts receivable and order-to-cash workflows, including payment acceptance, automated cash application, credit and collections intelligence, and dispute and deduction resolution. The study evaluates how directly vendors connect payment execution to the surrounding AR workflow rather than treating payments as a system requiring separate reconciliation.

"Cash application has quietly become the workflow where AI investment pays off fastest and most visibly," said Jordan Steele, research manager, Financial Applications at IDC. "The vendors pulling ahead are the ones closing the remaining exception queue, the short pays and unmatched remittances, rather than the ones still marketing an auto-application rate that the market has largely caught up to."

IDC Survey: A View of the Cloud Edge in Asia/Pacific

Daphne Chung — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey examines how edge computing is evolving across Asia/Pacific and where organizations expect it to run next. The region is committed to near-term edge expansion, although most organizations remain early on the deployment curve, indicating that intent is running ahead of operational maturity rather than tracking alongside it.