rsshardware https://my.idc.com/rss/2805.do IDC RSS alerts Building for the AI Era: The State of the Datacenter Market, 2025 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US54053125&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides insight into the current state of the global datacenter market. It includes an overview of the market landscape; discusses key trends, market drivers, and inhibitors; and offers IDC's advice for technology buyers.</P> Tech Buyer Presentation Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Olga Yashkova Document Solutions, 3Q25: Trends and Developments in Document Solutions and Scanning https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53852725&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Market Presentation highlights news and reactions to some of the key document solutions software and scanning products and announcements from the third quarter of 2025. Some of the major players in the document solutions and scanning markets have launched product updates and made announcements that are helping set the pace for other players in the segment.</P> Market Presentation Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Tim Greene, Geoffrey Wilbur Global Innovation Summit, 2025: Schneider Electric's Evolution as an Energy Technology Partner https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EUR153961225&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Market Perspective analyzes Schneider Electric's positioning and messaging from the 2025 Innovation Summit in Copenhagen, in which CEO Olivier Blum reaffirmed the company's long-standing mission to advance the global energy transition. Schneider Electric outlined its continued evolution into an energy technology partner, a role that builds on its heritage in electrification, automation, and sustainability while extending its capabilities into a new era of digital and AI-enabled innovation. Schneider Electric's strategy mirrors a broader industry movement toward energy intelligence in which the convergence of software, data, and connected systems is transforming how energy is generated, managed, and consumed across industrial operations, infrastructure, datacenters, and homes. This IDC Market Perspective also discusses the implications of this evolution for technology suppliers, ecosystem partners, and enterprises pursuing net-zero, resilience, and operational efficiency objectives. It serves as a follow-up to last year's Innovation Summit. </P><P>"Schneider Electric's 2025 Innovation Summit marks a milestone in the company's transition from an electrical equipment manufacturer and energy solution provider into a full-spectrum energy technology partner," said Roberta Bigliani, group vice president, IDC. "Its integration of software, automation, and advisory capabilities sets a precedent for how industrial enterprises can operationalize sustainability through data, AI, and ecosystem collaboration."</P> IDC Perspective Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Roberta Bigliani, Paolo Cammi, Filippo Vanara IDC FutureScape: The Agentic Business Future — Driving Innovation, Resilience, and Sovereignty in EMEA https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EUR153945025&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC FutureScape features leading regional analysts who unveil the key predictions shaping technology and business across EMEA for 2026 and beyond. They provide data-driven insights, actionable guidance, and a road map for turning constraints into advantages, helping leaders pivot from hype to measurable business value and design for resilience, agility, and growth.</P><P>“As organizations navigate an era defined by economic uncertainty, geopolitical shifts, and relentless technological change, one truth stands out — the future belongs to those who can harness AI, automation, and sovereignty to build resilience, drive innovation, and unlock growth,” said Andrea Siviero, senior research director, MacroTech, Digital Business, and Future of Work. “The theme of this year’s IDC EMEA FutureScape predictions webcast — <B>The Agentic Business Future</B> — is about technology, but it is also about readiness, governance, and a human-centered approach that transforms ambition into measurable business value.”</P> Web Conference Proceeding: Tech Supplier Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Duncan Brown, Neil Ward-Dutton, Ahmad Latif Ali, Chris Barnard, Gunjan Bassi, Andrew Buss, Dina Capelle, Giovanni Cervellati, Derrick Chikanga, Meike Escherich, Lapo Fioretti, Leonardo Freitas, Jebin George, Katharina Grimme, Shilpi Handa, Ralf Helkenberg, Martina Longo, Bo Lykkegaard, Thomas Meyer, Masarra Mohamed, Rahiel Nasir, Ranjit Rajan, Eric Samuel, Chris Silberberg, Andrea Siviero, Jennifer Thomson, Jonathan Tullett, Ornella Urso, Filippo Vanara, Ewa Zborowska, Archana Venkatraman IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2026 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=AP52859925&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC FutureScape discusses the top 10 predictions for the cloud market in 2026 and their implications on Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ). Each prediction includes IT and business impacts and guidance for technology buyers. </P><P>"By strategically embracing AI and cloud, enterprises can optimize performance, cost, and security and enable their organizations to pursue new markets and greater innovation," says Daphne Chung, research director, cloud services and software, IDC Asia/Pacific.</P> Tech Buyer Presentation Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Daphne Chung, Rajiv Ranjan, Mikhail Jaura IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2026 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=AP52823525&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC FutureScape report is an accompanying piece to IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2026 Predictions — Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Implications. It guides technology sales and technology marketing leaders in leveraging IDC's top 10 predictions in sustainability. This report aims to support these technology leaders in navigating the complex, unique, and fast-moving sustainability technologies and ESG-focused IT services market in the APEJ region by providing guidance in sales approach, sales narrative, marketing campaigns, and marketing strategies. </P><P>"Customers of sustainability solutions in APEJ are already familiar with the implications of AI advancements on their sustainability initiatives. They are now looking for partners in sustainability — technology providers that can meet their requirements where they are in terms of maturity readiness and that can support their plans by harnessing the amplifying capability of sustainable AI and leveraging the benefits of AI for sustainability," said Melvie Espejo, research director, Asia/Pacific Sustainable Strategies and Technologies, IDC. </P> Market Presentation Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Melvie Espejo, Dr. William Lee, Stephanie Krishnan IDC FutureScape: 全球智慧城市2026年预测:中国启示 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=CHC53821626&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>本IDC FutureScape给出了2026—2031年有关智慧城市场景的十大预测,详细阐述了每项预测的具体含义,深入分析了它们对IT领域的影响,并针对这些技术和市场趋势的发展,提出了切实可行的建议。该报告旨在为智慧城市相关的解决方案提供商和智慧城市运营商提供业务发展战略制定的参考,同时也为智慧城市技术的买家提供有价值的洞见。</P> Tech Buyer Presentation Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Hongyu Cheng IDC MaturityScape: Print and Document Management 4.0 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53216225&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC MaturityScape for PDM enables an organization to assess its print and document management competency and maturity, uncover maturity gaps among business units, use the baseline to define short- and long-term goals and plan for improvements, and prioritize technology, staffing, outsourcing, and other related investment decisions.</P><P>"By developing and implementing a print and document management strategy aligned with IDC's maturity framework, organizations will be well positioned to modernize their print infrastructure and make consistent advancements in their overall digital transformation journey," says Robert Palmer, research VP for IDC's Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions Group.</P> IDC MaturityScape Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Robert Palmer IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Taxonomy, 2025 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53148925&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview of IDC's enterprise storage systems taxonomy and outlines market segmentations and measurement methodologies for the storage industry, including classification by technology, vendor, geography, and revenue metrics. The document serves as a guide for IDC's research on enterprise storage systems, which encompasses external OEM, internal OEM, and ODM Direct categories.</P><P>"IDC's enterprise storage systems taxonomy offers a framework for analyzing the market in its current state," said Carol Sliwa, research director, Storage and Converged Systems, IDC. "The taxonomy will continue to evolve in tandem with market changes, as storage vendors adapt existing systems and design new products to address modern workloads."</P> Taxonomy Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Carol Sliwa, Dave Pearson In Asia/Pacific, Which Technology Vendors Receive High Customer Trust Ratings for their Capabilities to Support Current and Future Sustainability Requirements of Enterprises? https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=AP53973725&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Survey Spotlight studied the customer ratings given by Asia/Pacific (including Japan) (APJ) organizations to sustainability technology solutions providers in 2025. In the IDC's <I>2025</I><I> Macro Impact on Sustainability Survey</I>, conducted in 4 tranches from May to August 2025, technology user organizations in the region were asked to identify and highlight the vendors they trust to help them navigate the ever-changing macro landscape of sustainability. A handful of vendors were especially mentioned by 5 out of 10 respondents. </P><P>"As organizations in the region mature in their sustainability readiness, they rely more on their technology partners, expecting them to be ahead of changes that impact sustainability and the technology innovations that would expand sustainability use cases and accelerate outcomes," said Melvie Espejo, research director, IDC Asia/Pacific Sustainable Strategies and Technologies.</P> IDC Survey Spotlight Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Melvie Espejo