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A Future “Made in Germany”: StackIT Invests €11 Billion in Europe’s AI Capabilities

Carla Arend — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note evaluates StackIT's announcement of a €11 billion investment in new datacenter capacity in Germany. "This move is strategically significant for the European cloud market, particularly in the context of rising demand for AI-ready compute, strong compliance requirements, and the need for secure, locally governed cloud environments." — AVP Carla Arend, Cloud Research Europe, IDC

Amazon Business Reshape 2025: AI and Automation Take Center Stage in Seattle

Patrick Reymann — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Amazon Business Reshape 2025, held November 12–13 in Seattle, convened over 1,500 procurement, supply chain, and finance leaders to explore the future of AI-driven enterprise buying. The event showcased major innovations including Amazon Business Assistant, Savings Insights, and Spend Anomaly Monitoring—tools redefining automation, compliance, and spend intelligence. With new offerings spanning IT services to AWS-integrated manufacturing solutions, Reshape underscored Amazon Business’s evolution into an intelligence-led procurement platform. IDC noted this shift as emblematic of a broader market transformation, where continuous, data-driven procurement and AI-enabled compliance are becoming operational imperatives for global organizations.

Ambient IoT: 5G-A’s Smallest Devices May Make The Greatest Impact

John Gole — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note explores Ambient IoT as a transformative enabler for pervasive sensing and automation. It explains how Ambient IoT, introduced in 3GPP Release 19 as part of 5G-Advanced, delivers ultra-low-power, battery-free connectivity for affordable, scalable item-level tracking. Unlike RFID, Ambient IoT provides real-time visibility, extended range, and high accuracy, making it foundational for digital twins and AI-driven automation. This report highlights market potential and key use cases. It also encourages telcos to consider the potential of this new mobile technology.

Creating the Digital Foundation for Europe: What to Expect from IPCEI-CIS Projects and the Federated European Cloud

Leonardo Freitas — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note examines the objectives, challenges, and opportunities surrounding the Important Project of Common European Interest on Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI-CIS).

The IPCEI-CIS initiative is a pivotal part for Europe's pursuit of digital sovereignty. It seeks to establish a federated and interoperable cloud-edge ecosystem across the continent. Achieving this vision will require a strong commitment to federation, interoperability, and skill development alongside alignment with European priorities around sovereignty, compliance, and sustainability.

"Europe's digital sovereignty hinges on a federated cloud-edge future. Can collaboration, open standards, and sustainability help regional providers outpace hyperscalers and redefine the continent's technological destiny?" said Leonardo Freitas, research manager for Cloud Strategies and Skills at IDC.

Microsoft Ignite 2025: Security Primitives in Action—Securing Agents Amid the AI Expansion

Emanuel Figueroa, Philip Bues — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft Ignite 2025, signaled a turning point for enterprise tech, framing an AI-first future built on trust and security. Judson Althoff’s keynote cut through the hype: AI adoption is soaring, but success lags due to four blockers—misaligned priorities, messy data, compliance friction, and scattered “random acts of innovation.” Translation: AI needs strategy, not experiments.

Orange Aims to Lead the Spanish Market by Taking Full Control of MasOrange

Daniela Rao, Alejandro Cadenas — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note summarizes IDC's perspective on Orange Group's announcement of a non-binding offer to acquire full ownership of Spanish operator MasOrange through the purchase of the remaining 50% of its Spanish joint venture.

"By expressing its aim to assume full control of MasOrange, Orange underscores its long-term commitment to the telecom industry in Spain and its ambition to take a leadership role in Spanish market consolidation and to rekindle growth via new value-creation models in the mass-market", said Daniela Rao and Alejadro Cadenas, European telecom & infrastructure analysts at IDC.

Adobe FY25 Earnings: AI Drives Record Revenue and Double Digit Growth

Gerry Murray — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Enterprise WLAN Market Grew 7.8% in the Third Quarter of 2025, according to IDC Worldwide WLAN Tracker

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

New Wi-Fi Standards & AI-Powered Management Drive Growth

Global XR Shipments Rebound Behind Glasses-First Momentum, IDC Reports

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Design innovation and gamer demand propel category growth despite near-term weakness in traditional headsets

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Services 2026 Predictions - Japan Implications

Masaru Muramatsu — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

本プレゼンテーションは、2026年～2031年における世界および国内のサービス市場で予測される10項目の主要な動向（Predictions）をまとめたものである。米国において発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Services 2026 Predictions（IDC #US53858925、2025年10月発行）』の内容を基に国内市場の状況を考慮して一部変更を加えている。

日本では大手企業／中堅企業を中心にレガシーの基幹システムがいまだ一定数残存しており、企業はデジタルビジネス化およびAI（Artificial Intelligence）駆動型組織への変革を進める上で、限られた経営資源の中で、基幹システムの刷新と、ビジネスプロセスでのAI適用を同時並行で進める必要が生じている。「国内企業では、AI活用とITモダナイゼーションの両立に向けた経営資源の配分と優先領域の特定が重要となる。サービスプロバイダーのAI適応戦略や実践状況を評価し、そのケイパビリティを活用すべきである」と、IDC Japan、Software & Servicesのシニアリサーチアナリストである村松大は述べている。