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Infor Analyst Innovation Summit 2026: Delivering the Agentic Enterprise

Mickey North Rizza — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Infor held its 2026 Analyst Innovation Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 14 and 15. The innovation summit showcased Infor's journey from 2025 well into 2026, with particular emphasis on the customer agentic AI journey and the Infor products and ecosystem partners that are helping their clients become an agentic enterprise.

Japan DevOps Software Forecast, 2026–2030

Shinichi Kimura — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides the 2025 market size and market forecast through 2030 for the Japan DevOps software market, broken down by functional market and by delivery model. It also analyzes the drivers and inhibitors of market growth and key market context, presenting directions, growth opportunities, and recommended actions for IT suppliers as they develop their future strategies.

Across all industrial sectors, digital business initiatives are advancing and accelerating the development and release cycles of the applications that form the foundation of these operations, as well as delivering value through software while maintaining and enhancing quality. These challenges have become critical management priorities that determine a company's competitive advantage. Against this backdrop, an increasing number of companies are adopting DevOps initiatives to transform traditional development and operations processes and structures that hinder software delivery.

Shinichi Kimura, research manager for Software, Services, and IT Spending at IDC Japan, says, "Demand for software that underpins the DevOps practices of enterprises and organizations continues to show solid, sustained growth. In recent years, initiatives to integrate generative AI into DevOps pipelines to further automate and advance software delivery have been gaining real momentum, and the DevOps software market is expected to enter a new phase of growth."

This is the English translation of the Japanese document (IDC #JPJ53499826).

Tech Buyer Survey Spotlight: How Much Are Organizations Spending on AI Efforts?

Mona Liddell — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Survey Spotlight examines how much organizations are allocating to AI budgets, based on responses from C-level IT leaders in IDC's Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending (FERS) Survey, Wave 10, December 2025. The findings show that AI spending is shifting toward higher spending tiers, with a growing share of organizations planning larger investments over time alongside generally increasing IT budgets. This directional change highlights how AI funding levels are evolving across enterprises.

AI Under Siege: Jailbreaks, Poisoning, and Other Security Threats

Kathy Lange — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation examines the evolving AI threat landscape, highlighting how vulnerabilities across data, models, and autonomous systems introduce new security, governance, and trust risks for enterprises. It provides a framework for understanding these risks and outlines strategies for securing AI systems across their life cycle.

Defining and Implementing Security Platforms: Differentiating “PowerPoint” from Engineering Reality

Frank Dickson, Duncan Brown, Christopher Kissel, Michelle Abraham — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Security platforms have evolved from theoretical constructs to operational realities, delivering measurable benefits through architectural integration and operational cohesion. By unifying telemetry, centralizing policy, embedding automation, and simplifying workflows, organizations achieve improved threat detection, reduced risk, enhanced efficiency, and lower costs. Successful implementation requires strategic planning, phased deployment, and organizational alignment, while challenges include legacy integration, skill evolution, and vendor concentration. Ultimately, security platforms enable resilience, business continuity, and quantifiable ROI in complex digital environments.

“Security platforms are no longer dreams that only live in PowerPoint slides; they are the architectural answer to complexity, transforming fragmented defenses into unified, measurable business value,” says Frank Dickson, Group Vice President of Security & Trust, IDC.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Communications Engagement Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment

Courtney Munroe, Denise Lund — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive assessment of select communications engagement platform (CEP) vendors, highlighting their strengths, challenges, and strategic direction to guide technology buyers in making informed decisions.

"We are witnessing a pivotal shift in the customer engagement market, as AI-powered orchestration and frictionless integration across platforms fundamentally reshape enterprise interactions with both customers and employees. Organizations should focus on solutions that deliver demonstrable innovation, adaptability, and a strategic approach to context-rich, omni-channel engagement," says Denise Lund, research vice president, Worldwide Telecom and UC, IDC.

Nutanix .NEXT 2026: Enabling Customer Choice in Compute and Deployment Architectures

Matthew Flug — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The announcements Nutanix made at its annual event .NEXT center on creating a "dual native" platform that enables customers to operate virtual machines, containers, and AI workloads through a unified operational model across hybrid and multitenant environments. The updates reflect broader market trends regarding increased popularity of multicloud and hybrid cloud strategies, platform consolidation, and AI and agentic AI enablement.

Cloud Strategies for the AI Era: Guidance for Middle East and Africa Technology Buyers, 2026 and Beyond

Jebin George — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation discusses how artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping cloud strategies across the Middle East and Africa, transforming cloud from a hosting platform into the foundation for enterprise AI. As organizations accelerate adoption, they must navigate a complex landscape of hybrid and multicloud architectures, sovereign cloud requirements, application modernization, and AI-driven operations, while also responding to evolving geopolitical and regulatory pressures. This presentation provides technology buyers with a structured view of key trends and emerging best practices for building AI-ready, secure, and scalable cloud environments, offering clear guidance to align cloud investments with long-term digital and AI ambitions.

Fiserv Pushing Pay by Bank Forward with Major U.S. Retailer

Aaron Press — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fiserv and Ahold Delhaize USA, a regional grocery chain, have announced plans to roll out a new Pay-by-Bank implementation for the retailer's online customers. This is the latest in a recent series of similar announcements by fintechs and merchants. Previous efforts by retailers to establish similar low-cost payment options have met with limited success in the United States. Driving adoption will require significant investment not only in technology but in marketing and incentives for consumers to change their payment behaviors and preferences.

Get on a Board — The Next Career Frontier

Alizabeth Calder — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective discusses how digital capability has become increasingly critical in the corporate boardroom. We owe it to our industry to be active participants in the strategic governance conversations that will enable the future, but it is not as simple as putting up your hand. CIOs who want to take on that next level of career service — joining a board of directors — need to build an intentional strategy to achieve that goal.

We, as the digital leaders in our respective sectors, have lagged behind; boards continue to rely on external advisors on digital topics rather than recruiting directors with the competency to support digital conversations. Our time to bring key competencies into the boardroom is now.

Securing a board appointment is not a quick or easy pursuit. Start by intentionally being seen as board ready, both in terms of active entry-level board appointments and through demonstrating the right level of insight and focus. Board appointments generally arise through networks and a reputation for having the right skills. Strengthen your board readiness by demonstrating relevant expertise in your work and cultivating meaningful professional connections.

"Whether you are considering board service as an interesting extension of your CIO career, or you are looking for it to be a new next career trajectory, it is both challenging and rewarding to successfully move into the next level of engagement," says Alizabeth Calder, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP). "The conversations are different, and the opportunity to have an impact is huge. The key questions are a critical differentiator when a CIO gets in the boardroom. Bringing insight in the questions you ask is what gets you from your first boardroom to a full board portfolio. Take advantage of board-level readings and courses to build a strong perspective on the right kind of 'key questions.'"

"We have all experienced frustration when our boards seem to be missing opportunities or lacking the insight to bravely take on the future. We have it in our ranks to change that. Go boldly!"