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Industry Snapshot: Worldwide Healthcare, 2025

Federico Mayr, Heriberto Roman, Manoj Vallikkat, Jennifer Eaton, Nigel Wallis — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation provides technology vendors with a comprehensive overview of the key characteristics of the global healthcare industry, highlighting potential business opportunities and capitalization strategies. Technology vendors can use this document as outlined:

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The global economic relevance of the healthcare industry, the performance of subverticals, and current forces impacting IT spending
The high-level business opportunities resulting from current business priorities, related key initiatives, and IT spending plans

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Understanding the need for targeted go-to-market approaches, including targeted marketing narratives, to address manufacturers' investment plans over time
Targeting conversations with relevant stakeholders in lines of business beyond IT
Healthcare in 2026 to reach a critical turning point as organizations globally move from piloting AI solutions to deploying them at scale (Intelligent automation and ambient technologies are reshaping care delivery, while autonomous decision support, adaptive processes, and tailored patient interactions are becoming standard.)

Ongoing workforce challenges, increasing chronic disease rates, and mounting financial pressures force providers to redesign operations to deliver care in diverse settings and through various means. Shifts in regulation, global politics, and cybersecurity threats are influencing strategic choices, and resilient, interoperable systems and ethical innovation have become top priorities.

"Success will depend on leveraging AI to enhance clinical expertise, streamline operations, and achieve patient-focused outcomes." — IDC Healthcare Insights Team

What Do Enterprise Customers Need to Get Greater Value from Geospatial Solutions?

Lynne Schneider — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight reveals key findings from IDC's 2025 Power of Place Survey. Nothing comes close to the value derived from better data quality, and reducing friction is key.

IDC's 2025 Power of Place Survey explores the current and future landscape of location and geospatial intelligence. This survey gathered responses from more than 600 global decision-makers and influencers who utilize location intelligence and geospatial technology across various industries and organization sizes. The research aims to illuminate the measurable impact of geospatial technologies — such as improved decision-making, operational efficiency, and increased revenue — while examining success factors, adoption maturity, user experience, and integration into business processes.

Worldwide Hyperscaler and Top Service Provider Infrastructure Demand Presentation, 3Q25

Leon Kao — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation provides an overview of service provider infrastructure demand trends among the 15 selected service providers through the third quarter of 2025.

Accenture FY 1Q26: Reinvention Takes Hold with Revenue Up 5% in Local Currency, New Bookings Up 10%

Lars Goransson — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

On December 18, 2025, Accenture announced its FY 1Q26 results, reporting $18.7 billion in quarterly revenue, a 6% increase year over year (YoY) in U.S. dollars, and 5% in local currency, at the high end of its guidance. New bookings totaled $20.9 billion, rising 12% in U.S. dollars and 10% in local currency, with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.1 and 33 clients each exceeding $100 million in quarterly bookings. Advanced AI bookings reached $2.2 billion for the quarter, while revenue from advanced AI was $1.1 billion, up 76% and 120% YoY in U.S. dollars, respectively.

Quarterly growth was broad based across Accenture's traditional reporting areas. By type of work, consulting revenue totaled $9.41 billion, up 4% in U.S. dollars and 3% in local currency. Managed services revenue expanded to $9.33 billion, up by 8% in U.S. dollars and 7% in local currency. The Americas grew 4% in both U.S. dollars and local currency. EMEA increased 8% in U.S. dollars and 4% in local currency, while Asia/Pacific grew 7% in U.S. dollars and 9% in local currency. Industry-wise, financial services (up 14% in U.S. dollars, 12% in local currency) and communications, media and technology (up 9% and 8%) were the strongest sectors. In contrast, health and public service remained flat in U.S. dollars and declined 1% in local currency. Products and resources grew 6% and 3% in U.S. dollars, respectively.

IDC's Application Services Survey, 2026 — United States

Peter Marston — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey illustrates U.S. application services needs and adoption, as well as maturity levels within the enterprise for 2026. This document contains data from IDC's Application Services Survey, which was completed in August 2025. IDC's Worldwide Intelligent Application Services practice conducted this worldwide survey to understand enterprise interests and perceptions for services around application portfolio management, application modernization, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of application modernization, and application development through low-code/no-code and cloud-native development tools. The overall goal of the survey was to identify how organizations have been and will approach application life-cycle management and application modernization today and in the future, as well as how they will leverage new technologies to aid application delivery in the future.

"Buyer organizations in the United States show a greater propensity to lean on application services providers to support next-generation application development and modernization, as well as the use of AI to expedite and strengthen application modernization and application life-cycle management initiatives. To earn opportunities, better differentiate, and deepen customer intimacy, application services providers must evolve service delivery and methods of engagement as well as synchronize services to meet buyer objectives and ensure value generation," explained Pete Marston, senior research director, IDC's Worldwide Intelligent Application Services.

McKinsey Global Analyst Summit 2025 — Rewiring for Measurable AI Business Value

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective details key takeaways from McKinsey's 2025 Global Analyst Summit. The event marks a decisive shift from advisory services to accountable, outcome-driven engagements, emphasizing measurable ROI, reusable AI agents, and robust change management. Technology buyers are urged to rewire for value by building business ontologies, orchestrating agentic AI, and embedding change leadership as a product. The summit highlights the need for performance-based contracts, transparent alliances, and industry-specific solutions to ensure sustained impact and capability transfer.

"Rewiring for value means making ROI a contract, not a hope, where every AI initiative is measured, every agent is reusable, and change management is a product, not an afterthought." — Bill Latshaw, research director, Worldwide Business Consulting Services, IDC

Which Emerging Technologies Do Global Organizations Need IT Training Partners to Support in 2026 and Beyond?

Gina Smith, PhD — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines the emerging technologies that enterprise and line-of-business leaders say they want IT training platforms to address. These survey results are tabulated from IDC's 2025 Global Services Path Survey.

Worldwide Application Services, 2026

Peter Marston — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey illustrates worldwide application services needs and adoption as well as maturity levels within the enterprise for 2026. The document contains data from IDC's Application Services Survey, which was completed in August 2025. IDC's Worldwide Intelligent Application Services practice conducted this worldwide survey to understand enterprise interests and perceptions for services around application portfolio management, application modernization, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of application modernization, and application development through low-code/no-code and cloud-native development tools. The overall goal of the survey was to identify how organizations have been and will approach application life-cycle management and application modernization today and in the future, as well as how they will leverage new technologies to aid application delivery in the future.

"Buyer organizations show a greater propensity to lean on application services providers to support next-generation application development and modernization as well as the use of AI to expedite and strengthen application modernization and application life-cycle management initiatives. To earn opportunities, better differentiate, and deepen customer intimacy, application services providers must evolve service delivery and methods of engagement as well as synchronize services to meet buyer objectives and ensure value generation," explained Pete Marston, research director, Worldwide Intelligent Application Services at IDC.

Worldwide Regions Application Services, 2026

Peter Marston — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey illustrates worldwide application services needs and adoption as well as maturity levels within the enterprise for 2026. The document contains data from IDC's Application Services Survey, which was completed in August 2025. IDC's Worldwide Intelligent Application Services practice conducted this worldwide survey to understand enterprise interests and perceptions for services around application portfolio management, application modernization, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of application modernization, and application development through low-code/no-code and cloud-native development tools across worldwide regions. The overall goal of the survey was to identify how organizations have been and will approach application life-cycle management and application modernization today and in the future, as well as how they will leverage new technologies to aid application delivery in the future.

"Services providers that support clients across regions must be prepared to guide buyer organizations through next-generation application development and modernization as well as the use of AI to expedite and strengthen application modernization initiatives. To earn business, better differentiate, and deepen customer intimacy, application services providers must evolve service delivery and synchronize services to meet buyer objectives and ensure value generation," explained Pete Marston, research director, Worldwide Intelligent Application Services at IDC.

In Which Application Life-Cycle Management Area Do U.S. Enterprises Most Want to Use AI to Support Third-Party Application Services?

Peter Marston — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight provides a view on enterprise sentiment in the United States regarding the use of AI to support application services. The document contains data from IDC's Application Services Survey, which was completed in August 2025. IDC's Worldwide Intelligent Application Services practice conducted this survey to understand enterprise preferences for utilizing AI as part of and to augment application services. The overall goal of the survey was to identify how organizations' preferences around application development and life-cycle management in the United States are evolving through the utilization of AI, and how application services providers can align their service offerings to address varied customer needs.

"Application services providers should understand how U.S.-centered buyer organizations are approaching the use of AI as part of application life-cycle management to better support evolving customer needs as well as maintain deeper customer relationships in an increasingly competitive environment." — Pete Marston, research director, worldwide intelligent application services, IDC