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Capex Trends for Europe's Top 10 Telcos, 2025 — Investment Reduction and Efficiency Improvement

Bruno Teyton — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation summarizes the significant capex trends that will affect the top 10 telcos in Europe over the short and medium term. IDC forecasts that the combined capex of these 10 telcos will decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.2% through 2029. Their combined capex intensity will decrease to 16.0% by 2029, following the completion of fixed broadband networks. Efficiency and profitability will be the key focus areas.

How Are Medtech Leaders Addressing Sustainability?

Silvia Piai — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Survey Spotlight draws on IDC's Product and Service Innovation Survey 2025, focusing on responses from medical device manufacturers. It synthesizes responses from product life-cycle management (PLM) and service life-cycle management (SLM) decision-makers regarding sustainability initiatives across manufacturing, service, and governance. The report highlights key drivers and regulatory influences, as well as actionable priorities for turning sustainability into both a lever for efficiency and a competitive advantage.

"Sustainability is shifting from a compliance obligation to a performance benchmark in the medtech space. Organizations that cut energy usage, enable circular service models, and back decisions with data will be the ones winning tender contracts, protecting margins, and keeping pace with evolving customer expectations in the long term." —Research Director Silvia Piai, IDC

U.S. Document Scanner Market Shares, 2024: Vendors Innovate Even as Shipments Dip

Tim Greene, Geoffrey Wilbur — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides the 2024 market share for the U.S. document scanner market. Shipments of new single-function document scanners slipped by about 5% in the United States in 2024. There were also important shifts in the market as Ricoh-PFU regained its number 1 spot among technology suppliers.

"This year, we saw the effect of improved multifunction devices in the U.S. document scanner market, and research shows a proclivity toward MFPs for saving desktop space. In the production environments, there continues to be demand for dedicated single-function scanners with improved software that assists in digitization initiatives," says Tim Greene, research director, Hardcopy Solutions.

2025年国内データセキュリティソリューション市場動向

Yasusuke Suzuki — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、2025年におけるデータセキュリティ市場動向と、AI（Artificial Intelligence）エージェントが自律的にエンタープライズ業務を行う時代への移行に伴う新たなセキュリティ要件を多角的に分析している。データセキュリティ市場は、AI利用に伴う、これまでとはタイプの異なるデータ管理リスクへの対応に迫られているほか、プライバシー強化技術の進化と社会実装の始まり、データ管理に関わる法規制の変化など、数多くの要因によって複雑な動きを見せている。こうした状況の下で、ITサプライヤーが、どのようにポジショニングを変え、時代の変化に対応すべきか、戦略的アドバイスを提供する。

IDC Japan、Infrastructure & Devicesのリサーチマネージャーである鈴木康介は「AIの活用段階は、人間が生成AIを利用する段階から、AIエージェントが自律的に業務を代行する段階へと移行しつつある。これに伴い、セキュリティの役割もリスクの遮断から、AIの生産性最大化へと再定義される必要がある。RAG（Retrieval-Augmented Generation：検索拡張生成）の精度向上を起点としたデータガバナンスの導入や、稼働中のAIを常時監視するセキュリティサービスの提供など、ITサプライヤーはAIを社会実装するための信頼できる基盤の提供者として、その地位を確立すべきである」と分析している。

Adopting Dual-Use Technologies in Defense Tech

Alan Webber — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective discusses how defense and allied agencies and ministries should move forward with the acquisition of dual-use IT technologies while addressing the challenges both the government and commercial vendors face. Dual-use technologies are not new to government, just an under-realized resource as DoD shifts to be more agile and innovative. Manifesting this hybrid approach of using dual-use technologies in all but the most unique and specific defense applications will require close collaboration between government program managers, acquisition professionals, and commercial technology vendors.

"For government technology leaders, the dual-use era demands a shift in mindset — from procurement of hardware to management of digital ecosystems as agility, transparency, and interoperability are now mission imperatives. Those programs that operationalize hybrid architectures, automate compliance, and adopt outcome-driven procurement will set the pace for defense modernization across the United States, NATO, and Five Eyes nations." — Alan Webber, program vice president, National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, IDC

Cisco Live Melbourne 2025: Redefining Infrastructure in an AI–Driven Era

Yih Khai Wong — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note captures key insights from Cisco Live Melbourne 2025, with an emphasis on how AI is reshaping IT and business operations, the role of infrastructure in driving AI innovation, the role of agentic AI in optimizing business processes, and the importance of digital resilience in building customer trust.

"Cisco is positioning itself as a critical infrastructure provider for the AI era, helping customers harness AI innovation at scale. Centering its solution portfolio across three core pillars, namely AI-ready datacenters, future-proofed workplaces, and digital resilience, allows Cisco to have touch points across every C-level conversation, ensuring Cisco is well positioned to help its customers effectively leverage the value of AI innovation securely," says Yih Khai Wong, senior research manager, Cybersecurity Products and Services, IDC Asia/Pacific.

Edge AI Inferencing, 2025: Five Steps to Readiness

Jennifer Cooke — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides an overview of AI inferencing at the edge, including what it is, why it is important, and how it will be achieved. Five key steps to readiness are outlined to provide the technology buyer with information on building an effective strategy to enable edge AI inferencing.

European Enterprise Communications Survey, 2025: WAN

James Eibisch — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey provides insight into the WAN-related plans and attitudes of 1,330 European organizations.

It shows how organizations are evolving their WAN strategies in terms of sourcing and management, service provider choice, secure networking, and emerging factors such as AI and network-as-a-service (NaaS) platforms, as well as their driving priorities and concerns.

European Enterprise Voice Platforms and Services Forecast, 2025-2029

Graham Fruin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation forecasts the European fixed business voice services market for the 2024–2029 period. It examines the transition from TDM to IP voice services and the evolving landscape of on-premises voice platforms and hosted services. IDC data products, such as the Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker and unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) forecasts, were used to develop market sizes for spending. The report includes recommendations for providers.

“Voice remains one of the most-widely used channels and voice solutions are gaining a new lease of life off the back of AI innovations,” said Senior Research Analyst Graham Fruin, IDC European Unified Communications & Collaboration. “The flexibility, voice quality and reliability of IP voice solutions make them the preferred choice for legacy migrations.”

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Enterprise Connectivity 2026 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders

Nikhil Batra, Swathi Arunaa — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Presentation is an accompanying piece to IDC FutureScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Enterprise Connectivity 2026 Predictions. It provides specific recommendations for two roles within technology vendor organizations: technology sales leaders and technology marketing leaders.

Enterprise connectivity has become the critical foundation for digital business in the Asia/Pacific region. As organizations accelerate their adoption of AI, cloud, edge computing, and advanced security architectures, the underlying connectivity fabric increasingly determines their ability to scale, operate efficiently, and deliver consistent digital experiences.

In view of the 10 most significant enterprise connectivity trends that technology buyers must navigate between 2026 and 2030, this document outlines how technology vendors can position their capabilities, craft relevant messaging, and engage customers effectively.