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EMEA Enterprise Networking Market Shares, 2025: 3Q25 Update

Len Padilla — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation presents EMEA enterprise networking equipment vendor shares for the enterprise Ethernet switch, router, and wireless LAN segments for 3Q25.

“The EMEA enterprise network infrastructure market has returned to growth, with datacenter Ethernet switching driving the market as a result of AI initiatives. While networking for AI is a dominant force, wireless LAN revenues are also showing healthy growth, nearly returning to 2023 levels,” said Len Padilla, senior research director, European Networking and Life-Cycle Services.

IDC’s Worldwide Enterprise Network Infrastructure Taxonomy, 2026

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC’s enterprise network infrastructure (ENI) taxonomy. It serves as the foundation for classification, segmentation, and sizing of the worldwide enterprise network infrastructure and services market. The taxonomy encompasses the products, technologies, and services used to build, operate, and support enterprise and service provider networks across key domains, including datacenter, campus, branch, edge, and cloud environments.

The ENI taxonomy organizes the market into four primary segments — network hardware/equipment, network software, network cloud services, and network life-cycle services — each further divided into secondary markets covering key technologies such as switching, routing and SD-WAN, WLAN, network management software, network cloud services, and network life-cycle services.

This structure provides a comprehensive framework for analyzing how networks are designed, deployed, managed, and consumed, while underpinning IDC’s network infrastructure research and data products and enabling consistent market definitions, vendor performance analysis, and tracking of technology adoption and global market trends.

“IDC’s enterprise network infrastructure taxonomy provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how modern networks are evolving across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. As enterprises increasingly prioritize automation, security, and cloud-driven architectures, this taxonomy serves as the foundation for tracking market transformation and vendor innovation across the networking ecosystem,” states Brandon Butler, senior research manager, Network Infrastructure and Services at IDC.

DRAM Supply Crisis: What Could It Mean for the Printer/MFP Market?

Jacqui Hendriks, Robert Palmer, Phil Sargeant — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note covers the rapid shift of DRAM manufacturing toward high-bandwidth memory, causing severe shortages and price spikes in legacy DRAM and directly impacting printer and MFP OEMs. Print hardware vendors face rising costs, supply disruptions, and operational complexity. These challenges are expected to persist through 2027, requiring agile procurement and supply chain resilience to mitigate ongoing risk.

IDC Survey Spotlight: What Are the Key Reasons for Organizations to Use or Plan to Use Disaggregated Storage Systems

Rajiv Ranjan — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC survey spotlight discusses the key reasons organizations worldwide are adopting disaggregated storage. The spotlight highlights the key reasons and provides valuable insights into the topics.

IDC’s Worldwide Personal Computing Device Tracker Taxonomy, 2026: Update, 1Q26

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview of and definitions for personal computing devices (PCDs). The definitions provided in this document represent the scope of IDC’s PCD hardware research.

This taxonomy outlines market segmentations and measurement methodologies for the PCD industry, including classification by technology, vendor, geography, and revenue metrics.

“IDC’s worldwide PCD taxonomy presents a standardized and detailed framework of the PCD market,” said Loren Loverde, program vice president, IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. “The taxonomy document serves as a guideline to better understand and use IDC’s PCD research.”

IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker Taxonomy, 2026

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview of and definitions for IDC’s Industrial Printer Tracker. The definitions provided in this document represent the scope of IDC’s industrial printer (IP) hardware research. This taxonomy outlines market segmentations and measurement methodologies for IP, including classification by technology, vendor, geography, and revenue metrics.

“IDC’s worldwide industrial printer taxonomy presents a standardized and detailed framework of the IP market. The taxonomy document serves as a guideline to better understand and use IDC’s IP research,” said Krystal Khaw, senior data analyst, Worldwide Trackers at IDC.

NVIDIA GTC 2026: From Automation to Intelligence — A Manufacturing Inflection Point

Sarah Lee — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note provides insights on the NVIDIA GTC 2026 event. NVIDIA's GTC 2026 event signaled a pivotal shift in manufacturing toward physical AI, emphasizing simulation-first operations, AI-native infrastructure, and adaptive robotics. Key innovations such as AI factories, enhanced Omniverse and Isaac platforms, and agentic AI for workflow orchestration position manufacturers to accelerate digital transformation and automation in complex environments. However, scaling these advancements requires robust infrastructure, integrated data pipelines, and comprehensive validation frameworks, making modernization and end-to-end systems integration critical for competitive advantage in the era of intelligent manufacturing.

Siemens Strengthens Its Industrial 5G Play with U.S. Expansion and Edge Integration

Alejandro Cadenas — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

On April 1, 2026, Siemens announced the expansion of its private 5G infrastructure to the United States and seven other countries, alongside enhancements to its portfolio, including CBRS support and edge runtime capabilities embedded in 5G routers. This move comes as the private 5G market shifts from early hype into more pragmatic, outcome-driven deployments.

While private 5G has been widely discussed in recent years, adoption has been constrained by complexity, unclear ROI, and fragmented ecosystems. Siemens' approach directly addresses these challenges by combining industrial-grade infrastructure with simplified deployment and tight integration into its broader digitalization portfolio. Siemens leverages its strong position in industrial sectors to position private 5G not as a standalone connectivity solution, but as a foundational layer of industrial digital transformation.

Top Open Source Software Projects to Watch, 2026

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation demonstrates the breadth and innovation of the open source ecosystem by highlighting 16 open source software projects selected by IDC analysts for this eighth annual document on the Top Open Source Projects to Watch. The document includes a brief description and analysis of each project, a summary of the trends indicated by this year’s projects, and a listing of 124 projects highlighted in previous documents.

Western Europe Document Imaging Scanner Market Shares, 2025

Mitri Roufka — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Share report examines 2025 vendor share developments in the Western European (16) document scanner market. It provides an overview of market size and dynamics by segment, including mobile, personal, workgroup, departmental, low-volume production, mid-volume production, and high-volume production scanners.

"Despite the fact that the Western European document scanner market is mature, spending on standalone document scanners remained flat in 2025 compared with 2024. This reflects the importance of this type of equipment in supporting organizations in their digitalization efforts."