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IDC Survey Spotlight: Are MFT Tool Portfolios Expanding as Enterprises Modernize Integration Architectures?

Andrew Gens — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight explores how managed file transfer (MFT) environments are evolving as organizations modernize their integration architectures. MFT remains a critical technology for secure file exchange, compliance, and partner connectivity, but enterprises are increasingly moving beyond a single-platform approach. Many are now managing a combination of legacy and modern MFT tools as they balance modernization goals with the need to maintain existing business processes.

The findings show that organizations are expanding their MFT portfolios as part of a broader transition rather than pursuing immediate replacement. Existing platforms continue to support established workloads, while newer solutions are being introduced to improve orchestration, governance, automation, and operational flexibility. This reflects a measured approach to modernization, where reducing disruption is often just as important as adopting new capabilities.

The research also points to a growing need for tools and services that simplify migration and coexistence. As organizations work to reduce complexity over time, they will look for solutions that provide stronger governance, policy management, and workload portability across platforms. Success will depend less on introducing another tool and more on helping customers modernize and consolidate their environments with confidence.

IDC Survey: Cloud AI Budgets and Agentic AI Deployment in Europe

Carla Arend — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey examines cloud AI budgets and the deployment of agentic AI across European organizations, drawing on IDC’s Cloud Pulse Survey, 1Q26, of 340 respondents. It explores the expected direction of cloud AI spending in 2026, the primary drivers behind budget increases and decreases, and how investment patterns vary across major European markets. The study also covers the share of cloud AI budgets allocated to agentic AI; the maturity of agentic deployments; levels of agent autonomy; leading enterprise use cases; key deployment challenges spanning reliability, security, and integration; and recurring monthly spending on AI agent operations.

市场份额：中国AI赋能的公有云CWPP市场份额，2025

Joe Zhao — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本IDC研究分析了2025年中国AI赋能的公有云云工作负载保护平台（CWPP）市场中领先供应商的市场份额，并介绍了市场发展态势。随着企业上云进程持续深化，工作负载安全已成为云安全建设的核心环节。

“2025年公有云场景的项目机会显著增加，云厂商的CWPP产品凭借与云平台的深度集成，以及统一管控能力，相比安全厂商具备明显优势。”——赵义，IDC中国安全和信任产品领域高级研究经理

IDC Survey Spotlight: How Much Are Datacenter Operators Investing in Buildouts and How Does That Vary by Region?

Mikhail Jaura — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey spotlight examines how CAPEX and OPEX are differentiated across North America, Asia/Pacific, and Western Europe, highlighting key survey questions in IDC's Datacenter Facilities and Operations Survey, January 2026 (n = 320).

Market Share: Korea Collaborative Applications Shares, 2025

Daeil Chun — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

한국 협업 애플리케이션 시장은 AI와 미래 업무 방식(Future of Work)에 대한 기업 수요가 맞물리며 구조적 성장 국면에 진입하고 있습니다. 협업 도구는 단순 커뮤니케이션 수단을 넘어 AI 에이전트의 실행 환경이자 엔터프라이즈 워크플로의 핵심 접점으로 진화하고 있으며, 벤더 간 경쟁의 축도 기능 완성도에서 AI 통합 깊이로 이동하고 있습니다. 특히 국내 시장에서는 글로벌 빅테크와 어깨를 나란히 하는 토종 벤더들이 현지화 역량과 엔터프라이즈 레퍼런스를 바탕으로 독자적인 경쟁력을 구축하고 있다는 점이 주목됩니다. 본 보고서는 이러한 시장 상황을 벤더 점유율 분석을 통해 조망합니다.

“자율형 AI 에이전트가 대규모로 확산될 때 인간과 에이전트 간 커뮤니케이션 채널도 함께 늘어난다면 폭증한 에이전트 채널 관리로 인해 임직원의 AI 사용자 경험도 파편화될 수 있습니다. 팀 협업 시스템은 AI를 내장해 자체 기능을 고도화하는 동시에, 자율형 에이전트 시대에 수많은 에이전트와 기존 사용자를 하나로 연결하는 단일 협업 허브로 진화할 수 있는 기회를 포착할 수 있습니다.”

The State of WebAssembly, 2Q26

Matthew Flug — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation examines the state of WebAssembly (Wasm) as it expands beyond the browser into server-side, edge, and on-device deployments in 2Q26. Drawing on IDC survey data, the presentation assesses how organizations are positioning Wasm alongside containers (where adoption is concentrating across security, AI, and scalability use cases) and which tooling and standardization gaps continue to bound workloads that Wasm can address. The presentation also evaluates how Wasm supports emerging AI agent workloads through sandboxed, deny-by-default execution and capability-based access, and the path toward Wasm operating as embedded infrastructure within edge networks, cloud function services, and plug-in hosts.

"WebAssembly is moving from a browser technology toward an invisible infrastructure embedded beneath the platforms developers already use. Server-side adoption is expanding as a complement to containers rather than a replacement, with buyers focusing on security isolation, edge inference, and sandboxed AI agent execution. Wasm's progress toward increased adoption still depends on continued WASI maturation and wider language and tooling support," said Matthew Flug, research manager, Intelligent Application Modernization and Deployment Platforms at IDC

AI-Powered IT Vendor Rationalization: Why, When, How?

Dr. Ron Babin — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective explains that as IT portfolios grow in complexity — driven by SaaS sprawl, cloud proliferation, and decentralized procurement — vendor rationalization has become a strategic imperative for CIOs. This document addresses three questions: Why to rationalize, when to act, and how to execute? The document presents a phased framework anchored in AI-powered discovery, the 4R decision model, TCO modeling, and continuous governance — transforming rationalization from a periodic exercise into a living capability that reduces costs, mitigates risk, and builds a resilient IT supply chain.

"Managing a bloated IT vendor portfolio is not just a cost problem — it is a risk, governance, and innovation problem. CIOs who pursue AI-powered rationalization as a continuous discipline will build leaner portfolios and redirect savings toward the investments that differentiate their business," says Dr. Ron Babin, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP).

Egypt and Morocco Cloud Trends, 2026

George Ayad — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation examines how cloud adoption is evolving in Egypt and Morocco as AI reshapes enterprise infrastructure priorities, modernization strategies, and provider selection. Drawing on IDC’s 2025 Worldwide Cloud Survey, executive interviews, and local market analysis, the report explores how these two North African markets differ in terms of cloud maturity, deployment models, modernization pathways, and cloud-based AI adoption. It also highlights the policies, localized data residency regulations, infrastructure investments, skills, and governance factors influencing growth across the region. Finally, it provides technology vendors, service providers, and enterprise buyers with a clear view of where demand is accelerating, what barriers still constrain value realization, and how AI is changing the next phase of cloud investment in two of North Africa’s most important growth markets.

Equinix Launches Sixth Datacenter in Hong Kong: AI-Ready HK6 and AI Discovery Hub to Anchor Enterprise AI

Mikhail Jaura — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

On June 16, 2026, Equinix launched its AI-ready HK6 datacenter in Hong Kong, which delivers direct-to-chip liquid cooling for GPU densities well beyond what air-cooled facilities support. This latest datacenter complements the AI Discovery Hub, which Equinix launched in early 2Q26: an open, NVIDIA-powered testing environment built with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) that pairs an AI factory at-scale solution with embedded governance guardrails inside HK6. The HK6 launch and the AI Discovery Hub show Equinix shifting colocation from raw space and power toward a curated, governance-first foundation for enterprise and sovereign AI across the Greater Bay Area, and buyers should now treat AI readiness, meaning liquid cooling, interconnection density, and built-in policy controls, as a procurement requirement rather than a road map item.

IDC Cloud Pulse, 1Q26: Executive Summary

Rob Tiffany — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation is an executive summary of IDC’s 1Q26 Cloud Pulse Survey findings. It covers cloud buyer priorities, cloud strategy, AI spending and deployment, and agentic AI adoption.