rsssoftware https://my.idc.com/rss/2812.do IDC RSS alerts Dreamforce 2025: Salesforce Data 360 Anchors the Foundation for Context-Driven AI https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=lcUS53897825&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication IDC Link Thu, 30 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Tapan Patel IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain and Industry Ecosystems 2026 Predictions https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53859625&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC FutureScape provides the top 10 predictions for worldwide supply chains and industry ecosystems.</P><P>Supply chains and industry ecosystems face ongoing disruption and rising expectations. While AI, especially generative and agentic AI, is transforming operations, its full impact depends on foundational technologies like cloud-based networks, robotics, and cybersecurity. These enable the connectivity and resilience needed for AI-driven visibility and risk management. IDC's 2025 <I>Supply Chain Survey</I> confirms visibility as a top priority, but achieving it requires a holistic digital ecosystem. "AI's promise in supply chains is realized only when paired with robust, integrated technologies," says Stephanie Krishnan, associate vice president, Manufacturing/Digital Supply Chain at IDC. The 2026 predictions guide leaders toward agile, competitive, and innovative supply chains.</P> Tech Buyer Presentation Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Stephanie Krishnan, Aly Pinder, Gunjan Bassi, Jeffrey Hojlo, Carlos Gonzalez, Simon Ellis, Jordan K. Speer, Nigel Wallis, Travis Eide, John Snow, Mark Casidsid, Eric Thompson IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Full-Stack Content Management Systems 2025 Vendor Assessment https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US52993625&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC study assesses vendors of the AI-enabled full-stack content management systems (CMSs) that power digital experiences and outlines the most important criteria for organizations when choosing such solutions. The assessment analyzes both quantitative and qualitative factors that explain vendor success in authoring, automating, orchestrating, and governing personalized content experiences across web, mobile, and emerging AI-driven channels. The evaluation applies IDC's rigorous IDC MarketScape framework to measure vendors relative to each other and to the evolving expectations of enterprise buyers.</P><P>The study highlights the technological and strategic capabilities expected to define success in the AI-enabled CMS market over the next several years — including embedded GenAI and predictive AI, agentic workflow automation, extensible APIs, and unified governance models that preserve the advantages of the integrated stack while enabling selective composability.</P><P>"AI has become the connective tissue of the modern full-stack CMS. What began as an integrated publishing environment is evolving into an AI-driven orchestration platform — one that fuses authoring, automation, and governance to deliver faster, more adaptive digital experiences at enterprise scale." — James McCormick, senior research director, Digital Experience Strategies, IDC</P> IDC MarketScape Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT James McCormick IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Headless Content Management Systems 2025 Vendor Assessment https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US52993725&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC study provides an assessment of the AI-enabled headless content management systems powering AI-enabled, API-first digital experiences and presents the critical criteria for organizations evaluating headless CMS solutions. The analysis considers both quantitative and qualitative dimensions of vendor success, including developer productivity, composable scalability, and automation across authoring, orchestration, and delivery workflows. The IDC MarketScape methodology evaluates how effectively vendors combine open, extensible architectures with intelligent automation to support omni-channel content operations.</P><P>This report identifies the technologies and strategies expected to shape the next generation of the headless CMS market, including AI-accelerated development environments, multi-agent orchestration, schema intelligence, and continuous optimization capabilities that improve speed, performance, and personalization.</P><P>“Headless CMS have entered an AI-accelerated era. Developers now expect intelligent copilots, agentic automation, and composable frameworks that turn complexity into velocity — allowing organizations to deliver and optimize experiences at scale with unprecedented agility.” — James McCormick, senior research director, IDC Digital Experience Strategies</P> IDC MarketScape Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT James McCormick IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Hybrid Headless Content Management Systems 2025 Vendor Assessment https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US52993825&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC study provides an assessment of the hybrid headless content management systems used to deliver AI-enabled digital experiences and outlines the key criteria organizations should consider when selecting a hybrid headless CMS solution. The assessment examines both quantitative and qualitative factors that explain vendor success in balancing composability with governed presentation, enabling organizations to accelerate content creation, orchestration, and delivery across web, mobile, and omni-channel environments. The evaluation applies the IDC MarketScape framework to benchmark vendors relative to one another and to evolving enterprise requirements for flexibility, performance, and scale.</P><P>This report highlights the capabilities and strategies expected to define success in the hybrid headless market over the next several years — including agentic orchestration frameworks, low-code and no-code authoring, embedded AI automation, and unified governance across managed and decoupled delivery modes.</P><P>"Hybrid headless CMSs are becoming the pragmatic bridge between composability and control. AI now sits at the center of this balance — connecting creative and technical workflows so that enterprises can deliver faster, more consistent, and more intelligent experiences across every channel." — James McCormick, senior research director, Digital Experience Strategies, IDC</P> IDC MarketScape Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT James McCormick Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Cloud Application Deployment Platforms, 2025 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US52865725&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the cloud application deployment platforms market. It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a perspective from a technology buyer, a market outlook, and IDC's advice to technology suppliers in this market.</P> Market Analysis Perspective Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Matthew Flug Smart Contact by Enreach: A Comprehensive AI-Powered Portfolio Built for Europe https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EUR153851025&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>Enreach's portfolio focuses on democratizing enterprise-grade AI and automation for European SMBs through its UCaaS and CCaaS offerings, enhancing productivity and cost efficiency. With a comprehensive suite of fixed/mobile communication, broadband, conversational AI, and contact center solutions, Enreach integrates AI into all layers of communication. Its dual role as a service provider and cloud software vendor, combined with GDPR compliance and regional expertise, positions it uniquely to address SMB needs while aligning with European regulatory and localization requirements.</P> Market Note Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Oru Mohiuddin, Chris Barnard Worldwide Capital Markets Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance Technology Trends, 2026 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53829325&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Perspective discusses worldwide capital markets enterprise risk management and compliance technology trends. In 2026, compliance will become the defining test for capital markets. Regulators across the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia/Pacific are demanding evidence of surveillance, reconciliation, resilience, AI governance, and cross-border oversight. Firms are responding by investing in post-trade automation, algorithmic explainability, ICT resilience, and sanctions controls. IDC data shows that software spend in capital markets will grow 18% in 2026, reflecting demand for automation, resilience, and transparency. Compliance is no longer a cost of survival; it is becoming the foundation of trust and market integrity.</P><P>"In 2026, capital markets will be judged by how well they automate settlement, govern AI, and prove resilience — Compliance has become the measure of market integrity." — Sam Abadir, research director, Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime</P> IDC Perspective Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Sam Abadir, Thomas Shuster Worldwide Insurance Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance Technology Trends, 2026 https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53829425&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Perspective discusses the insurance compliance and ERM priorities for 2026. In 2026, compliance will become the credibility test for insurers. Supervisors across the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia/Pacific are pressing for evidence of solvency, ESG lineage, AI fairness, and systemic resilience. Insurers are responding by embedding compliance into operations through ESG pipelines, continuous solvency simulation, explainable AI, ICT resilience frameworks, and automated evidence trails. Technology spend on enterprise risk management is accelerating, as insurers recognize that compliance is not just a regulatory burden but a pathway to resilience, investor confidence, and growth.</P><P>"The winners will be those that embed compliance directly into workflows, unify it across functions, and use technology to turn evidence into advantage," says Sam Abadir, research director, Risk, Compliance, and Financial Crime, IDC.</P> IDC Perspective Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Sam Abadir, Inci Kaya AI-Ready Data Storage Infrastructure Special Study: Qualboard Findings https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US53856725&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_source=alert&utm_campaign=rss_syndication <P>This IDC Survey is the second deliverable for IDC's <I>AI-Ready Data Storage Infrastructure Special Study.</I> It contains the findings of the Qualboard conducted in July 2025 as well as summarized responses for each question asked over the three-day Qualboard event.</P> Market Presentation Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT Phil Goodwin, Ashish Nadkarni, Dave Pearson, Carol Sliwa, Johnny Yu