In 2026, more organizations will need to reshape work as they continue to invest heavily in AI. According to a December 2025 Gartner survey of 110 CHROs, 78% agree that workflows and roles will need to change to get the most out of their AI investments.

According to IDC’s latest Global Semiconductor Supply Chain Tracking Intelligence, the broadly defined Foundry 2.0 market, comprising pure-play foundry, non-memory IDM, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), and photomask fabrication, is projected to surpass USD 360 billion in 2026, representing 17% year-over-year growth.

India’s tablet market—including detachable and slate tablets—shipped 4.49 million units in 2025, declining 21.7% year over year (YoY), as a sharp contraction in the commercial segment offset continued strength in consumer demand, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While detachable tablets grew 20.1% YoY, a sharp 34.6% YoY decline in slate tablets weighed on overall market performance. Despite a decline in the first 3 quarters, the tablet shipments rebounded in 4Q25, growing 11.3% YoY, supported by stronger consumer demand despite continued weakness in the commercial segment.

According to Forrester’s latest report, Accelerate Your AI Voyage, most enterprises are struggling to turn growing AI adoption and investment into measurable business impact. One of the key factors holding businesses back is low artificial intelligence quotient (AIQ) — Forrester’s measure of AI aptitude — with many employees lacking a clear understanding of how to use AI. Other barriers include an overemphasis on productivity-focused use cases, difficulty measuring impact, and siloed adoption within individual functions.

According to the latest update of the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide ICT Spending Guide Enterprise and SMB by Industry, ICT spending across Asia/Pacific excluding Japan and China (APEJC) is forecast to reach $647 billion in 2026 and is projected to surpass $758 billion by 2029. The APEJC market is set to grow by 5.4% in 2026, outstripping global growth rates as the region aggressively pivots from “experimentation” to “industrial-scale execution”. This surge represents a mandatory technological overhaul—enterprises are no longer spending for growth alone, but to avoid the obsolescence triggered by the “Agentic AI” era.

Gartner with the rapid development of generative AI (GenAI) and agentic AI tools, General Counsel (GC) face a dual challenge: managing enterprise risks associated with AI without stifling innovation while preparing the legal departments to harness AI for more efficient legal support.

The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for AI and Data Platforms provide the rankings and ratings of 83 software providers and their products for using and managing AI models and data in an enterprise. The series includes Buyers Guides covering established and emerging providers of AI platforms, including AI agents and sovereign AI and data solutions, and Buyers Guides for established and emerging providers of data platforms. The research finds that many companies attempting to scale AI deployments struggle with siloed, inconsistent and inaccessible data that needs to be cleaned, organized and made compliant with regulations.

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide, European spending on artificial intelligence will reach $290 billion in 2029, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.7% over the 2025–2029 forecast period. Spending will be driven by large spending from banking, retail and software and information services, but also from accelerating industries such as healthcare. Generative AI (GenAI) solutions are already pervasive across enterprise deployments and are expected to account for nearly 54% of the total market by the end of the period.

Australian organizations will spend more than AU$7.5 billion on information security in 2026, an increase of 9.5% from 2025, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.

The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Customer Relationship Management provide the rankings and ratings of 52 software providers and their products for the structured management of customer and prospect information. The series includes guides to providers of sales engagement, digital commerce and partner relationship management software, plus emerging CRM players. The research finds that CRM has expanded beyond record-keeping and sales force automation, becoming an AI-enhanced foundation for revenue operations, customer experience strategy and performance management.

The Asia/Pacific (including Japan and China) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) grew by 11.6% in 2025 to 106.6 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Devices Tracker, Q4 2025. IDC expects shipments to decline in 2026 as key component shortages and rising prices place pressure on both supply and demand for traditional PCs.

A Gartner survey of 1,539 U.S. consumers conducted in October 2025 revealed that consumer skepticism is also intensifying more broadly, creating a high-risk environment for synthetic or unsubstantiated brand claims. Sixty-one percent (61%) of consumers say they frequently question whether the information they use to make everyday decisions is reliable, and 68% frequently wonder whether the content and information they see is real.

According to the latest estimates from Omdia, global shipments of AI glasses in 2025 reached 8.7 million units, marking a significant 322% increase, fueled by a surge of interest in this emerging AI device category. Meta remains the dominant force globally, holding the largest share of the global market at 85.2%. Meta’s AI glasses shipments reached 7.4 million units, representing a growth rate of 281.3%, driven by strong performance from the Oakley and second-generation Ray-Ban-branded AI glasses, supported by Meta’s efforts to expand into new markets, including India, Mexico, Brazil and others.

A July 2025 survey of 2,986 employees revealed that 46% of managers are experimenting with AI to improve their work, compared to only 26% of employees. Another July 2025 Gartner survey of 1,973 managers found that just 14% said they do not face any challenges in driving effective use of AI across their team.

According to Omdia, Mainland China’s cloud infrastructure services market reached $13.4 billion in Q3 2025, growing 24% year on year. This marked the second consecutive quarter of growth above 20%. Sustained AI demand continued to drive adoption while generating spillover effects across core cloud infrastructure services, accelerating the shift in cloud resource consumption toward production workloads. In response, leading cloud providers continued to build out AI capabilities. They also placed greater emphasis on the productization and role differentiation of models, while strengthening the toolchains that underpin AI agent platforms. In Q3 2025, the market shares of Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and Tencent Cloud were 36%, 16%, and 9%, respectively.

Global security spending is projected to reach $308 billion in 2026 and $430 billion by 2029, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Security Spending Guide. The global security market is forecast to grow 11.8% in 2026, driven by increasing investments into unified, AI-driven security platforms and related services.

Rising Identity Threats and Regulatory Requirements Elevate Identity First Security on Executive Agendas. End-user spending on information security in India is projected to total $3.4 billion in 2026, an increase of 11.7% from 2025, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.

Global TV shipments remained flat year-on-year at 61.5 million units in 4Q25, despite a sharp decline in China, according to data from Omdia’s latest TV Sets (Emerging Technologies) Market Tracker: History – 4Q25. Shipments in China fell by 25.3% year-on-year, as government subsidies ended and many consumers brought forward upgrades over the past year. However, strong demand in other regions helped offset the decline, keeping the global market broadly stable for the quarter.

The server market reached a record $125.3 billion dollars in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2025, fueled by the accelerated AI Infrastructure investment path that keep outpacing any geopolitical tensions, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker.

Now weeks into active U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran, Iranian unmanned aerial systems (UAS) continue striking U.S. military bases and civilian infrastructure across the Middle East.

American defense and intelligence organizations are consequently exploring new ways to disrupt the global supply networks that keep Iranian drone production running.