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AVEVA World 2026: A New Operating Model Reality — Agentic AI, Platform Consolidation, and the Industrial Intelligence Imperative

Frank Della Rosa — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note captures intelligence from AVEVA World 2026, which showcased AVEVA’s transformation into the platform backbone for AI-driven industrial enterprises, emphasizing agentic AI, platform consolidation, and strategic M&A. The company’s deep investment in engineering software, robust digital twin capabilities, and multicloud strategy position it ahead of competitors, while low churn and strong platform stickiness underpin growth. AVEVA’s focus on platform-centric innovation and geographic expansion, especially in APAC, signals a durable competitive advantage in the evolving industrial intelligence landscape.

“In the new operating reality, agentic AI isn’t an option — it’s the backbone redefining industrial intelligence, platform power, and competitive survival.” — Frank Della Rosa, research vice president, SaaS, Business Platforms, and Industry Cloud, IDC

IDC Market Glance: European Infrastructure-as-a-Service Market by Compliance Category, 2Q26

Carla Arend — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance highlights the ongoing transformation of the European infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) market as compliance, sovereignty, operational stability, and digital autonomy become increasingly central to enterprise cloud strategies. This study provides a concise visual overview of the evolving European IaaS ecosystem, including hyperscalers, regional cloud providers, telecom operators, and sovereign cloud initiatives associated with key compliance and security frameworks such as SecNumCloud, C5, CISPE, and Gaia-X.

Tata Consultancy Services Digital Sovereignty Approach: IT Practicalities and Possibilities, Not Politics and Pipe Dreams

Rahiel Nasir — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note examines Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) launch of SovereignSecure Cloud for Europe, announced in Frankfurt on May 26, 2026. The offering targets governments, public sector enterprises, and regulated industries through a three-layer architecture spanning hyperscaler-backed sovereign cloud, national sovereign cloud, and TCS' own enterprise orchestration layer. A companion Sovereignty Consulting and Delivery Framework introduces the concept of a minimum viable sovereign enterprise (MVSE), a risk-based posture in which the level of sovereign protection applied is calibrated to workload importance rather than universally applied.

IDC's view is that the proposition is well aligned with how European buyers now think about sovereignty — selectively applied, evidence-based, and tightly coupled to regulatory compliance. TCS' risk-based MVSE approach, pragmatic exclusions, and consulting-led posture differentiate it from the sovereign-by-design claims found elsewhere in the market. However, TCS will need to address extraterritoriality more transparently, given its Indian parent, broaden the proposition to cover supply chain, AI, network, skills, and assurance sovereignty more explicitly, elevate continuous assurance to a named workstream, and strengthen its France engagement and country-level certification road map to match the most demanding European buyer requirements.

"TCS' minimum viable sovereign enterprise approach is a refreshingly pragmatic anchor for the European sovereign cloud market — it treats sovereignty as risk management, not as a marketing label. With open questions still to address on extraterritoriality, key management, operator-generated metadata, and a broader taxonomy of sovereignty to build out, TCS SovereignSecure Cloud is one to watch as Europe's digital sovereignty market continues to heat up," says Rahiel Nasir, research director, Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Services, IDC.

Hybrid Cloud Importance Grows in Asia/Pacific

Daphne Chung — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study discusses that hybrid cloud is now foundational for Asia/Pacific (AP) digital transformation (DX), enabling organizations to balance innovation with compliance and operational control. The region’s regulatory complexity, AI adoption, and decentralized IT models make hybrid cloud not just an option but a necessity. Enterprises that invest in robust, future-ready hybrid platforms, supported by strong partner ecosystems and AI capabilities, will be best positioned to capitalize on emerging opportunities and navigate ongoing market and regulatory shifts.

Daphne Chung, research director of Cloud and Infrastructure Services says, “Hybrid cloud is not just an IT architecture; it is the new battleground for AI, compliance, and operational resilience across Asia/Pacific. To succeed, AP enterprises must prioritize unified management, advanced data governance, built-in security and compliance, integrated AI/ML life-cycle management, and automation.”

IDC Market Glance: Utilities Customer Operations Ecosystem, 2Q26

Gaia Gallotti — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance provides the segments and subsegments of the utilities customer operations IT market. Vendors continue to expand their scope beyond core meter-to-cash, converging billing, customer engagement, energy data, and distributed energy resource (DER) orchestration onto unified, cloud-native platforms.

"A decade of best-of-breed procurement has left utilities with integration debt and rising cost-to-serve. The energy transition changes the calculus: affordability, flexibility, and AI all require a single, trusted data foundation. The vendors pulling ahead are those helping utilities rationalize the entire customer operations estate, not just replace a platform," said Gaia Gallotti, research director, IDC Energy Insights Europe.

IDC Survey Spotlight: How Does GenAI Influence Your Organization’s Decision for Using PSA and What Are the Most Important Business Outcomes You Want to Achieve with It?

Mickey North Rizza — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight discusses how generative AI (GenAI) is a key driver of PSA decision-making. IDC’s SaaS and Agent Path, April 2026 finds GenAI a key business driver for PSA investments. Organizations are planning to replace their current PSA application if GenAI is not included. Business outcomes, such as operational efficiency, faster innovation, and improved employee productivity, along with a few others, point to an inward business focus.

Market Share: European Public Cloud IaaS Shares, 2025 — Hyperscaler Dominance and Europe’s Homegrown Cloud Ambitions

George Ayad, Carla Arend — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the European public cloud IaaS market.

This presentation analyzes vendor positioning, regional dynamics, notable M&A activity, and significant market developments, including the emergence of GPU-specialized providers, the shift from sovereign cloud to sovereign AI as a procurement requirement, and the acceleration of multicloud adoption, and offers data-driven guidance for technology suppliers competing in the European IaaS market.

“The European public cloud IaaS market demonstrated exceptional resilience in 2025, growing 28.9% year over year to reach $39.2 billion. As enterprises navigate the integration of AI and agentic AI, the most important focus now is on how to avoid AI cost spikes and ensure sovereignty and resilience. Geopolitical tensions recently have enticed Europe to prioritize sovereignty in its infrastructure deployments, especially while navigating the AI era.” — George Ayad, senior research analyst, EMEA Cloud Research at IDC

Worldwide Virtual Client Computing Software Forecast, 2026–2030

Filippo Vanara — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation provides the five-year forecast for the virtual client computing software market and delivers insight into the drivers and inhibitors of growth.

"The worldwide virtual client computing market is expected to see strong double-digit growth over the coming decade, driven by hybrid work adoption, increasing cybersecurity requirements, cloud-based VDI deployment, and enterprise demand for centralized IT management," said Filippo Vanara, research manager, Worldwide Enterprise Client Computing Platforms at IDC.

面向智能体的混合云智算基础设施技术能力评估，2026

Lee Zhang — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本IDC研究主要围绕面向智能体的混合云智算基础设施的技术能力开展，希望通过对中国市场混合云智算基础设施技术提供商的技术评估以及对最终用户的客观访谈，帮助市场更加全面地了解国内混合云智算基础设施相关技术的发展现状和发展方向。

"随着AI应用进入规模化落地阶段，智能体也逐步快速渗透到各个行业，企业对智算设施的需求已经从单纯的算力供给转向为业务赋能，从而实现性能优化、成本管控、运营效率、安全保障以及应用落地等全方位赋能。"——张犁，IDC中国云基础架构领域高级研究经理

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.