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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2026 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders

Daniel-Zoe Jimenez, Linus Lai — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC FutureScape presents the top 10 predictions set to define CIO agendas in the coming years, highlighting key challenges, strategic priorities, and the evolving role of the CIO in driving organizational success. It offers guidance for sales and marketing teams on how to keep customers engaged and differentiate their solutions in the light of many options in the market

"The next era of technology leadership demands that CIOs and their partners move beyond incremental change — embracing unified digital architectures, orchestrating AI-human collaboration, and embedding governance at every layer. Success will hinge on the ability to co-innovate across business and IT, proactively address emerging risks from quantum to compliance, and drive measurable value at scale across the enterprise as it embraces Agentic AI capabilities. In this landscape, tech suppliers who act as strategic advisors will define the competitive frontier," says Linus Lai, GVP IDC.

IDC PlanScape: DevSecOps/Outsourced SOC Integration

Christopher Tozzi — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC PlanScape offers guidance on how organizations can integrate outsourced security services seamlessly with internal DevSecOps tools, platforms, and teams. Specifically, it details the challenges that commonly arise for customers of outsourced security services providers, as well as actionable tactics and strategies for mitigating those difficulties as part of a holistic DevSecOps strategy that draws on internal and external cybersecurity resources to full effect.

"Outsourcing the SOC and other security functions can solve many operational challenges in areas such as cybersecurity hiring and scalability," says Christopher Tozzi, adjunct research advisor with IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP). "But it also creates new difficulties, especially when it comes to connecting external security teams, tools, and dataflows to a company's internal DevSecOps assets."

IDC's 2026 CES Roundup

Linn Huang, Tom Mainelli, Phil Solis, Nina Turner — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

For the tech industry, the new year isn't marked by the flipping of a calendar page or a dropping of a fancy ball; it kicks off when the keynote officially kicks off CES in Las Vegas each year. A number of keynotes took place, including those from Nvidia, AMD, Lenovo, and others, largely centered around AI.

Industry Analysis Perspective: European Upstream Oil and Gas, 2025

Gaurav Verma, Heriberto Roman — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Industry Analysis Perspective provides technology vendors — including sales, marketing, product, and channel managers — with essential insights into the European oil and gas sector in 2025. It clarifies how the industry functions, enabling readers to identify specific areas in which their technology solutions can add real value.

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the oil and gas landscape, detailing business dynamics, key players, and future directions on the regional and country levels, along with the implications for IT strategies in the sector.

"In Europe, major upstream oil and gas activity is concentrated in a few countries, with the United Kingdom and Norway standing out as the major E&P hubs. Both operate in high-cost, mature, and environmentally regulated offshore basins. Despite aging infrastructure and mature fields, digital and IT opportunities continue to grow, with operators increasingly relying on them as one of the few levers that can deliver measurable impact — extending field life, reducing operating costs, and cutting emissions," said Research Director Gaurav Verma, IDC Energy Insights.

Java's Measured Innovation: How JDK 25 Delivers AI Readiness, Cost Reduction, and Operational Excellence

Arnal Dayaratna — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective discusses Java's measured innovation.

"JDK 25 marks a strategic inflection point for enterprise IT, delivering breakthrough performance, built-in observability, and AI-ready capabilities on a platform trusted for mission-critical workloads. With this release, organizations can modernize at scale, accelerate innovation, and maintain the uncompromising reliability and security that define Java's legacy in the global enterprise landscape." — Arnal Dayaratna, research vice president, Software Development

The Case for Open Source Software in the Geospatial Ecosystem

Michele Rosen, PhD, Lynne Schneider — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective analyzes the impact of open source software, open data, and open standards on the geospatial ecosystem. It explains how advances in data formats, standards, and global initiatives are breaking down silos, fostering innovation, and broadening participation, thus positioning open geospatial solutions as a foundation for scalable, future-proof analytics and decision-making across industries.

"As geospatial silos break down, open source software will help shape a future in which location intelligence becomes everyone's tool — not just the GIS specialist's," said Michele Rosen, research manager for Intelligent Application Modernization and Enterprise Open Source Strategies, IDC.

2025年 ITバイヤーガイド：サステナビリティ／ESGソフトウェア―ソリューション全体像と選定ガイド

Amy Cravens, Bjoern Stengel — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートでは、スペシャリスト（専門特化型）からジェネラリスト（総合型）までのベンダー群（ベンダー類型）について、それぞれの主な注力領域と差異化要因、ベンダー選定の意思決定ツリー、同業他社バイヤーについてのインサイト、サステナビリティ／ESG（Environmental, Social, and Governance）ソフトウェアのタイプ別ユースケース、ならびにAI（Artificial Intelligence）の適用領域の概要を提供するものである。サステナビリティ／ESGソフトウェア市場のベンダーの動向は動的であり、企業のサステナビリティ管理における課題への対応ニーズが変化し成熟するのに合わせて、継続的に進化している。

本調査レポートは、『IT Buyer Guide 2025: Sustainability/ESG Software — Overview of the Solutions Landscape（IDC #US53438425、2025年6月発行）』の日本語翻訳版である。

AI-Driven Application Security with Context Intelligence Graph from Cycode

Katie Norton — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Cycode announced the Context Intelligence Graph, expanding its platform to formalize the relationship between security signals, decisions, and their outcomes over time. The approach addresses a critical gap as security moves toward autonomous agents: Most platforms record what was found, but few preserve why teams acted the way they did.

From Insight to Execution: How AI and Automation Became Protected Enterprise Infrastructure in Financial Services

Sam Abadir — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Survey Spotlight shows that financial services institutions are no longer protecting intelligence alone. They are protecting execution.

AI remains the primary growth driver and the most budget-immune investment area, confirming its transition from experimental capability to enterprise infrastructure. However, automation emerging as the next most protected category reveals a deeper shift. Institutions are prioritizing the ability to operationalize decisions at scale, not just generate insight.

Security, risk, and compliance anchor this transition. Their protected status demonstrates that intelligent and automated execution is only considered viable when it is governed, auditable, and resilient. Organizational resilience and infrastructure optimization further reinforce that institutions are rebuilding operating models around survivability, not novelty.

Together, the surveys show a redefinition of enterprise infrastructure in financial services. Infrastructure now includes intelligence, automated execution, and control assurance as inseparable layers. This shift signals a move from analytics-supported processes to governed autonomous operations, with regulatory defensibility as a primary design constraint.

This represents not a technology trend, but an operating model transition.

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2026 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications

Daniel-Zoe Jimenez, Linus Lai — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

"A next-generation CIO will not only orchestrate enterprise AI initiatives but also shape a technology agenda that accelerates growth, elevates customer outcomes, and builds operational discipline. This requires moving beyond incremental modernization toward a unified digital architecture, deeper co-innovation with business units, and a deliberate rethinking of how human expertise and AI systems complement each other. At the same time, CIOs must reinforce organizational adaptability — anticipating regulatory shifts, navigating data-sovereignty constraints, and mitigating geopolitical risk — to secure sustainable advantage in an increasingly volatile digital landscape," says Linus Lai, GVP IDC.