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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.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Which IT Investments will European Organizations Accelerate amid the Middle East War?

Carla Arend — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines which IT investments will see accelerated investment in Europe due to geopolitical instability. European organizations are reshaping IT and AI investment priorities to balance resilience, cost, and long-term strategic value. AI is also seeing accelerated investment, mainly in the areas of operational efficiency, defense/analytics and resiliency use cases. The success of AI initiatives will increasingly depend on strong data, infrastructure, and governance foundations. At the same time, organizations are prioritizing control, continuity, and risk mitigation and redefining how they allocate resources in an environment where uncertainty and operational pressures continue to intensify, with significant impact on their cloud strategies.

ServiceNow's AI-Native Platform Delivers on Developer Enablement

Adam Reeves — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

ServiceNow's April 2026 platform update embeds AI, data, and governance across its entire portfolio, positioning AI as a core, built-in capability for both users and developers rather than an add-on. At the center is Context Engine, which injects real-time enterprise context, including data relationships, policies, and decision history, into AI-driven actions to improve accuracy, transparency, and governance. These capabilities are included across all offerings through a unified packaging model that integrates AI, data connectivity, workflow execution, security, and governance by default.

The Impact of AI on PaaS

Adam Reeves — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation is an excerpt from IDC's December 2025 PaaS Decision-Maker and Business Value Survey, which highlights a series of questions related to artificial intelligence (AI). It includes analysis of deployment plans, use cases, and impact on PaaS adoption.

This IDC Survey interviewed 310 individuals from midsize and large organizations in the United States who are leaders, decision-makers, or influencers in their organizations' platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud application deployment platform strategies.

IDC Survey: Cloud Vendor Selection Criteria

Daphne Chung — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey analyzes how organizations select cloud providers, what drives vendor switching, and which criteria shape final purchase decisions. The survey provides actionable insights into what end users value most in cloud, including pricing, security, reliability, service quality, scalability, and business alignment, enabling providers to assess switching risk, sharpen competitive positioning, and align their offerings more closely with buyer priorities.

国内ハイパーコンバージドシステム市場シェア、2025年：仮想化基盤移行の本格化による市場構造の転換

Yukihisa Hode — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、国内ハイパーコンバージドシステム市場におけるシステムベンダー別およびハイパーコンバージドソフトウェアベンダー別ソリューションの売上額シェアとベンダー動向を分析する。

IDC Japan、Infrastructure, Imaging, and Devicesのリサーチマネージャーである宝出幸久は、「国内ハイパーコンバージドシステム市場では、仮想化基盤の移行が本格化しており、セグメント別にプラットフォーム選択の方向性が明確化している。また、コンテナ基盤やAI（Artificial Intelligence）インフラ需要も立ち上がりつつある。セグメント別の市場展開戦略や新領域への対応がITサプライヤーの競争力を左右する要因となる」と分析している。

IDC's Worldwide Software Taxonomy, 2026

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's software market taxonomy. It serves as the foundation for classification and sizing of the worldwide software market. For 2026, the taxonomy includes 79 individual functional markets grouped within a hierarchy of 20 secondary markets, which in turn aggregate into three primary segments: applications, application development and deployment, and systems infrastructure software. Each of the functional markets is described, with a sample list of representative software vendors and products.

"IDC's software taxonomy represents a comprehensive classification of the worldwide software marketplace," said Rasmus Andsbjerg, vice president, Public Cloud Services and Software Trackers at IDC. "It continues to be the premier source for defining and categorizing commercial software and the basis for IDC market sizing and forecast data products such as trackers and spending guides."