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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Laser Production Printers 2026 Vendor Assessment

Mitri Roufka, Tim Greene — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC MarketScape assesses the capabilities and strategies of 11 global vendors of laser production printers. It also provides guidance to vendors and advice to companies considering the acquisition of such equipment, including the selection criteria they should consider and the vendors that fit their production printing needs best.

"Production printers are mission critical and have long life cycles. These buying decisions involve high CAPEX, which creates extreme inertia. Customers know that, whatever their possible issues are, getting the printers online quickly is the most critical element in deploying them. Because of this, customers' most important selection criteria is 'Which vendor offers the best service and support that we can trust?'. Features and innovative solutions that address efficiency, automation, and changing business needs are also important but clearly come in the second place," said Mitri Roufka, program director, IDC Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions team.

The Impact of Agentic AI on Professional Services: A Playbook for Services Providers

Jennifer Thomson — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation examines the impact of agentic AI on digital business professional services across strategy, commercial models, delivery, and talent, mapping the competitive forces reshaping the market, charting the platform race now underway, and setting out a practical playbook for services providers to consider. For providers, the central question is no longer whether to respond; it is whether they are moving fast enough.

Agentic AI is not an incremental upgrade to how professional services are delivered; it is a structural disruption to the business model itself. The traditional labor-led delivery pyramid is giving way to platform- and outcome-led models, client expectations are shifting (perhaps faster than most providers are moving), and a new class of competitor is converging on the enterprise workflow layer.

国内ビジネスコンサルティング市場予測、2026年～2030年

Takuya Uemura — Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、IDCが定める国内ビジネスコンサルティング市場の概況や動向を分析し、サービスセグメント（戦略、財務／経理、業務改善、組織／変革、GRC（Governance, Risk, and Compliance）その他コンサルティング）および産業分野別にまとめたものである。また、2025年の市場状況を検証するとともに、2026年～2030年の市場規模（支出額ベース）および前年比成長率について予測している。

IDC Japan、AI and Automationのシニアリサーチマネージャーである植村卓弥は、「国内ビジネスコンサルティング市場は、AI（Artificial Intelligence）を核とした企業変革の需要を背景に、2030年にかけて堅調な拡大が続くであろう。企業変革の主軸は、戦略と業務、人と組織、テクノロジー（AI）を横断する形に拡張している。特に、AI変革においてチェンジマネジメントやタレント変革、リスキリング支援が大型変革案件の不可欠な構成要素として組み込まれるケースが増加しており、「人と組織」の変革支援の重要性が一段と高まっている」と述べている。

Agentic AI Implications for IaaS Network Services

Taranvir Singh — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective explores how agentic AI is transforming IaaS network services, emphasizing the need for high-performance connectivity, efficient application networking, and integrated security and governance. As enterprises scale agentic AI deployments, strategic networking partner preferences are shifting toward cloud SPs. The report offers recommendations for vendors, highlighting the importance of specialized AI networking capabilities, validated designs, and expertise to support dynamic, distributed agentic AI environments.

"Networking is foundational to agentic AI. Its pervasive presence across AI agent interactions positions it as an important enabler of end-to-end connectivity, security, and governance," says Taranvir Singh, research manager, Cloud Networking Services, IDC. "For AI agents to operate at production scale, the network must function as an intelligent policy fabric, not just an underlying transport layer."

Datacenter Colocation Service Vendor Profile: Digital Realty

Mary Johnston Turner — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of Digital Realty Trust, one of the major global providers of datacenter facilities, colocation, and interconnection services.

Day Zero: Getting the Organization AI-Ready — Agentic Ways of Working Series

Matthew Flug, Douglas Hayward, Bill Latshaw — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Presentation identifies the organizational and technical preparations that enterprises must address before deploying AI agents at scale. Drawing on IDC survey data, the presentation maps readiness gaps across data management, culture, skills, trust, and workflow design. It provides a structured Day Zero framework across six domains: data readiness, culture and planning, intelligent workflows, AI models and infrastructure, testing and governance, and observability and monitoring. This presentation is part of IDC's Agentic Ways of Working Series.

"Enthusiasm for AI agents is high, but most organizations are not yet prepared in terms of data governance, culture, skills, trust, or workflow readiness to operationalize them effectively. Organizations that align data, culture, processes, and governance before agents are deployed are well-positioned to scale agentic AI with confidence and deliver quantifiable business outcomes," says Matthew Flug, research manager, Intelligent Application Modernization and Deployment Platforms at IDC.

European Tier 1 Service Provider Market Events, 1Q26

Matthew Wilkins — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation summarizes key events in the European tier 1 service provider market in 1Q26.

アクセンチュアグローバルアナリストサミット2026：「Reinvention Services」による自己変革と国内市場への示唆

Takuya Uemura — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、アクセンチュアが2026年4月にインド・ベンガルール（バンガロール）で開催した「Accenture Global Analyst Summit 2026」の議論内容を踏まえ、同社が新たに発表したサービス提供モデル「Reinvention Services」と、その背景にある人月依存からの脱却（Non-FTE収益モデル）、契約モデルのアウトカム連動型への転換、AI（Artificial Intelligence）／データ戦略、M&A戦略などについて整理する。また、これらの同社のグローバル戦略が国内市場における取り組みに対しどのような示唆をもたらすかについて、IDCの視点から考察する。

IDC Survey Spotlight: In Which Areas Do Managed SPs Need to Invest to Retain Customers and Convince Organizations to Switch Providers?

David Tapper — Mon, 25 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights the results from the following question posed to 1,503 respondents and firms with over 1,000 employees across multiple countries and industries, as part of IDC's 2025 Worldwide Managed Cloud View Survey: "Primary reason for switching vendors. Please select two reasons that your company/organization is considering or would consider switching to a new vendor(s) for managed cloud services within the next 12–24 months." This IDC Survey Spotlight then assesses the impact of primary organizational reasons for switching managed SPs for managed cloud services and highlights how managed SPs need to invest in building an AI operating model, creating a hybrid cloud operating model to support the move from CAPEX to OPEX, and utilizing an integrated digital services supply chain with agentic AI and inventory management capabilities.

IDC Survey Spotlight: Is Talent Still the Bottleneck When Agentic AI Is Reshaping the Workforce?

Bill Latshaw — Mon, 25 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The IDC Survey Spotlight is based on IDC's Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey (FERS Survey) Wave 2, 2026 (n = 1,009). Talent and skills shortages remain a critical strategic concern for technology leaders even as agentic AI reshapes the workforce, ranking fourth among top tech-related risks at 44.8%, nearly tied with AI budget pressure. Although external risks, such as geopolitical instability, tariffs, and supply chain disruptions, rank higher, talent is uniquely within leaders' control and therefore represents the highest-leverage focus area.

Agentic AI often eliminates entry-level tasks such as data analysis, coding, drafting, and research that traditionally served as on ramps for junior professionals, threatening organizations' ability to develop future senior talent unless apprenticeship paths are intentionally redesigned. Simultaneously, demand for emerging roles, such as AI orchestrators, agent supervisors, and model risk and governance leads, is outpacing supply.

This study's key takeaway is that skilled teams are also the best mitigation for every other risk on the list, making talent investment the most reliable competitive hedge available to CIOs in an uncertain macro environment.