target audience: TECH SUPPLIER  Publication date: Oct 2023 - Document type: Taxonomy - Doc  Document number: # US51304523

IDC's Worldwide Software Taxonomy, 2023: Update

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  • IDC's Worldwide Software Taxonomy

    • Figure: Software Primary Segments

  • Software Taxonomy Changes for 2023

    • Additions

  • Taxonomy Overview

    • Hierarchy of Software Markets

    • Figure: Taxonomy Hierarchy of Software Markets

  • Definitions

    • Applications Market Definitions

    • Figure: Applications Functional Markets

    • Collaborative Applications

    • Conferencing and Virtual Event Applications

    • Web Conferencing Applications

    • Virtual Event Applications

    • Email Applications

    • Enterprise Community Applications

    • Team Collaboration Applications

    • Content Workflow and Management Applications

    • Content Services Applications

    • Enterprise Content Management Applications

    • Content Sharing and Collaboration Applications

    • Capture Applications

    • Document Applications

    • Persuasive Content Management Applications

    • Website Software

    • Digital Asset Management Applications

    • Product Content Management Applications

    • Content Marketing Applications

    • Video Platforms

    • Digital Adoption Platform

    • Creative Applications

    • eDiscovery and Forensics Applications

    • Enterprise Portals

    • Enterprise Resource Management Applications

    • Financial Applications

    • Financial and Accounting Applications

    • Accounts Payable Applications

    • Accounts Receivable Applications

    • Treasury and Risk Management Applications

    • Travel and Expense Management Applications

    • Corporate Tax Management Applications

    • Human Capital Management Applications

    • Core Human Resources Applications

    • Talent Management Applications

    • Workforce Management Applications

    • Payroll Management Applications

    • Procurement Applications

    • Order Management Applications

    • Enterprise Performance Management Applications

    • Project and Portfolio Management Applications

    • Asset Life-Cycle Management Applications

    • Supply Chain Management Applications

    • Logistics and Transportation Management Applications

    • Supply Chain Planning Applications

    • Warehousing and Inventory Management Applications

    • Production and Operations Applications

    • Production and Grid Management Applications

    • Service Industry and Public Sector Operations Applications

    • Other Operations Applications

    • Engineering Applications

    • Computer-Aided Design Applications

    • Computer-Aided Engineering Applications

    • Computer-Aided Manufacturing Applications

    • Collaborative Product Data Management Applications

    • Other Engineering Applications

    • Customer Relationship Management Applications

    • Advertising Applications

    • Programmatic Advertising Platforms

    • Data Management Platforms

    • Advertising Attribution

    • Marketing Campaign Management Applications

    • Digital Commerce Applications

    • Sales Force Productivity and Management Applications

    • Customer Service Applications

    • Contact Center Applications

    • Application Development and Deployment Market Definitions

    • Figure: Applications Development and Deployment Functional Markets

    • Analytics and Business Intelligence Software

    • Business Intelligence Software

    • Advanced and Predictive Analytics Software

    • Location and Geospatial Data Management and Analytics Software

    • Artificial Intelligence Platforms

    • AI Life-Cycle Software

    • Data Labeling Software

    • AI Build Software

    • MLOps Software

    • Trustworthy AI Software

    • AI Software Services

    • Conversational AI Software Services

    • Computer Vision AI Software Services

    • Generative AI Software Services

    • Document AI Software Services

    • Anomaly Detection AI Software Services

    • Personalize AI Software Services

    • Forecast AI Software Services

    • Search and Knowledge Discovery Software

    • Data Management Software

    • Database Management Systems

    • Relational Database Management Systems

    • Low-Code Database Management Systems

    • Navigational Database Management Systems

    • Fixed Record Database Management Systems

    • Object-Oriented Database Management Systems

    • Multivalue Database Management Systems

    • Non-Schematic Database Management Systems

    • Document-Oriented Database Systems

    • Key-Accessible Database Systems

    • Graph Database Management Systems

    • In-Memory Shared Data Managers

    • Data Lake Management Systems

    • Database Administration and Development Tools

    • Database Administration

    • Database Replication

    • Data Modeling

    • Database Development and Optimization

    • Data Integration and Intelligence Software

    • Data Ingestion and Transformation Software

    • Dynamic Data Movement Software

    • Data Quality Software

    • Data Access Infrastructure Software

    • Composite Data Framework Software

    • Master Data Intelligence Software

    • Metadata Management Software

    • Data Archiving and Information Life-Cycle Management

    • Integration and Orchestration Software

    • Business-to-Business Middleware

    • B2B Gateway Middleware

    • B2B Networks and B2B Managed Services

    • Managed File Transfer

    • Integration Software

    • API Management Software

    • API Gateway Software

    • Integration Platforms

    • Connectivity Adapters and Plug-In Software

    • Event Stream Processing Software

    • Messaging Middleware

    • Stream Processing Software

    • Functions Software

    • IoT Application Platforms

    • Process Mining and Insights Software

    • Application Development Software

    • Development Languages, Environments, and Tools

    • Software Construction Components

    • Business Rules Management Systems

    • Modeling and Architecture Tools

    • Object Modeling Tools

    • Business Process Modeling Tools

    • Enterprise Architecture Tools

    • Software Quality and Life-Cycle Tools

    • Automated Software Quality Tools

    • Software Change, Configuration, and Process Management Software

    • Application Platforms

    • Deployment-Centric Application Platforms

    • Application Server Software Platforms

    • Cloud Deployment-Centric Application Platforms

    • Transaction Processing Monitors

    • Model-Driven Application Platforms

    • Robotic Process Automation Software

    • Systems Infrastructure Software Market Definitions

    • Figure: System Infrastructure Software Functional Markets

    • System and Service Management Software

    • IT Operations Management

    • IT Automation and Configuration Management

    • Workload Management

    • Datacenter System and Application Control

    • IT Service Management

    • Network Software

    • Network Infrastructure Software

    • Application Delivery Controller Software

    • Software-Defined Networking Software

    • Network Management Software

    • Network Performance Management

    • Network Operations Management

    • Security Software

    • Identity and Access Management Software

    • Endpoint Security Software

    • Network Security Software

    • Security Analytics Software

    • Data Security Software

    • Information Protection

    • Digital Trust

    • Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software

    • Storage Software

    • Data Replication and Protection Software

    • Data Protection Software

    • Backup and Recovery Reporting Software

    • Storage Replication Software

    • Host or Hypervisor-Based Replication Software

    • Systems and Data Migration Software

    • Fabric and Appliance-Based Replication Software

    • Array-Based Replication Software

    • Replication Management Software

    • Archiving Software

    • Email Archiving Software

    • File and Other Archiving Software

    • Storage Infrastructure and Device Management Software

    • Storage Resource Management and Heterogeneous SAN Management Software

    • Storage Resource Management and Homogeneous SAN Management Software

    • Storage Device Management Software

    • Virtualization and Federation Software

    • Host-Based File Systems and Volume Management Software

    • Storage Access and Path Management Software

    • Automated Storage Tiering Software

    • Storage Acceleration Software

    • Other Storage Management and Infrastructure Software

    • Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

    • Block-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

    • File-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

    • Object-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

    • Hyperconverged Software–Defined Storage Controller Software

    • Endpoint Management Software

    • Output Management Tools

    • Device Management

    • Print Management

    • Enterprise Output Management

    • Client Endpoint Management Software

    • Unified Endpoint Management

    • IoT Device Management Software

    • PC Life-Cycle Management

    • Physical and Virtual Computing Software

    • Operating Systems and Subsystems

    • Core Operating Systems

    • Client Operating Systems

    • Embedded/Industrial Operating Systems

    • Software-Defined Compute

    • Virtual Machine Software

    • Container Infrastructure Software

    • Cloud System Software

    • Virtual Client Computing

    • Other Computing Software

  • Related Markets

    • Competitive Markets

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    • Related Research

    • Synopsis