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IDC Market Glance: Artificial Intelligence Cost Management, 4Q26

Heather Herbst, Jevin Jensen, Tim Law — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The IDC Market Glance is a taxonomy document intended to visually depict a concise current-state view of the artificial intelligence cost management market. It includes vendors involved in four vendor categories, including AI cost planning and budgeting, sourcing, implementation, and operations.

It also includes subcategories of vendors that offer token consumption and model solutions, TCO forecasting, AI cost accounting and P&L governance, budget controls/spending limits/governance enforcement, model portfolio management, model routing and matching, prompt and context optimization, cost-aware agent orchestration, cost observability and telemetry, cost anomaly detection and alerting, cost attribution, value/ROI/outcome analytics, and model version management and benchmarking.

IDC Survey Spotlight: What Is the Number of Installed Print Devices by Region Worldwide?

Phil Sargeant — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight looks at the number of printing devices organizations use at their office locations, comparing the Americas, Asia/Pacific (AP), and EMEA. It covers six device types, from desktop laser and ink-based printers and MFPs to floor-standing MFPs, label printers, and 3D printers. The data comes from IDC’s August 2026 Commercial Devices and Imaging Survey. Print environments are changing as organizations rethink where and how they print. Understanding how installed bases vary by region helps vendors and channel partners shape portfolios, set priorities, and focus investment where it counts.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Which Vendor Provides, or Will Provide, European Print Services Customers with Print/Device Management Solutions?

Jacqui Hendriks, Gala Spasova — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight draws on findings from IDC’s March 2026 European Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions (IPDS) Survey (B2B print opportunity) to examine the vendor landscape for print and device management solutions across European organizations. As print environments evolve, organizations are increasingly evaluating platforms that support device management, security, and operational efficiency across their print infrastructure.

The document explores which vendors are most associated with print and device management deployments, how adoption varies by print service model, and the factors influencing supplier selection. It also examines the competitive positioning of leading providers across the European print services ecosystem.

IDC Survey: The Importance and Adoption of Non-Print Solutions Among European Print Services Customers

Mitri Roufka, Gala Spasova — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey examines the importance of non-print solutions for European organizations working with print services providers, and their adoption levels among these organizations. It is based on IDC’s European Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions Survey and explores how non-print hardware, software, and IT services influence provider selection and switching decisions.

The study also analyzes adoption levels, customer priorities, and future deployment plans across key non-print solution categories and different print service models.

Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide and U.S. Document Solutions, 2026

Evan Hardie, Tim Greene, Geoffrey Wilbur — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the document solutions market.

It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a technology buyer perspective, a market outlook, and IDC's advice for technology suppliers in this market.

"The document solutions software market is no longer defined by the management of documents, but by the management of information and workflows. As print volumes decline and digital transformation accelerates, organizations are investing in AI-powered document intelligence, workflow automation, and governance platforms that can extract value from both physical and digital content. Vendors that reduce operational complexity, improve security, enable agentic and AI-assisted workflows, and deliver measurable business outcomes will capture the greatest opportunities as enterprises modernize how work gets done." — Evan Hardie, research director, Consumer Devices Lead, IDC.

News Response: Major Datacenter Update, 2Q26

Andrew Buss, Dr. William Lee, Luis Fernandes — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation tracks the most significant datacenter and AI infrastructure announcements of 2Q26 and examines how AI-driven expansion is reshaping the broader infrastructure ecosystem. Across major projects spanning the biggest datacenter players today and across multiple regions, this report analyzes demand and its influence on power generation, transmission planning, permitting, sustainability strategy, and community engagement — constraints that increasingly extend well beyond the datacenter facility itself.

2026年全球半導體供應鏈分析與最新動態

Galen Zeng — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本IDC市場簡報將深入剖析半導體供應鏈的發展展望。

在半導體供應鏈中，Fabless、Foundry與OSAT分別涵蓋IC設計、製造與封裝，是共同完成IC產品的上游、中游與下游業者。隨著chipset系統架構持續發展，先進封裝亦成為完成此一架構不可或缺的環節。本報告將分析IC設計、晶圓代工、封裝測試與先進封裝，並探討產業面臨的挑戰與機會，為業界提供前瞻性的觀察。

IDC資深研究經理曾冠瑋表示：「2026年在AI與HPC需求大幅成長的帶動下，半導體市場已進入結構性成長週期。在先進製程產能滿載、晶圓價格全面進入上升循環，以及AI封裝需求創下新高的支撐下，Fabless、Foundry、OSAT與先進封裝產業預期在2026年均將呈現雙位數成長。展望2027年，我們預期AI基礎建設投資仍將是主要成長引擎，先進封裝產能亦將持續快速擴張，為半導體供應鏈帶來新一輪的市場機會。」

Coforge: Engineering the AI-Native Future — Domain-Led Delivery for the Agentic Era

Mukesh Dialani — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Coforge's current software engineering capabilities, its AI-native delivery vision, and its three-stage road map for the future of AI-led software engineering services. It examines the company's service lines that anchor today's revenue. These include software product engineering, legacy modernization, modern AMS, integration and API gateways, and SRE/observability — and how each will be reshaped by Coforge's Nuuron, AI Operating System, AI Mod Squad construct, and the broader shift in how SDLC, talent, and related economics will impact these services over the next two to three years.

The Coforge narrative, data, figures, and case study outcomes in this document are supplied by Coforge and reflect the company's own reporting. IDC has not independently validated these inputs. IDC's independent views are confined to the IDC Opinion, Future Outlook, and Essential Guidance sections.

Datacenter Infrastructure, System and Component Supply, and Leadtime Update: September 2026

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Presentation provides a supply situation and leadtime outlook, along with comprehensive analysis, for the following datacenter infrastructure and system component categories: system motherboard and substrate, processor, memory and storage, logic and control components, networking and connecting components, rack/system power and thermal distribution, rack and peripherals, datacenter power infrastructure, and datacenter cooling infrastructure.

IDC Survey: AI-Enabled Water Management Trends, 2026

Bjoern Stengel — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey discusses how water management is now a top ESG-AI priority for 22.5% of organizations, up from 18.9% in 2024 — a 19% relative increase, although growth is far from evenly spread. IDC Survey: AI-Enabled Water Management Trends, 2026, based on IDC’s 2026 AI and Sustainability Survey (n = 1,570; weighted) and IDC’s 2024 AI and Sustainability Survey (n = 1,390), finds that process manufacturing (43.7%), financial and investment services (40.4%), and accommodation and restaurants (34.6%) lead AI-for-sustainability investment in water management, while traditionally water-intensive industries — utilities and oil and gas — rank near the bottom of the 24 industries profiled.

Predictive AI is the leading modality across five of the six industry case studies detailed in the document, and AI investment concentrates upstream, in environmentally sustainable manufacturing and sourcing, rather than at the point of consumption. The document also profiles six industries in depth, examines buyer psychology and decision-maker ownership by sector, and provides vendor-selection guidance for technology providers targeting water-focused AI-for-sustainability buyers.

This document is an essential read for sustainability, ESG, and AI product strategy leaders assessing where water-management AI demand concentrates in 2026.