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

   
  • The Role of Additive Manufacturing in Driving Sustainable Production in Asia/Pacific Manufacturing

    The Role of Additive Manufacturing in Driving Sustainable Production in Asia/Pacific Manufacturing This IDC Perspective discusses the benefits additive manufacturing (AM) offers to manufacturers in driving sustainable practices. In the face of supply shortages and sustainability compliance requireme ... Read More

  • What Data Will Fuel Your Generative AI Plans?

    What Data Will Fuel Your Generative AI Plans? This IDC Perspective discusses how enterprises are increasingly leveraging internal and external data to bolster their generative AI (GenAI) initiatives, transitioning from relying on public models to crafting more customized applications tailored to the ... Read More

  • Third-Party Risk: Aftermath of CrowdStrike Agent Content Update IT Outage

    Third-Party Risk: Aftermath of CrowdStrike Agent Content Update IT Outage This IDC Perspective discusses the aftermath of the CrowdStrike agent content update IT outage. Organizations around the world are struggling in the aftermath of the Microsoft and CrowdStrike disruptions as these combined even ... Read More

  • Worldwide Threat Intelligence Market Shares, 2023: AI-Powered Innovations for Comprehensive Threat Intelligence

    Worldwide Threat Intelligence Market Shares, 2023: AI-Powered Innovations for Comprehensive Threat Intelligence This IDC study presents the worldwide threat intelligence market shares for 2023."2023 has marked a pivotal year for the threat intelligence market, driven by advancements in AI and the i ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Application Criticality Assessment

    IDC PlanScape: Application Criticality Assessment This IDC PlanScape provides a framework for assessing application criticality in preparation for a modernization effort. When developing applications in-house, modernize the development environment as well. According to Gerald Johnston, IDC adjunct r ... Read More

  • Worldwide Treasury and Risk Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Treasury Management an Evolving Tool for Growth

    Worldwide Treasury and Risk Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Treasury Management an Evolving Tool for Growth This IDC study examines the market shares of the leading vendors in the treasury and risk management applications market."The adoption of a treasury management system is a game ch ... Read More

  • Digital Sovereignty and Data Spaces: The Evolving Data Sharing Landscape

    Digital Sovereignty and Data Spaces: The Evolving Data Sharing Landscape "The European Union's data spaces vision is charting a path to share data in a trusted manner at scale. Senior business and IT leaders globally should observe the best practices emerging from data spaces initiatives and their d ... Read More

  • European Telco Diversification Beyond Connectivity on the Micro and Small Business Markets

    European Telco Diversification Beyond Connectivity on the Micro and Small Business Markets This IDC Market Perspective focuses on European telcos' strategies and propositions to reach and retain SMBs with IT products and services offered beyond connectivity and devices. These IT products and service ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: Digital SMB/Midmarket in Asia/Pacific (Including Japan), 2024

    IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: Digital SMB/Midmarket in Asia/Pacific (Including Japan), 2024 This IDC study is an update to the 2021 maturity assessment benchmark for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) (fewer than 500 employees). This year the study has been expanded to include the midmarket seg ... Read More

  • A Targeted Approach to Pursuing European Enterprise Opportunities

    A Targeted Approach to Pursuing European Enterprise Opportunities This IDC Market Note focuses on an extract from IDC's 2024 European Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions (IPDS) Survey to highlight behaviors and preferences among large or enterprise companies and to identify print service provi ... Read More

  • Pricing and Packaging Strategies for Generative AI

    Pricing and Packaging Strategies for Generative AI This IDC Market Perspective provides an in-depth analysis of pricing and packaging strategies for generative AI (GenAI) software offerings, including foundation models as a service, automation workflows, and GenAI applications. It emphasizes the imp ... Read More

  • IDC PeerScape: Practices for Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

    IDC PeerScape: Practices for Enterprise Architecture Frameworks This IDC PeerScape helps IT and business leaders understand how to choose and implement an enterprise architecture framework, adapt the framework to the organization's needs, make decisions that affect how the framework is administered ... Read More

  • Reliance Jio: Disrupting India's Telecom Industry to Enable a Digital Society

    Reliance Jio: Disrupting India's Telecom Industry to Enable a Digital Society This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of one of the major players in worldwide communications services and digital infrastructure services. Reliance Jio is the largest telecommunications service provider in India by r ... Read More

  • 2024 IDC FinTech Rankings: Trends and Analysis of the Most Influential Global Fintechs

    2024 IDC FinTech Rankings: Trends and Analysis of the Most Influential Global Fintechs This IDC Perspective presents the findings of the 2024 IDC FinTech Rankings. The annual program serves the needs of financial institutions worldwide by presenting current and historical trends in performance by th ... Read More

  • IBM Consulting Outlines Ecosystem and Alliances Strategy

    IBM Consulting Outlines Ecosystem and Alliances Strategy This IDC Market Note outlines IBM Consulting's strategic alliances with Adobe, Microsoft, Salesforce, and SAP presented during IBM's Strategic Partner Analyst Day on July 11. IBM Consulting has significantly increased its activities with key a ... Read More

  • European System and Service Management Software Market Forecast, 2023–2028: Operational Complexities and Rapidly Rising Costs Drive CloudOps Investments

    European System and Service Management Software Market Forecast, 2023–2028: Operational Complexities and Rapidly Rising Costs Drive CloudOps Investments This IDC Market Forecast analyzes the European system and service management software market and illustrates how the SSM software industry will evo ... Read More

  • Worldwide Software Construction Components Market Shares, 2023: Market Opportunities in Generative AI, EMEA, and Cloud Computing

    Worldwide Software Construction Components Market Shares, 2023: Market Opportunities in Generative AI, EMEA, and Cloud Computing This IDC study examines the software construction components (SCC) market and focuses on the growth and market shares of major vendors in this space in 2023."Software cons ... Read More

  • Worldwide Corporate Tax Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Tax Regulations and the Digital Economy Drive Tax Transformation

    Worldwide Corporate Tax Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Tax Regulations and the Digital Economy Drive Tax Transformation This IDC study examines the worldwide market for corporate tax management applications."The landscape of global business and tax compliance is becoming increasingly c ... Read More

  • Western Europe MPDS and BPS Forecast, 2024–2028

    Western Europe MPDS and BPS Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC Market Forecast provides our updated 2024–2028 projections for the managed print and document services and basic print services market. "Growth potential remains in the MPDS and BPS markets, despite the downward trajectory in print hardware sh ... Read More

  • Worldwide Treasury and Risk Management Applications Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Treasury and Risk Management Applications Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study examines the worldwide treasury and risk management applications market."Generative AI is set to revolutionize treasury management, automating tasks and optimizing financial operations. Despite challenges, its pot ... Read More

  • Worldwide Hybrid IT Infrastructure Consulting and Integration Services Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Hybrid IT Infrastructure Consulting and Integration Services Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides a five-year forecast for the hybrid IT infrastructure consulting and integration services market for the 2024–2028 period."Hybrid IT is the future, driving a $41.7 billion consulting an ... Read More

  • Worldwide Corporate Tax Management Applications Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Corporate Tax Management Applications Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study examines the market for corporate tax management applications."In an era where digital transactions redefine boundaries, the future of tax compliance is unmistakably veering toward e-invoicing and digital innovations. ... Read More

  • Worldwide Software-Defined Compute Software Forecast, 2024-2028

    Worldwide Software-Defined Compute Software Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC study provides a top-down sizing of the software-defined compute software market in 2023 and a 2024–2028 forecast. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market, and forecast revenue data is broke ... Read More

  • Worldwide Travel and Expense Management Software Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Travel and Expense Management Software Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides a five-year forecast for the travel and expense management software market.“Every business is a people business, and providing flexibility in how your employees can work and travel makes you better able to k ... Read More

  • Worldwide Accounts Payable Applications Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Accounts Payable Applications Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study examines a five-year forecast for the worldwide accounts payable applications market."Embrace the future of finance: Transform your accounts payable from a back-office function into a strategic hub. Leverage AI and embedded p ... Read More

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