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Neuracle and BrainCo Illustrate the Expanding Commercial Ecosystem for Brain-Computer Interfaces

Heather West, PhD — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are approaching an important commercialization milestone. Technologies once confined to research laboratories and limited clinical trials are beginning to emerge as commercially reimbursed medical devices and AI-enabled platforms for human-machine interaction. The latest announcements from Neuracle and BrainCo illustrate how BCIs are simultaneously maturing across healthcare and AI and other emerging technologies, reinforcing IDC's view that convergence with AI, robotics, and heterogeneous computing will define the market's next phase.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Are Organizations Ready to Support AI and GenAI Workloads at the Edge?

Olga Yashkova — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines enterprises’ investment priorities for preparing edge locations for AI and machine learning (ML) workloads. The edge is no longer just a connectivity play. Organizations are rapidly deploying AI and ML workloads outside the core datacenter, and generative AI is following close behind. But moving intelligence to the edge demands far more from physical infrastructure than most edge locations were built to deliver.

IDC Survey: Telco Network Infrastructure and Cloud Priorities in META, 2026

Tolga Yalcin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey explores how META telecom operators are prioritizing network infrastructure, cloud, AI, and sovereignty in 2026, benchmarked against global peers as part of IDC’s Worldwide Telco DX Network Infrastructure and Cloud Survey. Key themes include the region’s approach to AI deployment in network operations, edge and MEC adoption, data sovereignty as a baseline infrastructure requirement, and a preference for owning and controlling full-stack infrastructure over public cloud migration — alongside an accelerating push toward virtualization, cloudification, and satellite connectivity.

Infoblox to Acquire Kentik, Pairing DNS Authority with Network Observability to Fuel AgenticOps

Taranvir Singh, Brandon Butler — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

On July 8, 2026, Infoblox — the worldwide domain name system (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP address management (IPAM) (DDI) market share leader — announced a definitive agreement to acquire network observability vendor Kentik, pairing its authoritative DNS, DHCP, and IP address management platform with Kentik's real-time traffic intelligence to create what the companies describe as an AI-ready operational data fabric. The deal reinforces a broader shift already evident across the DDI market toward platforms that unite core DDI data (the authoritative record of every device's name, address, and identity) with observability, security, and automation capabilities to support multicloud and agentic AI operations.

QuEra Unveils Libra, a Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing System to be Hosted by Amazon Braket in 2028

Heather West, PhD — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note examines the evidence supporting QuEra's fault-tolerant quantum computing roadmap and its implications for vendors and enterprises navigating the path to commercially valuable fault-tolerant quantum computing. At the center of that roadmap is Libra, a fault-tolerant, gate-based neutral quantum computer QuEra plans to deploy on Amazon Braket in 2028.

"Libra should be viewed as another indicator that the quantum computing market is entering a new stage of maturity," said Heather West, PhD, senior research manager, Global Quantum research lead, Semiconductor and Enabling Technologies, Enterprise Infrastructure at IDC. "Scientific progress remains essential, but commercial leadership will be determined by a vendor's ability to integrate hardware, software, AI, cloud, HPC, and services into a cohesive platform while consistently executing against published roadmaps."

Increased European Spending on Services: Opportunity for Print Providers to Support Customers' Reinvention Plans

Jacqui Hendriks, Matthew Wilkins — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note reviews the European IT services opportunity to print service providers, given the fragmented competitive nature of the market and demand for solutions to support customers' reinvention plans.

Market Forecast: U.S. SMB Communications Services Forecast, 2026–2030

Daniela Rao — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation analyzes and forecasts the revenue for the U.S. small and medium-sized business (SMB) communications services market. The presentation provides IDC's definitions of SMB and telecom voice and data categories, and it presents a detailed forecast, beginning in 2025 and extending through 2030.

"Small and medium-sized businesses understand the necessity to invest in technologies and services that address their operational challenges, but they will continue to have limited resources. Telcos targeting SMBs should design new value-creating propositions rooted in their networks, ecosystems, AI, and analytics capabilities to address the pricing challenges with services geared to remove friction between SMBs' daily operations and digital transformation road map." — Daniela Rao, senior research and consulting director, Worldwide Telecom and UC, IDC

Market Forecast: Worldwide Business Use Tablet Forecast, 2026–2030

Bryan Bassett — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides the five-year forecast for the worldwide business use tablet market and delivers insights into the drivers and inhibitors of growth.

"Worldwide business use tablet shipments are expected to decline through 2026 as memory shortages push average selling prices up and stretch device life cycles beyond three years. Businesses and consumers globally will be reluctant to move forward with new project refresh plans or device purchases at inflated prices before supply relief arrives in 2028." — Bryan Bassett, research manager, Enterprise Mobility at IDC

Market Forecast: Worldwide Content Delivery Networks Forecast, 2026–2030

Ghassan Abdo — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides a worldwide forecast for the commercial content delivery networks (CDNs) market covering the 2026–2030 period. The architectural underpinnings of CDNs with massively distributed caching servers, supported with content acceleration algorithms, continue to provide the resiliency needed to manage substantial increases in media and web traffic, especially peak demand periods. CDN providers are augmenting content delivery with security, edge computing services, and observability to capitalize on growth potential in these areas.

"The transformation of the CDN marketplace is ongoing with a pivot toward enhanced edge use cases anchored in data sovereignty, inferencing, and media. The distributed edge will emerge as a control point for AI due to its physical proximity to customers." — Ghassan Abdo, research VP, Worldwide Telecom, Virtualization, and CDN, IDC

Market Share: U.S. SMB Wireline Voice and Data Shares, 2025

Daniela Rao — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides vendor market shares for the U.S. small and medium-sized business (SMB) wireline voice and data market for 2025.

Small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly recognizing the need to invest in connectivity to improve operations and strengthen their customer engagement. However, since SMB customers have needs that vary significantly by industry, size, and region, it will remain challenging for telco to reach and retain them with standardized offerings at competitive, affordable prices. In addition, SMBs need personalized support and training because they lack internal skills or resources to identify and implement digital services and solutions to achieve their desired outcomes in terms of efficiency, productivity, and customer experience. Telcos understand that attracting and retaining SMB customers requires redesigning their portfolios to better meet SMBs' demand for simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and ease of use: convergent packages better oriented to these requirements will be the next telco battleground to successfully address this market.

“Small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly recognizing the importance of investing in connectivity to improve operations and strengthen their customer engagement. However, since SMB customers have needs that vary significantly by industry, size, and region, it will remain challenging for telco to reach and retain them with standardized offerings at competitive and affordable prices." — Daniela Rao, senior research and consulting director, Worldwide Telecom and UC