In October 2024, IDC predicted that 75% of organizations would use specialized accelerated cloud computing services by 2026. Two years on, IDC’s Dave McCarthy explains why the number still holds and ...

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, ...

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 ...

In the second quarter of 2026 (2Q26), the worldwide Ethernet switch market reached $18.9B, growing 43.4% year over year (YoY), according to IDC’s Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker. The datacenter ...

腕戴产品增长逐渐放缓后，厂商对下一轮增量开始两种方向上的探索：向上，通过AI提升单品价值；向外，通过新形态拓展用户边界。——本文基于IDC最新发布的《全球可穿戴设备市场季度跟踪 ...

A century ago, electricity moved into factories and homes far faster than anyone could reliably deploy or meter it. The wiring went in first, then came circuit breakers, safety codes, and accurate ...

Memory shortage will also cause smartphone ASP to increase 27.6% this year to $581. Foldables remain the only silver lining, forecast to grow 12.6% YoY, boosted by Apple's entry into the segment in ...

AI has moved from the edge of the technology agenda to the center of enterprise strategy. But the real story of 2026 is execution, and how few organizations have actually mastered it. IDC has just ...

Kimi K3's release has reignited a fight over who gets to build advanced AI — and whether unauthorized distillation gives the U.S. government grounds to restrict open-weight models. This piece argues ...

Global spending on digital transformation (DX) software is on pace to hit $640 billion by 2029, and where that money goes is shifting fast. IDC’s latest Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide ...

Computex Taipei 2026 demonstrated that robotics is no longer a side story at the world’s largest computing show. For the first time in its 45-year history, Computex dedicated an entire exhibition zone ...