Rocket Software recognized as a Major Player in IDC MarketScape for Intelligent Content Services. Here’s Why It Matters

Summary

Organizations everywhere are racing to put AI to work. Many are hitting the same wall: AI is only as valuable as the information it can reach.

Businesses have poured resources into AI platforms and automation, yet much of the content that drives their most critical processes stays locked away—scattered across repositories, archives, business applications, and legacy systems. The result is a widening gap between AI ambition and AI readiness.

That’s why we’re proud to share that Rocket Software has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Intelligent Content Services 2026 Vendor Assessment. We believe this recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to helping organizations modernize how they manage, govern, and unlock value from enterprise content—while preparing for the next generation of AI-powered business processes.

The AI opportunity is really a content opportunity  

So much of the AI conversation centers on models, agents, and automation. But for most enterprises, the harder challenge lies somewhere else.

The information your employees, customers, and AI systems need is spread across decades of business systems. It lives in archives, line-of-business applications, document repositories, and operational platforms that keep critical functions running every day.

Why intelligent content services matter now

According to the IDC MarketScape:

“Taken together, content earns the label "intelligent" only when it stops being merely stored and retrieved and becomes the context layer AI depends on to reason, retrieve, and act reliably.” Enterprise content is no longer something you simply store. It’s becoming the fuel for AI-powered decisions, intelligent automation, better customer experiences, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

As you evaluate your own intelligent content strategy, you need solutions that can:  

• Connect information across disparate systems.
• Improve governance and control.
• Automate content-intensive business processes.
• Support AI initiatives with trusted enterprise knowledge.
• Preserve the technology investments you’ve already made.

We believe this shift is exactly why intelligent content services have become so strategic. The organizations that unlock the value of their enterprise content will be best positioned to turn AI into real business outcomes.

Building an AI-ready content foundation

AI assistants and agents are now consuming enterprise knowledge right alongside your employees and applications. That calls for a smarter, more connected approach to content management. For AI to deliver meaningful value, your enterprise content must be accessible, governed, contextual, and trustworthy.

The challenge is that enterprise content rarely sits in one place. Valuable information is often scattered across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments, creating obstacles for both people and AI systems. Organizations need a way to connect that information without compromising governance, security, or operational continuity.

Rocket^® ContentEdge^™ was built to address exactly these challenges. As the IDC MarketScape notes:

"ContentEdge offers an efficient, flexible modernization path that derives value and insights from unstructured content — letting customers automate document- and data-heavy workflows without ripping out legacy systems or maintaining a fragile AI conversion layer."

With ContentEdge, you can improve information access, accelerate automation, strengthen compliance, and prepare your content for the AI use cases emerging next.

Looking ahead

The future of AI won’t be defined by models or algorithms alone. It will be defined by your ability to access, govern, and activate your knowledge.

We believe this recognition in the IDC MarketScape underscores exactly that. As enterprises continue their modernization journeys, we remain focused on helping you turn enterprise content into a trusted foundation for innovation, automation, and AI.

Because the organizations that get the most from AI won’t necessarily be the ones with the newest systems. They’ll be the ones that unlock the value already hidden in the information they have.

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As AI initiatives move from experimentation to execution, many organizations are discovering that content readiness is just as important as AI readiness.

Questions such as:

• Can AI securely access the information it needs?
• Is enterprise content governed, trusted, and discoverable?
• Are valuable insights trapped in repositories that AI can't reach?
• How can organizations connect content across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments while maintaining compliance and control?

are becoming central to enterprise AI strategies.

Whether you're exploring AI-powered knowledge discovery, modernizing content operations, or looking to unlock greater value from your enterprise information, now is the time to evaluate whether your content foundation is ready for what's next.

Learn more about Rocket ContentEdge and how organizations are transforming enterprise content into a strategic advantage for AI, automation, and business innovation.