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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5,062 Reports from IDC

   
  • European Telcos Explore Super-apps to Get Closer to Consumers and Become Digital Services Providers

    European Telcos Explore Super-apps to Get Closer to Consumers and Become Digital Services Providers This IDC Market Perspective highlights that European telco super-app announcements are oriented toward monetizing their services, accelerating their transition to new operating models, and addressing ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Managed Digital Identity Services

    IDC PlanScape: Managed Digital Identity Services This IDC PlanScape focuses specifically on managed digital identity services. It discusses the why, what, and how of instituting a managed digital identity service for the enterprise."This IDC study looks at important aspects and process plans for man ... Read More

  • Google Shows how Cloud and AI are the Perfect Bedfellows

    Google Shows how Cloud and AI are the Perfect Bedfellows This IDC Market Perspective presents some of the highlights from Next, Google's annual industry showcase that was held in Las Vegas in April 2024. The company was keen to show how generative AI's impact has quickly shifted from concept to real ... Read More

  • Worldwide Services Forecast, 2024-2028

    Worldwide Services Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC study details the 2024–2028 market sizing and growth rates for the worldwide services market. This market is broken down into two major views. The first is the macromarket view, which segments the services market into three macromarkets (project-orient ... Read More

  • Worldwide Multicloud Networking Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Multicloud Networking Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study forecasts and analyzes key trends impacting the worldwide market for multicloud networking for the 2024–2028 period."IDC is calling for the multicloud networking market to see an early inflection point in 2024, with robust mid–double ... Read More

  • AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure Vendor Profile: Equinix

    AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure Vendor Profile: Equinix This IDC Vendor Profile offers a comprehensive overview of Equinix, a leading digital infrastructure provider, and critical insights into its services, technological capabilities, and strategic market positioning in the Asia/Pacific region. IDC ... Read More

  • AI Datacenter Capacity, Energy Consumption, and Carbon Emission Projections

    AI Datacenter Capacity, Energy Consumption, and Carbon Emission Projections This IDC Market Perspective forecasts a significant increase in AI datacenter capacity, energy consumption, and carbon emissions driven by the AI-driven surge in the datacenter market. It highlights the challenges of power s ... Read More

  • KoçDigital Driving Data- and AI-Enabled Digital Innovation

    KoçDigital Driving Data- and AI-Enabled Digital Innovation This IDC Vendor Profile provides an overview of KoçDigital, one of the key data and AI technology services companies in Türkiye. It discusses the company's organizational structure, proprietary software platform portfolio, technology service ... Read More

  • Canadian Consumer Communications Services Forecast, 2024–2028: Wireless, Internet, TV, and Wireline Voice Services

    Canadian Consumer Communications Services Forecast, 2024–2028: Wireless, Internet, TV, and Wireline Voice Services This IDC study provides the market forecast for Canadian consumer communications services, including wireless, internet access, TV, and wireline voice services, for 2024–2028."Canada i ... Read More

  • Boosting Grid Capacity with Dynamic Line Rating

    Boosting Grid Capacity with Dynamic Line Rating This IDC Perspective discusses dynamic line rating (DLR) as a driving force revolutionizing power transmission by optimizing line capacity in real-time based on environmental conditions. DLR systems offer significant benefits in grid efficiency, safety ... Read More

  • EU AI Act: Summary of Potential Impacts on Digital Commerce, Experience Software, and CX Process Design

    EU AI Act: Summary of Potential Impacts on Digital Commerce, Experience Software, and CX Process Design This IDC Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the EU AI Act, detailing its phased implementation, compliance requirements, and penalties for noncompliance. Scheduled to take effect in ... Read More

  • IDC PeerScape: Practices to Align Digital Infrastructure Spending for AI and Next-Generation Workloads with Business Priorities

    IDC PeerScape: Practices to Align Digital Infrastructure Spending for AI and Next-Generation Workloads with Business Priorities This IDC PeerScape examines practices that two forward-looking senior enterprise leaders are implementing to ensure strong alignment between their business priorities and ... Read More

  • Enterprise Connect 2024: AI's Level Up for Collaboration, UCaaS, and CCaaS

    Enterprise Connect 2024: AI's Level Up for Collaboration, UCaaS, and CCaaS This IDC Market Perspective analyzes the key announcements made from collaboration and contact-center-as-a-service (CCaaS) vendors and their impact on the market at the Enterprise Connect 2024 conference and expo, which was h ... Read More

  • 2024 Hannover Messe: Main Sustainability Takeaways for Manufacturers

    2024 Hannover Messe: Main Sustainability Takeaways for Manufacturers This IDC Perspective outlines key sustainability themes from Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial automation fair, with more than 4,000 exhibitors showcasing their vision and cutting-edge solutions to drive sustainable ma ... Read More

  • Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 4Q23: Declining Yen Disguises Weak Quarter

    Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 4Q23: Declining Yen Disguises Weak Quarter This IDC Market Perspective contains excerpts from public financial disclosures by leading hardcopy vendors and details the impact of inflation, economic uncertainty, and supply chain issues on performance and forecasts."The four ... Read More

  • AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure Vendor Profile: Digital Realty

    AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure Vendor Profile: Digital Realty This IDC Vendor profile provides an overview of Digital Realty's commitment in facilitating AI and high-density colocation workloads, placing a notable emphasis on sustainability and energy efficiency. Through the introduction of various ... Read More

  • Canadian Managed IT Services Market Shares, 2023: Consolidation in a Slow Growth Market

    Canadian Managed IT Services Market Shares, 2023: Consolidation in a Slow Growth Market This IDC study reviews the top managed IT SPs in Canada across the five foundation markets."The managed IT services market in Canada witnessed a reduction in growth in 2023. Cut back in enterprise spending impact ... Read More

  • Worldwide Enterprise Legal Management Software Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Enterprise Legal Management Software Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study discusses the drivers and dynamics that had an impact on the global enterprise legal management software market in 2023 and provides insight into future trends that may influence market demand over the 2024–2028 perio ... Read More

  • directprint.io: Cloud Print Management SaaS Provider

    directprint.io: Cloud Print Management SaaS Provider This IDC Vendor Profile provides an overview of directprint.io as it continues to grow its solutions and services portfolio and increase its presence in geographical, horizontal, and key vertical markets. Please Note: Extended description availabl ... Read More

  • Worldwide Server Forecast, 2024–2028

    Worldwide Server Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides historical data (2019–2023) and forecast data (2024–2028) for the worldwide server market. The forecast and historical data illustrates IT buyer consumption of server hardware segmented by product, CPU type, server class, socket capability ... Read More

  • U.S. Fixed Wireless Access Services Forecast, 2024–2028

    U.S. Fixed Wireless Access Services Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study examines the U.S. market for fixed wireless access services across consumers and business customers in both legacy 4G and emerging 5G forms for the 2024–2028 period."Connectivity is the lifeblood of modern, digital life for consu ... Read More

  • Increasing Transaction Monitoring Effectiveness

    Increasing Transaction Monitoring Effectiveness This IDC Perspective discusses the history of transaction monitoring from the inception of the regulatory requirement for the evaluation of transactions for potential money laundering to the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to the evolution of improvements ... Read More

  • Customer Data Platforms Will Boost Loyalty and Lifetime Value for Retail Banking Customers

    Customer Data Platforms Will Boost Loyalty and Lifetime Value for Retail Banking Customers This IDC Perspective highlights the importance of customer data platforms (CDPs) in creating seamless customer experiences and leveraging GenAI for personalized advice, as well as the necessity for banks to ad ... Read More

  • IDC PeerScape: Practices to Empower Industry Ecosystems

    IDC PeerScape: Practices to Empower Industry Ecosystems This IDC PeerScape discusses three challenges and associated best practices intended to guide organizations of any size while they expand their ecosystems as part of becoming a digital-first organization."The move to more open, extended, pan-in ... Read More

  • The Importance of Integrated Freight Audit and Pay Services

    The Importance of Integrated Freight Audit and Pay Services This IDC Perspective examines the benefits that freight audit and pay technology delivers to make the supply chain more agile and efficient."Identifying wasteful spending and strengthening competitive positioning with logistics service prov ... Read More

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