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Cell and Gene Therapy Orchestration Solutions

Nimita Limaye — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective frames CGT’s “batch size of one” reality and positions orchestration as the workflow integration/control layer needed to scale autologous patient-product-patient operations. It spotlights the critical challenges, ensuring a secure COI/COC across a multi-enterprise network, constraint-heavy scheduling, interoperability across MES/LIMS/QMS/ERP and partner systems, and GxP-ready governance/auditability. It identifies specific use cases where AI can add value, along with the challenges. It provides practical buyer guidance and KPIs for CGT orchestration solutions.

“The future of precision medicine runs on CGT orchestration solutions: smart execution layers that connect manufacturing, QC, and cryologistics. They digitize COI/COC across the patient-product life cycle, compress vein-to-vein timelines, and optimize clinical outcomes,” said Dr. Nimita Limaye, research vice president, Life Sciences R&D Strategy and Technology, IDC.

Foundational AI Training: Six Best Practices

Gina Smith, PhD — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation examines the latest IDC research and enterprise case examples to outline six best practices for building effective foundational AI training programs. It provides a situation overview and actionable guidance for HR, learning, and IT leaders seeking to scale AI skills responsibly and sustainably across their organizations.

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide API Management 2026 Vendor Assessment

Shari Lava — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study on worldwide API management for 2026 highlights a rapidly evolving market driven by multiple factors of AI business transformation in a hybrid and multicloud world. API management solutions are increasingly central to AI enablement, software development, and enterprise integration, powering modern applications and serving as the backbone for agentic orchestration. Vendors are expanding capabilities to address API sprawl, unify governance, and support event-driven architectures, with public cloud services outpacing on-premises adoption. The market is projected to grow at a 14.1% CAGR, reaching $42 billion by 2029. Buyers face persistent challenges with fragmented integration, security, and legacy system modernization, while observability, reliability, and AI-powered automation are the most sought-after features. As regulatory and sovereign AI requirements emerge, flexible deployment and robust governance will be critical for future API strategies.

According to Shari Lava, group vice president, AI, Data, and Automation, "API management is no longer just about securing and publishing APIs — it is the foundation for AI enablement, software development, and connectivity. As enterprises shift toward hybrid and multicloud architectures, the ability to unify governance, automate life-cycle management, and expose APIs as agent-ready tools will define market leaders. The winners in this space will be those that deliver robust, federated platforms that support both legacy modernization and rapid AI innovation, enabling organizations to maximize API reuse, security, and operational excellence."

IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: Aftermarket Service Transformation in the United States, 2026

Aly Pinder — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study details results from IDC’s MaturityScape Benchmark Aftermarket Service Transformation Survey exploring the efforts of aftermarket leaders with regard to service transformation. The best practices and shifts highlighted in this research are intended to inform and guide aftermarket service leaders, the line of business, C-suite executives, and the IT organization that supports the aftermarket team. This research provides a descriptive road map to help aftermarket service organizations achieve excellence. Excellence is not determined by a single metric or outcome achieved. Aftermarket service leaders need to balance multiple priorities addressing the needs of a varied group of internal and external stakeholders. This study highlights the complex challenges facing service leaders providing the details to prioritize which initiatives need to be prioritized and which to be avoided.

“Aftermarket service transformation is not just about technology adoption — it’s about orchestrating people, process, and innovation to deliver exceptional value at every customer touch point,” says Aly Pinder Jr., research vice president, Worldwide Aftermarket Services Strategies. “True aftermarket service transformation is not a quick fix — it’s a journey where to thrive organizations need to focus on orchestrating innovation, data, technology, and people.”

Powering Progress Together: Decoding Signals in a Noisy World

Roberta Bigliani — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation examines the keynote delivered at the 15th edition of the IDC European Utilities Xchange (IDCUEX), held in Valencia, Spain, on March 2 and 3, 2026.

The keynote sets the strategic context for European utilities navigating an increasingly complex and divergent landscape. It examines the structural forces reshaping the sector (demographic shifts, geopolitical fragmentation, electrification growth, and the rapid acceleration of AI), and it also explores how their simultaneous impact is redefining leadership priorities.

Rather than framing the future as a linear progression, the presentation argues for intentional design amid divergence. It highlights the emergence of the retail platform as the new competitive control point and the evolution toward a software-defined grid as foundational to resilience, adaptability, and value creation. The session challenges technology leaders to move beyond incremental modernization and to actively architect operating models capable of thriving in an era where progress is no longer uniform, but multidirectional.

Semiconductor and Fab Crisis: Structural Scarcity in the Age of AI and Its impact on Aerospace and Defense Mission Areas

Daniel Saroff — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation notes that the global semiconductor market has entered a period of structural scarcity, driven by the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. Manufacturing capacity is being reallocated toward high-margin components such as GPUs and high-bandwidth memory, reducing supply for traditional enterprise and defense technologies. This shift is expected to persist through at least 2027, fundamentally changing long-standing assumptions about cost, availability, and procurement of compute and memory resources.

For aerospace and defense organizations, the impact is broad and immediate. Datacenters, memory-intensive applications, security infrastructure, PCs, and edge systems are all facing rising costs, constrained supply, and increased performance risk. Program timelines and budgets are under pressure as lead times lengthen, component availability becomes unpredictable, and total cost of ownership increases — particularly where memory is a critical dependency.

This document examines these conditions and identifies steps organizations must take to mitigate the impact of this structural scarcity.

The AI-Enabled Acute Care Enterprise

Mutaz Shegewi — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation examines the structural forces accelerating the emergence of the AI-enabled acute care enterprise, including shifting business and IT priorities, workforce transformation, and evolving AI adoption. It outlines the operating model changes, maturity progression, enabling capabilities, and strategic actions required for acute care organizations to operationalize AI across clinical and operational environments.

“Acute care organizations are entering an era where AI is foundational,” says Mutaz Shegewi, senior research director, Worldwide Healthcare Provider AI, Platforms, and Technologies, IDC. “The AI-enabled acute care enterprise will not treat AI as innovation initiatives, but as infrastructure that unleashes cross-domain and cross-modality transformation grounded in trust, workforce enablement, and evidence-driven performance impact.”

Top 5 Trends in Datacenter Colocation Services, 2026

Courtney Munroe — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation highlights the top 5 trends in datacenter colocation services in 2026. Colocation datacenters have evolved into critical digital infrastructure platforms that enable enterprises to optimize IT operations. By combining cost efficiency, scalable infrastructure, robust connectivity, and high reliability, colocation facilities provide a strategic foundation for hybrid cloud architectures, AI workloads, and next-generation enterprise applications.

Trends in Web + API Compute

Rob Tiffany — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective examines trends in web and API compute. The managed, source-deploy PaaS market for web applications and REST APIs is at an inflection point shaped by four converging trends including the elevation of REST APIs to enterprise integration backbone, the embedding of AI capabilities into web application architecture, the rise of container-based platforms that are gradually encroaching on source-deploy territory, and a widening divergence between consumption-based and instance-based pricing models. For technology buyers, the critical actions are to audit API traffic patterns before committing to a pricing model, evaluate AI integration depth as a near-term platform differentiator, and build applications with portable patterns that provide insurance against the inevitable platform shifts ahead.

“The days of treating web app hosting as a commodity infrastructure decision are over. REST APIs now carry the weight of enterprise integration strategies, and AI is being woven into application logic at a pace that makes platform proximity to AI services a genuine competitive factor,” explains Rob Tiffany, research director, Cloud and Infrastructure Services at IDC. “The real question is which platform positions your web applications and APIs to absorb the next wave of architectural change, whether that’s AI-enhanced endpoints, consumption-based economics, or the eventual migration to container-based deployment without forcing a rewrite.”

Accelerating Enterprise Transformation Through Data, Analytics, and AI

Deepika Giri, Shashank Nigam — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation highlights how Asia/Pacific enterprises are accelerating transformation through data, analytics, and AI. Market growth is driven by rapid GenAI adoption, cloud-native architectures, and resilient investment in analytics despite cost pressures. Organizations prioritize data intelligence, robust governance, and talent upskilling to unlock scalable AI impact. Strategic recommendations emphasize leading with data excellence, security, and workforce development to overcome challenges and deliver measurable business outcomes.

"AI success is powered by rigorous data management and strategic talent development. Enterprises that prioritize data quality, robust governance, and continuous upskilling will unlock transformative innovation and secure lasting competitive leadership in the dynamic digital landscape," says Shashank Nigam, senior research manager on AI, IDC Asia/Pacific.