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IDC Market Glance: Cloud Application Deployment Platforms, 3Q26

Matthew Flug — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance provides a visual overview of the cloud application deployment platforms (CADPs) market landscape. It maps the ecosystem of vendors addressing organizations' needs in building and deploying high-performing, modern, AI, agentic, and next-gen applications across the cloud and digital-first world. The landscape includes a mix of vendors, from new entrants to mature cloud service providers, and breaks the market into five submarkets: deployment-centric application platforms, container orchestration software, platform management solutions and portals, function-as-a-service software, and deployment operating systems.

IDC Market Glance: Work Augmentation in EMEA, 3Q26

Erica Spinoni — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Glance illustrates the vendors active across the EMEA region in augmenting the three pillars of the future of work: the AI readiness of the workforce, the AI enablement of the workplaces, and the AI integration into workplaces.

EMEA AI adoption is transitioning from experimentation to scaled, production-grade execution, with governance and EU AI Act compliance becoming central. In this context, organizational COEs are driving measurable productivity gains, while sovereignty, frontline enablement, and physical‑cognitive convergence define the next wave of enterprise value. Workforce transformation emerges as a key opportunity alongside AI scaling, as organizations expand mobile-first enablement, upskilling, and new AI-centric roles. Peculiar to the region is that sovereign AI ecosystems and regulatory frameworks are reshaping vendor strategies, while industrial and clinical convergence accelerates edge-driven innovation across EMEA's core sectors.

IDC Market Glance: 中国数据库管理系统，3Q26

Lizzie Li, Nan Wang — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本IDC Market Glance报告涵盖了2026年第三季度中国数据库管理系统市场，并展示了不同细分市场中具有代表性的活跃厂商。中国数据库管理系统市场已经从早期“国产化替代驱动的高速扩张”进入“国产深化+云原生+AI原生+行业核心系统落地”的新阶段。企业不再追求单一数据库一统所有场景，转而搭建混合数据基础设施：关系型、文档、时序、图、流引擎各司其职。数据管理产品既有细分分化，也出现场景整合；厂商不再单纯比拼单一引擎性能，而是重点打造引擎互通能力。

IDC Survey: Closing the Scope 3 Gap: Procurement and Supplier Engagement — IDC Energy Transition Survey, 2026

Roberta Bigliani — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey draws from the results of IDC’s 2026 Energy Transition Survey, which examines how large organizations across manufacturing, buildings, transportation, construction, and datacenter sectors are shaping their energy transition programs. It quantifies target maturity, investment trajectory, drivers, expected reductions, benefits achieved, and payback expectations. The findings inform go-to-market strategies for technology suppliers and service providers active in decarbonization, energy efficiency, and asset optimization.

This report profiles how organizations use procurement policies, supplier engagement programs, and Scope 3 data to reduce supply chain emissions. It covers what buyers include in RFPs and tenders, what responsible sourcing activities are in place, how mature Scope 3 data collection is, and which systems of record support the work. These set the buyer decision agenda for chief procurement officers, sustainability leaders, and the CFO organization.

The analysis covers:

Scope 3, Scope 1 and 2, and net zero commitments included in RFPs and tenders, by region and sector
Responsible sourcing activities in place, from supplier energy programs to Tier 1 decarbonization enforcement
Scope 3 data collection maturity and completion gaps across regions and sector clusters
Top data issues and the systems of record used for sustainability reporting, including ERP versus dedicated carbon platforms
Implications for chief procurement officers, sustainability leaders, and the CFO organization.

Market Forecast: Worldwide Cloud-Native Engineering Software Forecast, 2026–2030

George Mironescu — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides a five-year forecast for the worldwide cloud-native engineering software market and delivers insights into the drivers and inhibitors of growth.

It examines market growth across various areas and highlights the key developments driving the growth, along with strategic implications and actions for technology vendors.

“Cloud native is the bedrock for AI — without it, shipping AI workloads at scale isn’t viable. To enable this, organizations are doubling down on maturing their cloud-native delivery engines, sharpening their focus on operating elastic, secure, and GPU-optimized environments.” — George Mironescu, associate research director, Software Development, Delivery, and Engineering, IDC

Market Share: Worldwide Human Capital Management Applications Shares, 2025

Zachary Chertok, Leonardo Freitas, Abhinav Shrivastava — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the human capital management applications market.

The human capital management (HCM) applications market grew significantly in 2025 as organizations shifted from passive and responsive GenAI tools to autonomous and proactive agentic workflows. Specialized AI agents began actively planning, analyzing, and executing end-to-end HR processes with humans-in-the-loop for oversight and output verifications ahead of incorporating insights into broader, cross-functional decision frameworks. Growth in the HCM applications market was primarily driven by autonomous workflow optimization, skills-based mobility and continuous talent placement, “always on” self-service and AI-driven digital accessibility, and ecosystem platform integration and data extensibility.

“The HCM applications market is expanding rapidly as AI unlocks new value for buyers and vendors. As the primary interface between employees and the enterprise digital ecosystem, HCM leads digital agency adoption and drives continuous investment in AI advancement and organizational transformation.” — Zachary Chertok, senior research manager, Employee Experience, IDC

Market Share: Worldwide Integrated Employee Workspaces Shares, 2025

Zachary Chertok — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study examines the 2025 market shares of the integrated employee workspaces (IEW) market. The market for integrated employee workspaces significantly evolved across 2025. The sector transitioned from providing largely passive and top-down communications hubs to delivering more active, AI-orchestrated digital headquarter–style resource and access portals. IEW providers spent 2025 executing across large development commitments to solidify their competitive value against bundled technology offerings.

2025 saw platforms introduce active AI assistants that moved them into active self-service layers capable of automating complex operational workflows, drafting content for internal communications, and dynamically personalizing feeds based on an employee’s role, behavioral trends, and region of employment. The market also positioned for entry into the growing frontline and deskless workforce segments while offering front-end options for companies to consolidate access points to the company’s digital ecosystem for workers.

“IEWs shifted significantly in 2025. Rather than serving as top-down bulletin boards, several market leaders matured to become AI-driven digital headquarters where employees actively source and access resources. To stay ahead of bundled technology packages, IEW providers doubled down on big development initiatives across the year.” — Zachary Chertok, senior research manager, HCM Applications and Agents at IDC

Revelations in the Global DataSphere 2026

Adam Wright — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation illustrates various trends by different segmentations in IDC's 2026 Global DataSphere, IDC's calculation of how much data is generated annually (2025–2030). This Market Presentation also provides insight into various dynamics driving data growth by data creator (consumer or enterprise), data type, region, and location (core, edge, endpoint). It also includes insight into the volume of structured and unstructured data generated each year, and the impact of generative AI and agentic AI on data volumes.

中国企业级Agent最佳实践与案例精选（投资回报率视角）——从场景落地方法到业务价值

Zhenya Sun — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

当前企业智能体正逐步深入业务流程，部分企业已经进入规模化落地阶段，但多数项目仍集中于小规模部署和辅助型应用。IDC在2026年开展的最新企业用户调研显示，投资回报率（ROI）难以量化已成为制约智能体规模化落地的主要因素。随着项目投入增加，企业会更加关注智能体能否进入真实业务流程，并在效率、质量、风险控制和业务增长等方面形成可验证、可持续的业务结果。

企业级智能体项目落地涉及模型调用、系统集成、人工复核、安全治理和持续运营等多项投入，其带来的价值不仅包含业务成效，也包含组织能力企业文化等多重层面，传统的成本替代口径难以完整衡量。本报告结合IDC相关研究报告、最新调研和十余个企业实践案例，提出覆盖短期回报、持续成本、运行风险和长期能力建设的智能体（Agent）ROI评估框架。案例研究显示，智能体落地过程中形成的数据、知识、业务规则、流程模板和治理机制能否持续沉淀，员工的AI能力与人才梯队能否同步形成，共同决定了智能体项目的长期价值。这些组织资产和人才能力将影响AI嵌入业务流程的深度，以及企业持续拓展智能体应用场景、推进智能化转型的能力。

市场份额：中国音视频AI实时互动及智能媒体生产与处理市场份额，2025

Eric Wei — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本IDC研究分析了2025年音视频AI实时互动及智能媒体生产与处理市场中领先供应商的市场份额。

在云厂商全面拥抱LLM、多模态模型、智能体的背景下，视频云厂商亦加快"视频云+AI"的探索步伐，并在线上社交、短剧创作与生产、游戏素材生产、企业营销等场景完成落地应用与商业化推广。

IDC中国云计算研究领域研究经理魏云峰表示："AI技术与产品服务，已经对音视频内容生产体系造成深刻影响，甚至造成了生产力的'大幅贬值'，当高频内容生产不再受限于人力、不再受限于技术门槛，当面向互联网场景的企业级云服务和半专业线上工具的边界逐步模糊，全网的音视频内容供给体系正在发生变化，继而改变'点播-直播-互动'背后的整套云计算产品与服务体系。"