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IDC Survey: Reinventing Growth Models for IT Services Providers in UAE, 2026

Eric Samuel — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey examines the findings of IDC’s 2025 EMEA Partner Survey. IDC’s 2025 EMEA Partner Survey (UAE responses) was conducted to provide IT services providers with actionable insights into:

The evolution of IT services provider revenue models, including the shift from reselling to professional, managed, and ecosystem-driven services
Key revenue drivers across customer segments and technology priorities such as cybersecurity, cloud, and AI
The role of ecosystem partnerships, vendor engagement, and marketplaces in enabling revenue scale and indirect monetization
Engagement across the technology buyer journey, including stakeholder influence and the opportunity to expand consulting-led and early-stage involvement
Customer priorities and concerns, including operating costs, risk, regulatory pressures, and economic uncertainty, and their impact on services demand and investment decisions

IDC’s Worldwide Document Imaging Scanner Taxonomy, 2026

Evan Hardie, Geoffrey Wilbur, Tim Greene — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview of and definitions for document imaging scanners (DISs). The definitions provided in this document represent the scope of IDC’s DIS hardware research. This taxonomy outlines market segmentations and measurement methodologies for DIS, including classification by technology, vendor, geography, and revenue metrics.

“IDC’s worldwide document image scanner taxonomy presents a standardized and detailed framework of the DIS market,” said Evan Hardie, senior research director, Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions, IDC. “The taxonomy document serves as a reference guide to better understand and use IDC’s DIS research.”

IDC’s Worldwide Services Contracts Database Taxonomy, 2026

Supriya Kamath, Stacey Soohoo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC’s worldwide services contracts database taxonomy and methodology. It is intended as a companion document for clients and analysts using IDC’s services contracts database. The taxonomy establishes consistent classification standards for contract-level analysis, enabling users to filter, compare, and analyze deal activity across service types, geographies, and buyer industries.

“IDC’s services contracts database taxonomy establishes the definitional boundaries that determine what counts as a services contract, how it is classified, and how its value is measured. For any organization using services contracts database data to inform vendor strategy, competitive positioning, or market sizing, the taxonomy is the analytical foundation on which every insight in the database depends on,” said Stacey Soohoo, research director, IDC’s Data and Analytics.

“IDC’s services contracts database taxonomy provides a standardized framework that ensures every contract we track is consistent and comparable across all geographies and service categories. It gives clients methodological transparency to confidently analyze deal trends, benchmark vendor performance, and identify services opportunities in an increasingly complex market,” said Supriya Kamath, senior research manager, IDC’s Global Services and Market Trends.

2026年国内AI-Fueledビジネス戦略と変革サービス調査

Akira Sugawara, Takuya Uemura — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、国内企業におけるAI（Artificial Intelligence）システムの導入状況や人事・ガバナンスなどの組織内体制について、IDCが2026年4月～5月に実施した企業ユーザー調査の結果を基に分析を行ったものである。AIシステムの導入実態、人事やガバナンスなどの組織内体制の成熟状況、データ管理体制、主要なユースケース、AI導入時のパートナー企業との関係、導入したAIシステムの評価、およびAI活用を推進する上での組織的課題（人材、ガバナンス）などを包括的に把握することを目的として実施している。

国内企業のAI活用では、関心の中心は抽象的な成長よりも業務効率化やコスト削減にあること、およびガバナンス設計と人材確保がユーザー企業共通の課題であり、ベンダーにはこれらへの継続的な支援が求められることが明らかとなった。IDC Japan、AI and Automationのリサーチマネージャーである菅原啓は、「日本国内市場も具体的な場面でのAI活用が多くのユーザー企業で本格化する段階に入っており、多くのケースで試験的な導入ではなく明確な目的を持った導入となっている。ただし、市場の急速な変化への対応を迫られるあまり、ガバナンスや人材確保などの組織的な面での整備が追いついていない状況が課題として明らかとなっており、AIを提供するベンダーはこれらの課題も含めたマネジメント面でのコンサルティング業務にも同時に対応することがビジネス拡大の鍵となるであろう」と述べている。

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Network Consulting Services 2026 Vendor Assessment

Leslie Rosenberg, Chris Barnard, Bruno Teyton — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to provide an assessment of several providers participating in the worldwide network consulting services market for 2026. IDC MarketScape is an evaluation based on a comprehensive framework and a set of parameters that assesses providers relative to one another and to those factors expected to be most conducive to success in each market in both the short term and the long term. The document highlights the importance of new defining thought leadership and delivery best practices for mature as well as emerging networking technologies alike. It also provides an assessment of various network consulting services firms, their strengths, challenges, and when to consider them.

"As enterprises navigate rising architectural complexity, accelerating digital transformation, and persistent skills gaps across multivendor environments, network consulting services have become an essential strategic lever — enabling organizations to accelerate transformation timelines, reduce technical debt, and align infrastructure investments directly to outcomes," states Leslie Rosenberg, research vice president, Network Life Cycle and Infrastructure Services, IDC. "IT buyers that effectively engage network consulting firms report meaningful progress in designing AI-ready infrastructure, modernizing legacy networks, and building the frameworks needed to sustain long-term operational resilience."

IDC Survey: Early Adopters of Agentic AI Use Cases Within the IT Operations Function, 2026

Stephen Elliot — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey provides technology leaders with research from an in-depth survey of 1,967 respondents with responsibility and knowledge of agentic AI solutions across 13 functional areas within enterprises. This is an important aspect of the survey methodology, in that respondents were asked about their respective lines of business, and not about an organizationwide view of agentic AI use case adoption. The results are based on the analysis of 12 high-value AI use cases across 157 functional respondents from IT operations leaders. It provides balanced data, opinions, and insights into real-world practices for agentic AI deployments specific to IT operations.

IDC Survey: Reinventing Growth Models for IT Services Providers in South Africa, 2026

Eric Samuel, Jonathan Tullett — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey presents findings from IDC’s 2025 EMEA Partner Survey (South Africa responses), conducted to provide IT services providers with actionable insights into:

The evolution of IT services provider revenue models, including the shift from reselling to professional, managed, and ecosystem-driven services
Key revenue drivers across customer segments and technology priorities, such as cybersecurity, cloud, AI, and cost optimization
The role of ecosystem partnerships, vendor engagement, and marketplaces in enabling revenue scale and indirect monetization
Engagement across the technology buyer journey, including stakeholder influence and the opportunity to expand consulting-led and early-stage involvement
Customer priorities and concerns, including risk, regulatory pressures, and economic uncertainty, and their impact on services demand and investment decisions

2026年国内モジュール型／コンテナ型データセンターの利用動向

Mimei Ito — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

AI（Artificial Intelligence）インフラ設置需要の急拡大を背景に、国内ではモジュール型データセンター（DC）の利用が加速している。GPU（Graphics Processing Unit）サーバーの技術仕様の変化が速く、通常のDC建物の建設では対応が困難なためである。本調査レポートは、国内のモジュール型DCの利用動向を分析している。なお、IDCではコンテナ型DCをモジュール型DCのサブタイプとして定義している。

「モジュール型DC利用拡大の主因はGPUサーバー設置需要であり、特にクラウド事業者によるGPUクラウド事業の立ち上げがけん引している」とIDC Japan、Software, Services, and IT Spendingのリサーチマネージャーである伊藤未明は述べている。

IDC Survey: Strategic Imperatives for Datacenter Facilities Service Providers in 2026 — Insights from IDC's Datacenter Facilities and Operations Survey

Andrew Buss, Luis Fernandes — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey presents results from IDC's 2025 Datacenter Facilities and Operations Survey.

IDC provides insights into datacenter facilities owners and operators' outlook for 2026‒2028, including expected capacity expansion, operational priorities, investment areas, and how financing models are evolving to support those priorities.

This document focuses on 131 respondents who design most of the datacenters owned, leased, and/or operated as colocation facilities, with capacity leased to a range of customers that provide and manage their own IT.

IDC Survey: Worldwide Business Consulting Services Global Client Value Survey, 2026

Bill Latshaw — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey discusses the worldwide business consulting services global client value survey. IDC's Worldwide Business Consulting Services program surveyed consulting buyers in March 2026. The survey aims to get an updated view on business consulting buyers' priorities, industry and regional trends, and consulting characteristics best associated with successful business consulting engagements and executive-level opinions of business consulting providers worldwide. It has been published for more than 10 years now and still is a favorite based on the insights it provides on business consulting services buyer behavior.