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.
5,475 Reports from IDC
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Automation as a Catalyst: Driving Business Agility, Speed, and Data Integrity
This IDC Perspective aims to provide CIOs, senior IT and technology executives, and other enterprise leaders with insights into how a robust automation strategy can drive businesses to new heights, unlocking new levels of operational efficiency, decision-making speed, and data reliability while also ... Read More
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Telefónica Tech: Aiming for Next-Gen IT Solutions Growth
This IDC Market Note presents IDC's view of Telefónica Tech's most recent analyst day, held in London on November 28, 2024. It concentrates on the company's growth strategy and development in specific portfolio areas: IoT, business applications, SASE, AI/data, and cloud. ... Read More
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Worldwide FaaS Market Shares, 2023: Enabling Developers on PaaS
This IDC study presents market share for the worldwide PaaS-delivered FaaS market, a capability of the serverless cloud model, for 2023. It also reports on the prior two years to provide context for how the market has evolved. In addition, it also includes a competitive analysis of the market leader ... Read More
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Taking an Integrated Approach in Securing and Safeguarding AI Use Across the Enterprise
This IDC Perspective highlights the urgent need for enterprises to adopt comprehensive frameworks to secure and safeguard AI usage across their operations. As AI integration accelerates, companies face significant risks, including data privacy issues, security vulnerabilities, and compliance challen ... Read More
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Driving Innovation: ATP and Alibaba Cloud Collaborate to Foster the Turkish Cloud Market
This IDC Market Note discusses the launch of Alibaba Cloud Edge Node Services (ENS) in Türkiye through its local partner ATP. Topics include the implications for ATP and its competitors and the changing deployment strategies of hyperscale cloud providers. IDC expects to see an acceleration of in-cou ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: An Enterprise Skills Framework for Human-AI Collaboration
This IDC PlanScape discusses an enterprise skills framework for human-AI collaboration.“Amid AI advancements, human oversight and nuanced skills are critical,” says Gina Smith, PhD, research director, IT Skills for Digital Business, IDC. “To remain competitive, organizations must now begin to cultiv ... Read More
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Go-to-Market Strategies for Managed Detection and Response Services
This IDC Market Perspective examines the trends impacting MDR vendors' relationships with channel sales organizations, including topics around margin and discounting strategies, contract duration, renewals, vendor replacement, and sales cycles and marketing. "Effectively selling MDR services involve ... Read More
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The Path Toward Innovative MES Implementations
This IDC Perspective analyzes the key strategic directions for transformation in manufacturing execution systems (MES) software solutions. This report outlines how MES drives smarter decisions, predictive capabilities, and process optimization for increased efficiency and agility."The MES market is ... Read More
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Worldwide Website Software Forecast, 2025–2028
This IDC study provides a sizing of the worldwide website software market's 2023 historical data and a four-year forecast through 2028 by geographical region and deployment type. It also provides commentary on market growth and the emerging trends and provides actionable advice for technology suppli ... Read More
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Inside Intel's Breakup Scenario
This IDC Market Note discusses the potential breakup and sale of Intel amid leadership changes and challenges in its core business. The U.S. administration's shift in priorities and the jeopardy of the CHIPS Act have fueled these discussions. Various companies, including AMD, Qualcomm, and Broadcom, ... Read More
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Worldwide Digital Asset Management Software Forecast, 2025–2028
This IDC study provides a sizing of the worldwide digital asset management software market in CY23 and a forecast through 2028 by geographical region. It includes commentary on market growth and emerging trends and provides actionable advice for technology suppliers. This document updates the digita ... Read More
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Worldwide and U.S. Outsourced Document Services Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study analyzes the outsourced document services marketplace that is made up of in-house production print services, mailroom services, print sourcing and procurement services, and imaging and document archival services. This document updates Worldwide and U.S. Outsourced Document Services Fo ... Read More
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Accelerating Digital Transformation to Mitigate Risk and Achieve Resilience in Retail and Consumer Goods Supply Chains
This IDC Perspective highlights the critical need for digital transformation in retail and consumer goods supply chains to mitigate risk and achieve resilience. Retailers and other consumer-focused businesses require an open, digital environment to ensure that product, asset, and customer data is co ... Read More
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Top Market Shifts That Are Impacting the CX Market, and How Companies Establish Their 2025 CX Strategies and Initiatives
This IDC Market Perspective highlights the top market shifts impacting the customer experience (CX) market and how companies are establishing their 2025 CX strategies and initiatives. The CX market is undergoing significant shifts driven by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), which is expect ... Read More
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SAP 4Q24 Earnings and Full Year 2024: Cloud Continues to Shine
This IDC Market Perspective discusses SAP’s 4Q24 and full year 2024 results. SAP 4Q24 earnings and full year 2024 showed cloud continues to shine for SAP. SAP recently announced its 4Q24 and full year 2024 results. This document is a review of the earnings so organizations can understand what it mea ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Lean Principles to Identify Modernization Candidates
This IDC PlanScape details the urgency for organizations and their leaders to consider and make concrete modernization of legacy systems and processes. "Depending on the age, condition, and their ability to change and adapt, legacy technologies could represent a significant barrier to the adoption a ... Read More
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Collaboration Against Crime: Harnessing Data Sharing for Smarter Fraud Detection
This IDC Perspective explores the critical role of data sharing in combating financial fraud, emphasizing its transformative potential in early detection, broader insights, and operational efficiency. By leveraging collaborative data-sharing practices, financial institutions can address complex frau ... Read More
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BT Fills a Critical Gap in Contact Centers with Its Comprehensive Portfolio
This IDC Market Note highlights how BT is enhancing its presence in the CCaaS market by offering comprehensive, secure, and scalable solutions that address key challenges in cloud adoption for contact centers. By leveraging its robust infrastructure and partnerships, BT provides end-to-end services, ... Read More
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The Rise of Agentic AI and Agentic Workflow in KYC — Emerging Vendors Redefining Process Management for IT Buyers
This IDC Perspective discusses the evolution of know-your-customer (KYC) processes, which is accelerating as financial institutions adopt agentic AI and agentic workflow platforms to modernize compliance, improve operational efficiency, and enhance risk management. Traditional KYC methods, reliant o ... Read More
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How SAP Green Ledger Is Shaping the Future of Sustainable Business Practices
This IDC Market Note describes how SAP Green Ledger is shaping the future of sustainable business practices. SAP announced the release of SAP Green Ledger on December 16, 2024, a solution designed to integrate carbon data with financial data, enabling businesses to align their sustainability efforts ... Read More
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AI and Cloud Continue to Drive Microsoft Results in 2Q25
This IDC Market Note discusses how cloud and AI continue to drive Microsoft results in 2Q25. Microsoft continued to move forward on its path of increasing revenue and growth into its second quarter of 2025, with revenue of $69.6 billion increasing 12% over the last year. “Microsoft continues to make ... Read More
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Open Systems: Striving Toward Unified SASE
This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Open Systems, a company competing in the managed SD-WAN/SASE market segment. It reviews key opportunities for Open Systems’ unified SASE platform to compete in this highly competitive marketplace. This document assesses Open System’s market footprint, growth potentia ... Read More
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IDC Future Enterprise Awards: Special Award for Smart Cities — Best in Citizen Well-Being Award Winner Profile 2025
This IDC Perspective highlights Kaohsiung City government's award-winning smart city project in Taiwan. The Department of Substance Abuse Control and Prevention (DSACP) formed the Kaohsiung AI Technology Drug Prevention Team, which utilizes AI, big data, and location-based services (LBS) to identify ... Read More
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Worldwide Semiconductor Advanced Packaging Market Forecast and Analysis, 2025–2029
This study makes an in-depth analysis of the market structure and competitive landscape, revealing advancements in both outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) and foundry/integrated device manufacturing (IDM) within the advanced packaging industry. The OSAT segment, represented by ASE, Am ... Read More
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European 5G and IoT Monetization and Adoption Strategies: Program Scope and Definitions, 2025
This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the markets covered in IDC's European 5G and IoT Monetization and Adoption Strategies research program. It analyzes various aspects of 5G strategies (including, but not limited to, connections and use cases), details the overarching market trends and comp ... Read More
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