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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Advanced Distribution Management Systems 2026 Vendor Assessment

Gaia Gallotti, Jean-François Segalotto, John Villali — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC MarketScape study evaluates vendors providing advanced distribution management system (ADMS) solutions to utilities worldwide. It analyzes vendors’ capabilities, strategies, and comparative positioning in a market undergoing structural transformation as distribution networks absorb rising volumes of distributed energy resources (DERs) and utilities pursue electrification-driven grid modernization. The report provides utilities with a structured framework to assess vendor offerings across core operational functionality, DER-aware distribution operations, platform architecture, integration capabilities, and ecosystem extensibility.

“The difference between a genuinely unified ADMS and a set of interfaced applications sharing a label only becomes visible on the worst night of the year,” said Jean-François Segalotto, senior associate advisor, IDC Energy Insights. “This IDC MarketScape shows that the unified model also sets the ceiling on operational AI and autonomy, because every advance — from automated restoration to agentic operator support — ultimately inherits the accuracy of the underlying network model and operational data.”

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Edge Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems 2026 Vendor Assessment

John Villali, Gaia Gallotti, Jean-François Segalotto — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study evaluates vendors providing edge distributed energy resource management systems (edge DERMSs) solutions to utilities worldwide. It analyzes vendors' capabilities, strategies, and comparative positioning in a market undergoing structural transformation as distribution networks absorb rising volumes of distributed energy resources (DERs) and utilities pursue electrification-driven grid modernization. The document provides utilities with a structured framework to assess vendor offerings across DER portfolio optimization and aggregation, market participation and VPP orchestration, platform architecture, integration capabilities, and ecosystem extensibility.

"Edge DERMS is no longer a bet on future flexibility markets; its infrastructure utilities need now, as DER penetration outpaces the tools built to manage it. The vendors that succeed the next three to five years will be the ones proving real-time dispatch at production scale today while building the interoperability with grid DERMS and ADMS that regulators and utilities will increasingly demand," said John Villali, senior research director, IDC Energy Insights.

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.

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.

IDC Survey: Market Readiness and Strategic Priorities for Agentic AI

Deepika Giri, Daeil Chun — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC survey, Market Readiness and Strategic Priorities for Agentic AI, examines how Asia/Pacific enterprises are adopting, deploying, and scaling agentic AI, based on IDC’s Asia/Pacific Emerging AI Technologies Survey 2025. Agentic AI adoption is moving beyond experimentation, with organizations across the region progressing toward production deployment while following different adoption and governance paths. IT and security remain leading areas for automation, while productivity and innovation are emerging as stronger adoption priorities than cost reduction.

As enterprises move toward greater agent autonomy, new challenges are emerging around control, trust, partnerships, governance, and cost. The document examines how these factors will shape the next phase of agentic AI adoption across Asia/Pacific. Findings indicate that success will increasingly depend not only on technology capabilities but also on effective governance, ecosystem partnerships, commercial models, managed services, and market-specific execution. The document also provides focused country perspectives on India, Australia, and Singapore, highlighting how adoption priorities, engagement models, and governance approaches vary across these key markets.

Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Datacenter Facilities Services, 2026

Andrew Buss, Luis Fernandes, Dr. William Lee — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the datacenter facilities services market. It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a technology buyer perspective, a market outlook, and IDC's advice for service providers.

It is based on data from IDC's Semiannual Datacenter Facilities Tracker as well as from IDC's Enterprise Datacenter Survey.

"With an expected double-digit growth until the end of the decade, datacenters have become a critical asset in today's IT ecosystem. Companies operating and providing services in datacenters are a central figure in the market, providing services for all companies, from the biggest hyperscalers to the smallest start-ups." — Andrew Buss, senior research director, Cloud and Datacenters, Enterprise Infrastructure

Market Forecast: Worldwide Accounts Receivable Applications Forecast, 2026–2030

Kevin Permenter — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides the five-year forecast for the accounts receivable applications market and delivers insights into the drivers and inhibitors of growth.

“Collections will shift from chasing late payments to predicting them. AI will pinpoint customer payment behavior early, helping finance safeguard cash flow before issues even surface.” — Kevin Permenter, research director, Financial Applications

Market Forecast: Worldwide Facility Management Applications Forecast, 2026–2030

Brian O'Rourke — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study examines the 2026–2030 forecast for the worldwide facility management applications market and reviews the forces and dynamics that are expected to influence the market for the next three to four years.

"The facility management applications market continues to see M&A activity as well as a post-pandemic emphasis on tools to assist with lease management and the hybrid workplace. GenAI is now table stakes and agentic AI use cases are becoming increasingly common, and the key will be profitably establishing these tools within an increasingly autonomous world of buildings and facilities." — Brian O'Rourke, research manager, AI-Enabled Enterprise Asset Management and Smart Facilities Strategies, IDC.

AI-ification of Retail Media

Ananda Chakravarty — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective provides a viewpoint of how AI is changing the game with respect to mapping current attribution metrics in retail media. The report also reviews how AI addresses audience targeting as well as attribution through a set of techniques being pioneered by firms such as Amazon, Walmart, and other retail media networks (RMNs). The report also highlights marketing mix modeling and how this may move the market toward a more holistic view of retail media. Finally, the report identifies the flaws of return on ad spend (ROAS) attribution and how AI may overcome these flaws through new attribution methods.

“When your retail media metrics say 10x returns, but you’re barely breaking even, it’s time to revisit attribution. AI is changing the retail media game. New AI models are being rolled out by the most sophisticated RMNs to drive precise attribution. It’s time for a reset,” said Ananda Chakravarty, research vice president, IDC Retail Insights.

Sound Logiq: IBM Buys Assured U.K. Cybersecurity Talent

David Clemente — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

IBM has acquired Logiq Consulting, an NCSC-assured U.K. cybersecurity consultancy, to add secure-by-design expertise and classified-level delivery to its U.K. public sector and security practices.

The deal shows that assured, regulated-sector security skills remain scarce as AI-driven threats, sovereignty demands, and new U.K. resilience rules push buyers to build security in earlier.