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How service provider selection criteria have shifted: what we learned, and what comes next
Between 2023 and August 2025, European IT services buyers fundamentally reordered their priorities. AI capabilities jumped from sixth place to first. Digital expertise became foundational…
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FCC Robotics Ban: Checking the Expert Debate with IDC Research
A recent Forbes roundtable put eight robotics and supply chain experts in front of the exact question IDC’s modeling on the FCC’s new robotics rule…
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Smartphone Shipments Set for Record 16.7% Drop in 2026, as the Memory Crisis Hits Full Force
The smartphone market has changed character this year. Units are dropping while prices are climbing sharply, with consumers expected to absorb the cost. According to…
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The Aggregate Number Is Lying to You
The worldwide enterprise application market grew 11.5% in 2024. It grew 12.1% in 2025. Halfway through 2026, verified earnings across 60 public application software vendors…
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Tokenmaxxing Is Dead. The Governance Gap Isn’t.
For much of 2025 and into 2026, some engineering teams measured AI success by tokens burned rather than value created, and a handful of companies…
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WRC 2026深度洞察：从“技术领跑”到“交付决胜”，Physical AI迎来产业大考——IDC 2026世界机器人大会洞察
IDC调研显示，在已开展具身智能机器人试点应用的企业中，大多处于POC阶段，从技术验证到规模部署之间，横亘着稳定性、成本、ROI和运维能力的多重考验。
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WRC 2026今日开幕：买家进场，Physical AI迎来“验收时刻”
未来2-3年将是具身智能机器人从技术验证走向规模化应用的重要窗口期，不同场景将呈现分层落地特征：服务场景率先开展探索应用，工业场景将成为具身智能机器人规模化落地的重点方向，家庭消费市场则具备长期发展潜力。与此同时，Physical AI将推动产业竞争从单一硬件能力向“模型+数据+本体+应用”的系统能力演进。
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IDC on the Ground: AMD Advancing AI 2026 – Positioning Desktop AI Development as a Foundation for Scalable AI Deployment
At AMD Advancing AI 2026, held on July 23, 2026, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, AMD presented a broad AI strategy that…
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Built With Our Customers, Not Just For Them: The Story Behind IDC Quanta
IDC Quanta launched this year with over 175 customers across the beta program: CIOs, analyst relations and communications leaders, and technology strategists who spent months…
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