IDC
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.
5,275 Reports from IDC
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The Growing Use of Cloud in Utilities
The Growing Use of Cloud in Utilities This IDC Perspective examines results from IDC's August 2024 Industry TechPath Survey and highlights some of the trends and areas throughout utility organizations that are seeing increased investment and adoption of cloud technologies and applications. "Utilitie ... Read More
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Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study examines the worldwide datacenter colocation services market for 2024–2028."Organizations are investing in high-performance computing and building generative AI-powered applications, leading to increase in need for high-dens ... Read More
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Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud Software Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud Software Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study examines the worldwide carrier multi-access edge cloud (MEC) software market for the 2024–2028 period. IDC expects the spending on software (i.e., virtual network functions [VNFs] and NFVI) at the carrier edge clou ... Read More
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European Wholesale Telecoms Services Market Forecast, 2024–2028
European Wholesale Telecoms Services Market Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC Market Forecast analyzes the market for wholesale telecoms services in Europe, including data, infrastructure, voice and messaging, roaming, and mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services. Revenue forecasts are broken down ... Read More
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Evaluating Enterprise Technical Health
Evaluating Enterprise Technical Health This IDC Perspective delves into strategies for improving technical health and managing technical debt. It highlights the importance of recognizing and quantifying debt and communicating the status of the overall enterprise in terms of technical health. By adop ... Read More
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Canon Analyst Day Event Outlines IMS Division Strategy in EMEA
Canon Analyst Day Event Outlines IMS Division Strategy in EMEA This IDC Market Perspective highlights the Canon Information Management Solutions (IMS) Analyst Briefing, held on May 2, 2024. The event emphasized Canon's distinct identity and strategy in the IMS market in EMEA. Its IMS business, gener ... Read More
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Sustainability and the Circular Economy: Implications for Asia/Pacific Public Sector
Sustainability and the Circular Economy: Implications for Asia/Pacific Public Sector This IDC report explores the current focus on sustainability and circularity by the public sector organizations in Asia/Pacific. This report, by taking a deep dive into the organizational readiness maturity, their s ... Read More
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How Can Geospatial Data and AI Be Leveraged to Support Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and the Built Environment?
How Can Geospatial Data and AI Be Leveraged to Support Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and the Built Environment? The IDC Perspective explores how leveraging geospatial data and AI can aid city authorities, developers, and asset owners adapt to climate change by integrating nature-based solution ... Read More
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The Future of Wealth Management Is Generative
The Future of Wealth Management Is Generative This IDC Perspective provides a thoughtful and timely consideration of the many potential applications of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) within the wealth management industry, exploring the technology's potential to disrupt traditional busine ... Read More
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Vendor Profile: Cloudera
Vendor Profile: Cloudera This IDC Vendor Profile looks at data platform and analytics company Cloudera, founded in 2008 to serve demand for open source data processing framework Hadoop. It looks at key moments in Cloudera's history, including its IPO in 2017, its merger with Hortonworks a year later ... Read More
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Authentic Intelligence: The Gateway to Intelligent But Empathetic Customer Experiences
Authentic Intelligence: The Gateway to Intelligent But Empathetic Customer Experiences This IDC Perspective discusses authentic intelligence as the gateway to intelligent but empathetic customer experiences. The importance of intelligent authentic experiences grows amid the rapid adoption of AI and ... Read More
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California Passes First of Its Kind "AI Catastrophe" Bill Despite Industry Pushback
California Passes First of Its Kind "AI Catastrophe" Bill Despite Industry Pushback This IDC Market Note shares an overview of California's first "AI catastrophe" bill. California's SB 1047 bill, designed to regulate AI to prevent risks like mass casualties or significant cyberattacks, requires safe ... Read More
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Worldwide Server Infrastructure Workloads by Operating System Environment Forecast, 2024–2028: Linux Growth Persists Despite Market Concerns as AI Demand Skyrockets
Worldwide Server Infrastructure Workloads by Operating System Environment Forecast, 2024–2028: Linux Growth Persists Despite Market Concerns as AI Demand Skyrockets This IDC study provides an overview of the market size and forecast from 2024 to 2028 for global spending on enterprise servers by serv ... Read More
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5G Monetization Enablers: Product Catalog/CPQ
5G Monetization Enablers: Product Catalog/CPQ This IDC Market Perspective highlights the critical role of granular product catalog and configure price quote (CPQ) capabilities in enabling effective monetization strategies for telecommunications companies. It underscores the necessity for telcos to i ... Read More
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Worldwide IaaS Networking Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide IaaS Networking Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides our 2024–2028 forecast for the worldwide IaaS networking market. It examines the worldwide infrastructure-as-a-service networking market from 2020 to 2028, indicating a strong upward trend in enterprise demand of IaaS network serv ... Read More
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EMEA External Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast, 2024–2028: Recovery Already Under Way and an Optimistic Outlook
EMEA External Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast, 2024–2028: Recovery Already Under Way and an Optimistic Outlook "We knew going in that 2023 would not be an easy year given geopolitical uncertainty, depleted supply chains, diverted budgets, and shifting focus among organizations," said Luis Fernan ... Read More
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Application Suite Advantage: AI Is the Opportunity to Gain More Market Share
Application Suite Advantage: AI Is the Opportunity to Gain More Market Share This IDC Market Perspective looks at the opportunity enterprise application technology providers have with embedded AI processes and the trajectory that can quickly be gained when the product road map is aligned to the buyi ... Read More
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GenAI's Impact on Enterprise Software
GenAI's Impact on Enterprise Software This IDC Market Perspective provides a forward-looking view on the impact GenAI will have on enterprise software market revenue, as well as its effect on pricing, talent optimization, and corporate operating costs. These developments will be important for softwa ... Read More
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GenAI's Impact on IDC's Services Markets
GenAI's Impact on IDC's Services Markets This IDC Market Perspective addresses the impacts of AI and GenAI on IDC's services markets, allowing service providers to understand the opportunities and challenges in delivering services in the current environment."AI and generative AI will have different ... Read More
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Procurement Applications 3.0
Procurement Applications 3.0 This IDC Market Note discusses procurement applications 3.0. The evolution of procurement applications is marked by three significant waves, transitioning from unified spend management suites to SaaS solutions and best-of-breed point applications and finally to the curre ... Read More
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Digital Evolves: What's Next in Enterprise Application Technology?
Digital Evolves: What's Next in Enterprise Application Technology? This IDC Market Perspective looks at the technology trends from IDC's 2024 SaaSPath Survey and Office of the CFO Survey. The convergence of both sets of data showcase an example across finance of the gaps in products, processes, and ... Read More
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Getvisibility: Simplifying Data Security Using Advanced Analytics and AI
Getvisibility: Simplifying Data Security Using Advanced Analytics and AI This IDC Market Note explores Getvisibility's Data security posture management (DSPM) platform, emphasizing its use of proprietary AI for accurate data classification and comprehensive risk management. The platform seamlessly i ... Read More
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The Market Implications of Saudi Arabia's New Regulatory Framework for Licensing Managed Security Operations Center Services
The Market Implications of Saudi Arabia's New Regulatory Framework for Licensing Managed Security Operations Center Services Saudi Arabia's National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) has introduced a Regulatory Framework for Licensing Managed Security Operations Center (MSOC) Services, effective August ... Read More
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Worldwide Application Protection and Availability Forecast, 2024–2028: Enabling the Modern Digital Business
Worldwide Application Protection and Availability Forecast, 2024–2028: Enabling the Modern Digital Business This IDC study presents the worldwide application protection and availability market forecast for the 2024–2028 period."Applications and APIs are essential enabling technologies for the moder ... Read More
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Energy Consumption of AI and GenAI Workloads in Datacenters, and How These Technologies Can Offer Sustainability Benefits
Energy Consumption of AI and GenAI Workloads in Datacenters, and How These Technologies Can Offer Sustainability Benefits This IDC Market Note discusses how the rapid uptake of AI and GenAI leads to the increased demand for power capacity and energy consumption in datacenters. It further explores ho ... Read More
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