Physical AI has moved past the easy image of a robot arm on an assembly line. IDC’s Sarah Lee breaks down what it actually means, why labor shortages are driving adoption faster than the technology ...

Every procurement team knows the moment. The signature page is turned, and the vendor’s negotiation team quietly disappears. What’s left is a contract, a renewal date circled two or three years out, ...

Application, platform, infrastructure and services each follow their own dynamics. IDC analysts Ewa Zborowska and Carla Arend explain where European demand is heading and how vendors can position for ...

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Organizations are investing in agentic AI at scale but most are still struggling to decide which use cases to prioritize, how to measure ROI, and what actually works. IDC surveyed 1,967 functional ...

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Worldwide Server Market grew by 52.0% in spending in the second quarter of 2026, driven by the continued mass deployment of GPU servers while keeping a 28.4% CAGR in a Five-Year Period, according to ...

Worldwide hardcopy peripherals shipments continued to contract, declining by 7.0% year over year to 17.2 million shipments in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest release of IDC’s ...

Worldwide Enterprise External OEM Storage Systems Market Spending showed a 33.7% growth in Q2 2026 and is expected to grow an average of 8.0% over a 5-year period, according to IDC. The worldwide ...

The 2026 Beijing Humanoid Robot Half Marathon has officially concluded. Compared with the 2025 event, this year’s competition demonstrated significant advancements in scale, technical complexity, and ...

Global shipments of XR headsets and glasses rose 35.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, strong growth but a significant moderation from the 130.2% increase IDC tracked in the prior ...