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5,677 Reports from IDC
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EMEA Infrastructure Scope and Definitions, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the scope and definitions for IDC's EMEA Digital Infrastructure Strategies research, outlining market segmentations and measurement methodologies across servers, external storage systems, and networking infrastructure, including classi ... Read More
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Canadian Communications Service Provider Capex Spending, 2024–2025: Capital Intensity Keeps Falling
This IDC Market Perspective details Canadian communications service provider capex spending for 2024–2025. Canadian communication service providers total capex investments will fall for a third year in a row in 2025, nearing spending levels last seen in 2020 when capex spending was hampered by COVID ... Read More
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Leading the Future of Connectedness: How the National University of Singapore Sets the Standard for Seamless Experiences
This IDC Perspective discusses the details of execution of the Best in Future of Connectedness from the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2024 in the Asia/Pacific region. The document discusses National University of Singapore's (NUS) transformation toward ubiquitous connectivity to deliver stable and se ... Read More
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Raising the Bar: Hong Kong’s Upcoming Cybersecurity Law Sets a New Compliance Benchmark
On March 19, 2025, Hong Kong introduced a new cybersecurity law aimed at strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure across key sectors. The legislation mandates annual security risk assessments, independent audits, and rapid incident reporting within two hours. Covering the banking, ene ... Read More
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C3 AI Highlights New Agentic AI Platform Capabilities
This IDC Market Note discusses C3 AI’s 2025 Transform conference held from March 18 to 20 in Boca Raton, Florida. It showcased the company’s advancements in agentic AI, emphasizing the company’s full-stack approach and innovative orchestration capabilities for unlocking business value with AI. Key t ... Read More
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Infosys Analyst and Advisor Meet, U.S. Edition, 2025 — Enterprise AI Growth in the United States
This IDC Market Perspective describes the most enlightening impressions of the several IDC analysts who participated in the Infosys’ Analyst and Advisor Meet 2025 rather than being a comprehensive account of everything Infosys is doing, in the hope that readers will want to engage with the analysts ... Read More
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Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 1Q25 Preliminary Shipment Results
This IDC Market Perspective provides a preliminary unit shipment range for worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) units by HDD drive class and estimated supplier market share for 1Q25.“HDD shipments appear poised to be down in the 1Q25 period as a combination of supply chain issues, seasonality, and lumpy ... Read More
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Japan Datacenter Facility Forecast, 2025–2029: Investment and Spending
This IDC study estimates and forecasts the market size, primarily focusing on the new construction/expansion and maintenance/update markets in the Japan DC facility market. The DC facility market covered in this study includes buildings, electrical facilities, and cooling systems. The DCs covered in ... Read More
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Japan WAN Services Market Shares, 2024: Innovating for Future Growth Beyond Market Maturity
This IDC study provides vendor shares for the Japan WAN services market in 2024. We estimate the market share by type of closed line.“Companies are being forced to respond to a variety of requirements, such as employees returning to the office, increased traffic due to expanded use of the cloud and ... Read More
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Critical Guidance on the Impact of AI Adoption on Life Science Investment Strategy: Bio-IT 2025
This IDC Market Note summarizes key observations and industry implications resulting from the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2025, and the associated Cambridge Venture, Innovation, & Partnering (VIP) forum, on the impact of AI adoption on life science investment strategy. ... Read More
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Guardrails by Design: Contractual Keys to Responsible AI
This IDC Perspective highlights the critical importance of incorporating specific contractual clauses when adopting AI solutions. By emphasizing data governance, ethical considerations, security, transparency, and oversight, these clauses provide a framework for responsible AI adoption for businesse ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Avoiding New Risks in Cybersecurity Incident Reporting
This IDC PeerScape discusses practices for avoiding new risks in cybersecurity incident reporting. “In all cases, risk assessment should look at the business impacts of each threat and prioritize defenses in terms of how they protect business operations and processes and customer data,” says David W ... Read More
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Key Takeaways from Hannover Messe 2025
This IDC Market Note highlights the key trends emerging from the Hannover Messe 2025 conference, which took place from March 31 to April 4, 2025, particularly in relation to manufacturing operations software.Hannover Messe again demonstrated this year why it is considered the world's most important ... Read More
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GenAI Policy Template for End-User Technology Leaders
This IDC Perspective provides a GenAI policy responding to client needs for a best practice GenAI governance policy to leverage. It responds to increasing client demand for GenAI policy guidance, leveraging research and real-world insights to accelerate policy implementation. The document emphasizes ... Read More
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Reshaping Intercompany Transactions in the Era of Trade Barriers
This IDC Perspective discusses the high stakes and increasing scrutiny around intercompany transactions, highlighted by cases like the IRS’ dispute with Coca-Cola. This scrutiny on intercompany transactions underscores the need for robust systems, governance, and documentation in and outside the Uni ... Read More
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HP Amplify Conference 2025: Taking AI to the Edge and Driving the Future of Work
This IDC Market Perspective discusses the HP Amplify Conference 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee, that showcased HP Inc.’s strategic vision, emphasizing AI integration across its product portfolio. Key initiatives discussed included AI transformation, supply chain regionalization, and evolving customer ... Read More
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Consumption-Based Pricing in the AI Era
This IDC Market Perspective explores best practices, key hurdles, and strategies to help businesses implement consumption-based pricing (CBP) effectively in the AI era. Consumption-based pricing is becoming essential in the AI era, offering flexibility and cost control. This model aligns spending wi ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: CIO Strategic Planning
This IDC PlanScape presents a comprehensive guide for CIOs to develop and implement strategic planning in the digital enterprise. It enables organizations to navigate market turbulence, adapt rapidly to changing conditions, and orchestrate complex IT environments to deliver dynamic capabilities. In ... Read More
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How Government Agencies Can Leverage AI Processes to Improve IT Sourcing and Procurement
The IDC Perspective explores the transformative potential and recommends specific processes to leverage AI in IT government sourcing and procurement, highlighting its ability to enhance efficiency, productivity, and decision-making. With several government and commercial examples, the document under ... Read More
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Western Europe Business Inkjet Shares, 2024: Strong Performances from Market Leaders
This IDC Market Share will examine dynamics, the winners and losers, and technologies that are emerging as major opportunities in the Western European business inkjet market in 2024."Fast market growth in 2024 came on the back of increases in desktop ink tank systems. Ink cartridge systems still com ... Read More
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Retail Technology Show London 2025: Trends and Technologies Transforming Retail Operations
Retail Technology Show London 2025 highlighted how data analytics, AI, and RFID technologies are transforming retail operations. Retailers focusing on these integrated technologies will gain a competitive advantage through enhanced operational efficiency, loss prevention capabilities, and personaliz ... Read More
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Cyber-Resilience — Turning Every Crisis into an Opportunity to Emerge Stronger
This IDC Perspective emphasizes the critical importance of cyber-resilience in today’s digital landscape. With increasing cyber-risks and the adoption of AI, organizations must prioritize cyber-resilience to mitigate threats and ensure operational continuity. The document highlights the need for com ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: AI Residual Risk Transfer — A New Frontier for P&C Insurers
This IDC Perspective explores the growing importance of insurance-backed solutions for managing AI-related risks. According to IDC’s latest FutureScape: Worldwide Insurance 2025 Top 10 Predictions, by 2028, 90% of AI vendors and 50% of G2000 companies using self-developed AI are expected to rely on ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Lessons Learned for Integrating New Tech and Innovations into the Flow of Work
This IDC PeerScape presents lessons learned and best practices for successfully incorporating new technology or innovations into the flow of work.“All organizations that want to keep pace with the speed of change will have to routinely test and introduce new technology into their organizations,” sai ... Read More
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RingCentral Is Taking a Holistic Approach to Drive Customer Success with AI
This IDC Market Note summarizes key takeaways from RingCentral's 2025 Analyst Summit, which highlighted its AI-driven customer experience innovations, including the launch of AI Receptionist. The event showcased RingCentral's vision to become an AI-powered platform to drive meaningful EX and CX. The ... Read More
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