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Ivalua Launches IVA Studio: IVA is All Grown Up – a Polished and Powerful Showcase for the Ivalua AI Strategy

Patrick Reymann — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Ivalua has formalized the general availability of IVA (Intelligent Virtual Agent) and its underlying agentic engine, IVA Studio, marking a decisive step beyond the chatbot era into fully agentic, autonomous procurement execution. Built on a 100% organically developed, unified S2P data platform, IVA is architected as a true cross-platform single agent, capable of taking action across the entire S2P lifecycle from supplier onboarding and sourcing through contract management, eProcurement, and accounts payable, eliminating the hassle of today’s agent swarm with governance enforced at every step, LLM portability, and a compounding Skills framework that converts organizational expertise into reusable, auditable AI behavior.. IVA is not a bolt-on or an API-connected overlay; it is the platform acting with intelligence, and it is ready from day one.

AMD Acquires MEXT to Mitigate Memory Wall and Memory Pricing Issues

Jim Hines, Jeff Janukowicz, Phil Solis — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

AMD's acquisition of MEXT comes at a critical time as AI compute workloads grow in an environment of high memory prices. Memory has become a constraint on the size of AI models that can be run, and the MEXT technology offers an elegant solution to this limitation. AMD will focus on applying this solution in datacenter servers first, but MEXT's technology might eventually be applied to client devices, as well.

Assessing Role Insecurity with Agentic AI in the Supply Chain

Simon Ellis, Stephanie Krishnan — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective argues that the central challenge of agentic AI in the supply chain is not job insecurity but role insecurity. It identifies four directions in which supply chain roles will shift: risk leader, opportunity leader, agent orchestrator, and network architect.

These roles map to the stages of IDC’s MaturityScape for integrated global supply chain execution; they do not arrive in sequence but formalize as organizations climb the scale. For technology buyers, the implication is that role redesign must be addressed as deliberately as the agentic systems themselves, with pilots tied to specific role directions and outcomes measured against the P&L. “Agentic AI isn’t about diminishing the value of supply chain expertise; it’s about shifting where that expertise resides. The discussion around agentic AI often fixates on job loss, but the real challenge lies in defining what the remaining jobs will look like,” says Stephanie Krishnan, associate VP for Supply Chain, IDC.

Governing the Ungoverned: Drata Brings Visibility, Control, and Auditability to Enterprise AI Agents

Philip D. Harris, CISSP, CCSK — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Drata has introduced AI Agent Governance, staking a category-defining claim in enterprise AI governance, and has extended its trust management platform to govern autonomous AI systems operating within enterprise environments. Grounded in Trust Graph telemetry showing a 30%-plus surge in AI-specific procurement questions, with 89% of companies leaving AI governance questions unanswered, the capability delivers agent discovery, authorization, real-time policy enforcement, and tamper-evident audit logging on a unified platform. Early access targets regulated industries and software companies that face the heaviest third-party due diligence requirements. With 8,500 customers and deep compliance workflow integration, Drata enters this emerging category with structural advantages that purpose-built point solutions will struggle to match.

IDC Market Glance: Order Management and Orchestration Applications, 2Q26

Heather Hershey — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance is a taxonomy document intended to visually depict a concise current-state view of the order management and orchestration applications landscape. These applications are increasingly serving as the control plane for omni-channel fulfillment and returns management. As fulfillment networks become more distributed and customer expectations continue to rise, organizations are prioritizing platforms that can automate exceptions, optimize sourcing and split-order decisions across fulfillment nodes, and drive continuous improvement through predictable release cycles.

Business executives, product managers, and market insights or analyst relations professionals can use this information to understand the structure of the overall market or ecosystem; to assess market, business, and partnership opportunities; and to help identify where their organization fits into the competitive landscape.

IDC Market Glance content is current on the date it is published. The representative content contained in this presentation reflects a qualitative snapshot that is regularly refreshed. Company logos are illustrative only and do not reflect an exhaustive view of the market.

IDC Market Glance: Product Information Management and Data Syndication Applications, 2Q26

Heather Hershey — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance is a taxonomy document intended to visually depict a concise current-state view of the market for product information management, product experience management, and adjacent syndication/feed management capabilities that support the creation, governance, enrichment, and distribution of consistent, machine-readable product information across digital channels and agentic discovery surfaces. As data requirements increase, buyers are prioritizing automation and ecosystem connectivity to accelerate time-to-publication.

Business executives, product managers, and market insights or analyst relations professionals can use this information to understand the structure of the overall market or ecosystem and to help identify where their organization fits into the competitive landscape.

IDC Market Glance: Worldwide Voice of the Customer Applications, 2Q26

Oru Mohiuddin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance is a taxonomy document that provides a concise current-state view of the voice of the customer (VOC) applications market and outlines the key segments and subsegments organizations use to capture, analyze, and act on customer feedback and experience signals so business and product leaders can assess market and partnership opportunities and understand competitive positioning.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Does AI Deployment Maturity Improve Organizations' Ability to Measure the EX–CX Relationship?

Leonardo Freitas — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines how organizations are evolving from intuition-based assumptions toward a measurable, evidence-driven understanding of the relationship between employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX). Based on findings from IDC's 2026 Future of Work Survey, the research highlights that organizations with greater operational and AI deployment maturity are better positioned to validate EX–CX relationships through stronger analytics, governance, and enterprisewide visibility. The study also explores how scaling AI beyond isolated pilots enables organizations to integrate workforce, operational, and customer data into more unified decision-making frameworks, ultimately improving visibility into how employee engagement and operational performance influence customer outcomes.

President Trump's Executive Order on Quantum Innovation Reshapes the U.S. Quantum Computing Market and Accelerates the Race for Quantum Advantage

Philip D. Harris, CISSP, CCSK — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

President Trump's Executive Order on quantum innovation establishes the most comprehensive U.S. federal commitment to quantum technology leadership since the National Quantum Initiative Act of 2018, directing coordinated investment across national laboratories, industry, academia, and the intelligence community to develop the first quantum computer capable of enabling a new era of scientific discovery. By mandating an updated national strategy, workforce development, domestic supply chain resilience, and quantum-enabled sensor and network deployment within five years, the Order creates a structured federal demand signal that will accelerate commercialization timelines, attract private capital, and intensify competitive pressure on U.S. technology companies to deliver quantum-ready solutions. IDC views this Executive Order as a market-shaping policy event that will define quantum investment priorities, procurement patterns, and go-to-market strategies for technology vendors across computing, cryptography, sensing, and national security for the decade ahead.

Agent Data Lake厂商能力评估，2026

Leo Li — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

此报告通过对Agent Data Lake厂商能力的评估，分析了数据湖的主要发展特点及产品发展趋势，从多模态数据管理、Agent能力、Agent开发、AI应用性能优化、落地支持、生态以及垂直场景应用多方面来评估各厂商的综合实力，以供市场参考。

IDC高级分析师李浩然表示：”作为Agent基础设施，数据湖正在从传统的离线数据分析业务转变为主要支持Agent应用与更频繁、更大体量的数据管理，这需要带来更复杂的IT架构升级，预计未来一年内将会出现新的技术框架，来缓解底层数据开发和管理的压力。”