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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Laser Production Printers 2026 Vendor Assessment

Mitri Roufka, Tim Greene — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC MarketScape assesses the capabilities and strategies of 11 global vendors of laser production printers. It also provides guidance to vendors and advice to companies considering the acquisition of such equipment, including the selection criteria they should consider and the vendors that fit their production printing needs best.

"Production printers are mission critical and have long life cycles. These buying decisions involve high CAPEX, which creates extreme inertia. Customers know that, whatever their possible issues are, getting the printers online quickly is the most critical element in deploying them. Because of this, customers' most important selection criteria is 'Which vendor offers the best service and support that we can trust?'. Features and innovative solutions that address efficiency, automation, and changing business needs are also important but clearly come in the second place," said Mitri Roufka, program director, IDC Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions team.

NTTデータ先端技術、「INTELLILINK Private AI スタートパック」で機密データの検証環境を提供

Yukihisa Hode — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、NTTデータ先端技術が2026年3月に提供を開始したサブスクリプション型オンプレミスAIサービス「INTELLILINK Private AI スタートパック」を取り上げ、同ソリューションの国内AIインフラ市場におけるポジショニングや市場展開戦略を分析する。IDCは、プライベート環境において組織内データを活用したAI検証を促進することで、国内企業におけるAIインフラ投資の加速に寄与するとみている。

Red Hat Hardened Images Delivers a Supported, Minimized Base Image Catalog Built on Its Open Source Software Factory

Katie Norton — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Red Hat Hardened Images brings a no-cost catalog of minimized container base images to market, built on the same software supply chain foundation Red Hat uses across its broader portfolio. The new offering gives Red Hat customers a lower-friction path to adopting hardened images and reinforces hardened images as an increasingly mainstream software supply chain control.

Strategic Considerations for Enterprise AI Networking: Datacenter, Cloud, and Interconnect

Paul Nicholson — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation examines the strategic networking and interconnect considerations enterprise technology buyers must address when planning and deploying datacenter, cloud, and hybrid AI workloads. Enterprise AI deployments are placing unprecedented demands on datacenter networking infrastructure. Drawing on findings from IDC's 2025 Worldwide AI in Networking Special Report (n = 518), it covers the evolution from traditional datacenter networking to AI-ready architectures, the infrastructure requirements of AI factories, and the key benefits and challenges organizations face. The presentation provides actionable guidance on capacity planning, technology selection, and proactive network design to help enterprise teams ensure their networking infrastructure can scale in lockstep with AI compute demands.

国内情報セキュリティ製品市場シェア、2025年：アイデンティティ／アクセス管理が鍵となるセキュリティ製品市場

Kotaro Saito, Mayumi Nishimura — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは2025年の情報セキュリティ製品市場の状況を分析したものである。売上額シェアとベンダーの動向を踏まえて、セキュリティベンダーが取るべき行動を提言している。

「情報セキュリティ市場は成長を続けており、多くのベンダーが売上を伸ばしている。しかし成長率にはばらつきがあり、大きく成長したベンダーと微増に留まったベンダーが存在する。成長を続ける市場の中で、プラットフォーム化や製品同士の連携といった、複数の分野に横断した製品戦略がより重要になる」とIDC Japan、Network & Securityのシニアリサーチアナリストである齊藤耕太郎は分析している。

2026年国内ITインフラ支出動向調査：ソブリンAI対応がプライベートAIインフラ投資を促進

Yukihisa Hode, Shinya Kato — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、2026年2月に実施した「Japan Digital and AI Infrastructure Strategies and Investment Survey 2026」のユーザー調査データを基に、国内企業のデジタルインフラ戦略およびAI（Aritificial Intelligence）インフラ投資動向を分析したものである。

本調査の目的は、AI活用の本格化を見据え、国内企業のデジタルインフラ戦略やAIインフラ投資動向における優先項目を把握し、分析することである。具体的には、デジタルインフラ投資の目的がビジネス成果志向に転換しているか、仮想化環境の移行がどの程度進んでいるか、AIインフラ投資における優先項目や課題は何か、そして従業員規模によってAIインフラ投資の傾向にどのような違いがあるかに焦点を合わせて分析する。

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、「国内企業におけるITインフラ予算は増加傾向にあるものの、投資目的は業務効率化への期待が中心であり、イノベーション創出や競争優位の獲得への期待は相対的に小さい。仮想化基盤の移行が計画・実行段階へと進む一方、大企業は安定性、コスト最適化、ソブリンAI対応の観点からプライベートAIインフラを強く志向している。AI活用が加速する中、ITインフラへの戦略的投資が競争優位の確立を左右するという認識を持ち、投資判断の軸を見直すことが不可欠である」と分析している。

Agentic AI Implications for IaaS Network Services

Taranvir Singh — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective explores how agentic AI is transforming IaaS network services, emphasizing the need for high-performance connectivity, efficient application networking, and integrated security and governance. As enterprises scale agentic AI deployments, strategic networking partner preferences are shifting toward cloud SPs. The report offers recommendations for vendors, highlighting the importance of specialized AI networking capabilities, validated designs, and expertise to support dynamic, distributed agentic AI environments.

"Networking is foundational to agentic AI. Its pervasive presence across AI agent interactions positions it as an important enabler of end-to-end connectivity, security, and governance," says Taranvir Singh, research manager, Cloud Networking Services, IDC. "For AI agents to operate at production scale, the network must function as an intelligent policy fabric, not just an underlying transport layer."

Datacenter Colocation Service Vendor Profile: Digital Realty

Mary Johnston Turner — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of Digital Realty Trust, one of the major global providers of datacenter facilities, colocation, and interconnection services.

Dell Technologies World 2026: AI Focus Dominates Dell's Storage Roadmap

Natalya Yezhkova, Carol Sliwa, Ashish Nadkarni — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

At Dell Technologies World (DTW) 2026, the company made a series of announcements spanning primary storage, object storage, cyber resiliency, and data management for AI workloads, reflecting a broader industry shift toward treating storage as a foundational layer in an AI infrastructure stack. Core announcements included Dell PowerStore Elite, an upgrade to its all-flash storage system; enhancements to the Dell AI Data Platform, including new orchestration and search capabilities; a new high-density ObjectScale X7700 storage appliance; and the completion of the Exascale Storage portfolio with the forthcoming addition of PowerFlex block storage.

Dell Technologies World 2026: Operationalizing AI at Enterprise Scale

Matthew Eastwood, Tom Mainelli, Ashish Nadkarni, Leslie Rosenberg — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

At Dell Technologies World 2026, Dell advanced its “full stack” AI-ready IT portfolio by announcing developments in compute, data management, storage, networking, cyber recovery, AI-enabled automation, end-user devices, and IT services. Dell positioned AI infrastructure as the foundation for data lifecycle management, emphasizing “AI for infrastructure and infrastructure for AI.” A highlight was the enhanced AI Factory narrative, marking a shift from reference architecture to production-scale systems. The event underscored that enterprise AI is progressing from pilots to operational deployment, where data access, GPU utilization, sovereignty, and hybrid placement decisions are increasingly important. Dell conveyed that success in AI now hinges on the design, deployment, and operation of integrated AI systems at scale—requiring the right hardware across hybrid, multicloud, on-premises data centers, and desktops. Enterprises must manage token economics, enabling customers to use their own data for AI model development while controlling bandwidth and token costs.