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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."

Japan DevOps Software Forecast, 2026–2030

Shinichi Kimura — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides the 2025 market size and market forecast through 2030 for the Japan DevOps software market, broken down by functional market and by delivery model. It also analyzes the drivers and inhibitors of market growth and key market context, presenting directions, growth opportunities, and recommended actions for IT suppliers as they develop their future strategies.

Across all industrial sectors, digital business initiatives are advancing and accelerating the development and release cycles of the applications that form the foundation of these operations, as well as delivering value through software while maintaining and enhancing quality. These challenges have become critical management priorities that determine a company's competitive advantage. Against this backdrop, an increasing number of companies are adopting DevOps initiatives to transform traditional development and operations processes and structures that hinder software delivery.

Shinichi Kimura, research manager for Software, Services, and IT Spending at IDC Japan, says, "Demand for software that underpins the DevOps practices of enterprises and organizations continues to show solid, sustained growth. In recent years, initiatives to integrate generative AI into DevOps pipelines to further automate and advance software delivery have been gaining real momentum, and the DevOps software market is expected to enter a new phase of growth."

This is the English translation of the Japanese document (IDC #JPJ53499826).

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Communications Engagement Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

Courtney Munroe, Denise Lund — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive assessment of select communications engagement platform (CEP) vendors, highlighting their strengths, challenges, and strategic direction to guide technology buyers in making informed decisions.

"We are witnessing a pivotal shift in the customer engagement market, as AI-powered orchestration and frictionless integration across platforms fundamentally reshape enterprise interactions with both customers and employees. Organizations should focus on solutions that deliver demonstrable innovation, adaptability, and a strategic approach to context-rich, omni-channel engagement," says Denise Lund, research vice president, Worldwide Telecom and UC, IDC.

IDC Survey: PLM for Process Manufacturers

John Snow — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey presents the findings of IDC’s 2025 Product Innovation and Aftermarket Services Global Survey, from the perspective of 112 product life-cycle management (PLM) decision-makers in process manufacturing industries. The survey results highlight business drivers, application areas, and investment trends of process manufacturers. Companies included in this research had more than 500 employees. All respondents were either the primary decision-maker or part of a team that makes decisions related to PLM in the North America, EMEA, and APAC regions.

Nutanix .NEXT 2026: Enabling Customer Choice in Compute and Deployment Architectures

Matthew Flug — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The announcements Nutanix made at its annual event .NEXT center on creating a "dual native" platform that enables customers to operate virtual machines, containers, and AI workloads through a unified operational model across hybrid and multitenant environments. The updates reflect broader market trends regarding increased popularity of multicloud and hybrid cloud strategies, platform consolidation, and AI and agentic AI enablement.

Cloud Strategies for the AI Era: Guidance for Middle East and Africa Technology Buyers, 2026 and Beyond

Jebin George — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation discusses how artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping cloud strategies across the Middle East and Africa, transforming cloud from a hosting platform into the foundation for enterprise AI. As organizations accelerate adoption, they must navigate a complex landscape of hybrid and multicloud architectures, sovereign cloud requirements, application modernization, and AI-driven operations, while also responding to evolving geopolitical and regulatory pressures. This presentation provides technology buyers with a structured view of key trends and emerging best practices for building AI-ready, secure, and scalable cloud environments, offering clear guidance to align cloud investments with long-term digital and AI ambitions.

Proving the Promise: Does Public Cloud Help or Hurt Sustainability in Europe?

Carla Arend, George Ayad — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective provides an in-depth analysis of cloud sustainability in Europe, contextualized in terms of evolving EU sustainability regulations and major vendor initiatives. The report draws on findings from IDC's 2025 European Cloud Survey and critically examines the gap between public sustainability commitments and the realities faced by organizations, highlighting the operational, regulatory, and infrastructural constraints that impede progress. It explores whether cloud adoption ultimately advances or undermines sustainability objectives, with a particular focus on the environmental impact of hyperscale datacenters (including carbon emissions and water usage). The report also presents fresh insights into end-user organizations' attitudes toward sustainable cloud consumption, the challenges they encounter, and the factors shaping their sustainability strategies. Actionable guidance is offered for technology suppliers seeking to address these challenges and support customers in achieving their sustainability goals.

Cohere Launches Model Vault for Private Inference and Regulated Workloads

Tim Law, Kathy Lange — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective shares an overview of Cohere’s Model Vault, which addresses the growing dominance of inference in generative AI and agentic AI, particularly for regulated and mission-critical workloads. The Model Vault offers a single-tenant, private inference platform tailored for regulated workloads, addressing enterprise needs for data privacy, compliance, predictable performance, and operational control. As inference becomes central to generative AI, private and hybrid architectures are key to balancing innovation, governance, and efficiency.

“As inference overtakes training as the predominant workload, the challenge for regulated AI is balancing innovation, compliance, and control,” said Tim Law, research director, AI and Automation, IDC. “Private, single-tenant platforms can help firms balance those requirements for regulated workloads.”

NVIDIA GTC 2026: The Tokenization of Life Sciences and Healthcare

Nimita Limaye — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective discusses how NVIDIA is driving the tokenization of life sciences and healthcare, transforming complex biological and clinical data into computable assets that enable real-time insights and scalable AI adoption. It discusses how NVIDIA is combining full-stack infrastructure, agentic AI, and AI-native R&D models to accelerate the shift toward autonomous, intelligent, and continuously learning life sciences and healthcare enterprises.

"Across the continuum from molecular structures to patient records, NVIDIA is powering the tokenization of life sciences and healthcare data, transforming it into high-value, dynamic assets that deliver real-time intelligence, accelerate innovation exponentially, and enable data-driven decisions that underpin the next era of AI-enabled care," said Dr. Nimita Limaye, research vice president, Life Sciences R&D Strategy and Technology, IDC.

Private Cloud: Deployed but Not Delivered — Why Buyers Are Stuck and What to Do About It

Shahin Hashim — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation examines why private cloud is deployed but not delivered across many enterprise datacenters and what vendors need to change. Many buyers have invested in private cloud platforms but lack the operational maturity to consume them as a cloud. The gap between what vendors ship and what buyers can actually run is where expansions stall, renewals are at risk, and customers find alternatives. The report introduces a four-level maturity spectrum showing where most buyers stall and identifies four distinct buyer postures that determine what vendors can sell and how. It identifies five systemic gaps in vendor positioning and provides actionable guidance to close them. AI workloads are accelerating urgency. The operating model deficiencies that traditional workloads tolerated are now causing time-sensitive, high-value projects to fail or be left behind.