IDC

International Data Corporation (IDC) stands as a preeminent global purveyor of market intelligence, advisory solutions, and impactful events tailored to the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology sectors. Housing a cadre of over 1,300 analysts spanning the globe, IDC's repository of expertise extends across global, regional, and local domains, proffering keen insights into technology landscapes and industry trends that span over 110 countries. This formidable wealth of analysis and perspective serves as a lodestar for IT professionals, corporate executives, and investment entities, enabling them to navigate technology choices grounded in empirical evidence and to attain pivotal business goals.

Tracing its origins to 1964, IDC emerges as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the International Data Group (IDG, Inc.), a venerable name in the realms of tech media, data dissemination, and marketing services worldwide.

IDC's assortment of Insights lines of business fulfills a vital role by empowering both business leaders and IT luminaries, alongside their supplier counterparts, with indispensable technological insights. Comprising seasoned analysts wielding decades of industry acumen, the global research unit champions in-depth consultation and research services that address the multifaceted nexus of contemporary business and technology. The span of IDC Insights coverage is expansive, encompassing critical sectors such as Energy, Financial, Government, Health, Manufacturing, and Retail.

By meticulously distilling complex technological nuances into comprehensible insights, IDC propels the transformation of information into actionable wisdom, thus charting a course for informed decision-making across diverse sectors and industries.
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5,156 Reports from IDC

   
  • Worldwide Customer Service Applications Software Forecast, 2024–2028: On Target to Achieve $33.8 Billion in 2028

    Worldwide Customer Service Applications Software Forecast, 2024–2028: On Target to Achieve $33.8 Billion in 2028 This IDC study provides an updated market forecast for the worldwide customer service applications software market from 2024 to 2028."The customer service applications market has entered ... Read More

  • What Are CISOs in the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa Buying, and Why?

    What Are CISOs in the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa Buying, and Why? This IDC Market Perspective explores the factors that are driving cybersecurity investment priorities in the META region. Investments in IAM and data security are poised to reach unprecedented levels in the META region, driven b ... Read More

  • Expanding the Scope of Data Management: InterSystems and IRIS

    Expanding the Scope of Data Management: InterSystems and IRIS This IDC Vendor Profile examines InterSystems and its history, its products, and its place in the software market. It also considers how InterSystems sells to its customers and describes the abiding value offered by InterSystems to the ma ... Read More

  • PSTN/ISDN Shutoff Strategies in Europe

    PSTN/ISDN Shutoff Strategies in Europe This IDC Market Perspective discusses the declining business legacy voice market, the process some countries have been through, and the objectives other countries are looking to achieve in the next few years. It also explores options providers can take to maxim ... Read More

  • VerkadaOne 2024: Improving Security Outcomes via Its Hybrid Architecture and Vertical Integration

    VerkadaOne 2024: Improving Security Outcomes via Its Hybrid Architecture and Vertical Integration This IDC Market Note highlights the recent advancements and announcements made at VerkadaOne 2024 and includes IDC's analysis of their impacts. The event was hosted in Denver, Colorado, September 17–19, ... Read More

  • Saudi Arabia IT Services Market Forecast, 2023–2028

    Saudi Arabia IT Services Market Forecast, 2023–2028 This IDC Market Forecast presents a comprehensive analysis of Saudi Arabia's IT services market for the 2023–2028 period, exploring the market's key dynamics, opportunities, and challenges. It also provides a detailed analysis of spending across va ... Read More

  • U.S. Mobile Consumer and Business Services Forecast, 2024-2028

    U.S. Mobile Consumer and Business Services Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the U.S. mobile consumer and business services market."Mobile penetration rates above 100% (more than 1 mobile subscription for every person in the United States) create headwinds for con ... Read More

  • Worldwide Application Protection and Availability Market Shares, 2023: High-Stakes Security in the Digital Era

    Worldwide Application Protection and Availability Market Shares, 2023: High-Stakes Security in the Digital Era This IDC study examines the worldwide application protection and availability market."Application and API protection is a top priority for the modern digital business," says Christopher Rod ... Read More

  • Exploring the Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Architecture and Innovations

    Exploring the Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Architecture and Innovations The Intel Core Ultra 200V series, launched on September 3, 2024, is designed for mobile efficiency and enhanced AI performance. Built on the Lunar Lake microarchitecture, it features advanced Foveros packaging, AI-optimized core ... Read More

  • South Africa Public Cloud Market Forecast, 2024–2028

    South Africa Public Cloud Market Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC Market Forecast document analyzes forecasts for the South Africa PCS market over the 2023–2028 period."South Africa's mature public cloud market, driven by enterprise and government digital adoption, is poised for sustained growth. Factor ... Read More

  • What Do Organizations Look for When Choosing a Sovereign Cloud Provider?

    What Do Organizations Look for When Choosing a Sovereign Cloud Provider? This IDC Market Perspective explores the rising demand for digital sovereignty solutions, driven primarily by regulatory compliance needs. Digital sovereignty encompasses data, technical, and operational sovereignty, which are ... Read More

  • The A4 Market: Inkjet or Laser?

    The A4 Market: Inkjet or Laser? This IDC Market Perspective discusses the changing landscape of the A4 inkjet and laser market and examines the trends and challenges in the consumer and commercial markets. It aims to help suppliers find opportunities in declining markets and to focus resources on ar ... Read More

  • European Network Security Market Shares, 2023: Forward-Looking Approach Essential for Vendor Success

    European Network Security Market Shares, 2023: Forward-Looking Approach Essential for Vendor Success This IDC Market Share reports the European market share of network security vendors in 2023 and examines the factors that influenced adoption."In 2023, the European network security market experience ... Read More

  • The Sky's the Limit

    The Sky's the Limit This IDC Perspective explores the concept of super-commuting CEOs. By examining cases like Starbucks, it discusses how these arrangements impact talent acquisition, leadership effectiveness, and organizational culture. Super commuting reshapes where and how executives operate but ... Read More

  • New Relic Delivers Complete Visibility Across All Digital Channels with AI-Powered Digital Experience Monitoring

    New Relic Delivers Complete Visibility Across All Digital Channels with AI-Powered Digital Experience Monitoring This Market Note examines New Relic's AI-driven digital experience monitoring (DEM) solution, which provides extensive visibility and insights across all digital channels, allowing enterp ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Security at the Edge

    IDC PlanScape: Security at the Edge This IDC PlanScape provides guidance on best practices for enabling security at the edge. It explains why edge security has become a critical component of enterprise security writ large, as well as the unique challenges that edge security presents. It also offers ... Read More

  • A Change Is in the Cards: AI, Employee Performance, and the Future of Business Readiness

    A Change Is in the Cards: AI, Employee Performance, and the Future of Business Readiness This IDC Market Perspective discusses the future of employee performance management that has a new outlook driven by early use cases of VoE insights outside the HR COE. As AI and data unity constructs move to th ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Last-Call DORA Compliance Checklist to Achieve Digital Operational Resilience

    IDC PlanScape: Last-Call DORA Compliance Checklist to Achieve Digital Operational Resilience This IDC PlanScape examines the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), effective January 2025, which aims to enhance IT security in financial entities by addressing systemic risks from interconnected ... Read More

  • Recognition and Belonging Evolve into Business Value Change Agents

    Recognition and Belonging Evolve into Business Value Change Agents This IDC Perspective discusses the role of recognition in pulling away from core rewards management and employee well-being to build independent equity with a standalone value proposition. In the process of its evolution, recognition ... Read More

  • U.S. Business Wireline Service Provider Market Shares, 2023: Cable MSO Pressure on Telcos Reaches a Pivotal Point for Some

    U.S. Business Wireline Service Provider Market Shares, 2023: Cable MSO Pressure on Telcos Reaches a Pivotal Point for Some This IDC study provides vendor market shares for the U.S. business wireline service provider market for 2023."2023 revealed itself as the year in which leading cable MSOs bega ... Read More

  • IDC Perspective: Future of Health Insurance: Personalization through Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning

    IDC Perspective: Future of Health Insurance: Personalization through Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning This IDC Perspective delves into the transformative role of predictive analytics and machine learning in the health insurance industry, particularly within the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Kubernetes Cost Management

    IDC PlanScape: Kubernetes Cost Management This IDC PlanScape is designed to benefit decision-makers who do not necessarily have hands-on experience managing Kubernetes or who lack deep technical expertise in how the platform works. To that end, the guidance discussed in the sections that follow focu ... Read More

  • IDC PeerScape: Practices for Data Management and Governance Modernization

    IDC PeerScape: Practices for Data Management and Governance Modernization This IDC PeerScape explores how some leading organizations have embraced modernization practices to improve efficiency, increase productivity, reduce costs, and better delight customers. It looks at the role of executive suppo ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Cybersecurity Posture Board Reporting

    IDC PlanScape: Cybersecurity Posture Board Reporting This IDC PlanScape aims to provide some tools for CIOs and CISOs to utilize to present their very broad, comprehensive cybersecurity posture across all disciplines of the organization in an easy-to-understand manner."Boards are taking greater inte ... Read More

  • Worldwide Identity and Access Management Forecast, 2024–2028: When Is This Going to Get Easier?

    Worldwide Identity and Access Management Forecast, 2024–2028: When Is This Going to Get Easier? This IDC study provides a forecast for the worldwide identity and access management (IAM) market for 2024–2028."As what many have called the new perimeter for network security, good identity practices hav ... Read More

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