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.
5,543 Reports from IDC
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IDC PeerScape: Best Practices in Data Intelligence
This IDC PeerScape highlights strategies for implementing data intelligence platform software, emphasizing starting small, gaining executive sponsorship, involving cross-functional teams, prioritizing training, and maintaining data quality. The document underscores the importance of strategic scopin ... Read More
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Consumer GenAI and Social Media Integration
This IDC Market Perspective looks at how social media has been a key contributor to the growth of the consumer generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) market. Meta AI reaches hundreds of millions of consumers through Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, and xAI’s Grok is key component of ... Read More
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Understanding Partner Developments and Opportunities: Highlights from IDC's 1Q25 Partner Advisory Board Session
This IDC Market Perspective summarizes discussions among participants at IDC's quarterly Partner Advisory Board session in February 2025. During the discussions, partners from EMEA, representing a variety of vendors, shared insights into customer trends and buying behaviors as well as the market dyn ... Read More
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EMEA Wholesale Telecoms Strategies: Scope and Definitions, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective details the scope and definitions of the markets covered in the EMEA Wholesale Telecoms Strategies program. This program analyzes connectivity and related infrastructure services sold to telecoms operators and other service providers, detailing changing requirements, tren ... Read More
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Edge Innovation: Solutions for Better Health
This IDC Market Perspective explores the use of edge infrastructure to drive transformation of the healthcare industry, outlining edge use cases and opportunities for edge providers to support innovation in healthcare and life sciences. "As the healthcare industry shifts to AI and data-driven insigh ... Read More
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AI-Powered Retail — Central Retail Corporation's Approach to Personalization, Efficiency, and Growth
This IDC case study explores how Central Retail Corporation (CRC) is using AI and digital partnerships to scale innovation while maintaining operational efficiency. By implementing an AI-powered customer data platform, hyper-personalization strategies, and application programming interface (API)–dri ... Read More
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Western Europe Hardcopy Forecast, 2025-2029
This IDC Market Forecast study quantifies the Western European hardcopy market in detail, analyzing details, issues, trends, and product advances. This report contains IDC's review and forecast of the Western European hardcopy market for 2025-2029."Growth opportunities are becoming more difficult to ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: An Agentic AI Guide for Smart Cities
This IDC PlanScape examines how different types of AI agents, working separately or as a fleet of AI agents, can be effectively deployed in state and local government contexts across areas such as citizen service delivery, case management, 311 services, legislative processes, and policy development ... Read More
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Payers Should Consider an Enterprise Approach to Achieve Mandated Accessibility
This IDC Perspective discusses how payers should consider an enterprise approach to achieve mandated accessibility. The most appropriate path for payers in achieving both of the mandated initiatives seems to be establishing an overall vision and road map of the enterprise’s approach and then modular ... Read More
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Worldwide Competitive Deployment-Centric and Container Platforms Market Shares, 2024: The Rise of Full-Stack Platforms
This IDC study reports the market share of the worldwide competitive deployment-centric and container platforms market for the year 2023 and the two prior years. It includes both on-premises and public cloud deployment types, depicting most of the growth in the public cloud portion of the market. It ... Read More
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Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television Update and Impact in 2025
SynopsisThis IDC Perspective discusses the significant growth of the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) market, driven by factors such as the rise of connected devices, high-quality content, advancements in ad targeting, and the trend of cord-cutting. It also highlights the impact of FAST ... Read More
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The Current State of the Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks Industry
This IDC Market Perspective discusses the current state of the decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) industry. The decentralized physical infrastructure networks industry is rapidly evolving, leveraging blockchain and cryptocurrency to create decentralized, community-run networks f ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Forecast, 2025-2029: CY 1Q25
This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system.“As a mature market, the worldwide smartphone market is not expected to show drastic swings in the years to come,” points out Ramon T. Llamas, research director with IDC’s Mobile Phones team. “Howev ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Implementing a New IT Service Management Installation
This IDC PeerScape presents best practices for a new or replacement IT service management software installation, from goal setting to implementation to data management to staff guidance.“In a time of product discontinuations and new available features, organizations have the opportunity to plan upda ... Read More
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Best in Connected City Award Winner Profile - 2024
This IDC Perspective highlights the award-winning Smart City initiative by MTR Corporation in Hong Kong, aimed at achieving a "smart and inclusive journey." Through its "Smart ESG: Technology-enabled Social Inclusion" program, MTR has demonstrated its commitment to digital transformation and a conne ... Read More
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IDC Future Enterprise Awards: Special Award for Smart Cities — Best in Digital Policies Award Winner Profile 2024
This IDC Perspective highlights the Taoyuan City Government's initiative in developing an AI environmental pollution recognition system using machine learning and deep learning technologies. Comprising seven subsystems and three Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, the system effectively monitors and ... Read More
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IDC Future Enterprise CIO/CDO of 2024: A CIO's Journey Toward Building a Resilient Digital Ecosystem Platform
This IDC Perspective emphasizes the transformative role of technology, particularly AI, in reshaping organizational functions and strategies. It highlights the evolving responsibilities of CIOs in driving business transformation, fostering innovation, and aligning technology with strategic prioritie ... Read More
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IDC's 2024 Special Award for Digital-Native Business —Winner Profile
This IDC Perspective discusses the nomination details of the winner of the Special Award for Digital-Native Businesses (DNBs) from IDC's Future Enterprise Awards 2024 in Asia/Pacific with how AI can impact organizations moving forward."AI will eventually redefine industries in the digital-first era, ... Read More
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Orange Cyberdefense Industry Analyst Day, 2024
This IDC Market Perspective provides IDC's key takeaways from Orange Cyberdefense's annual analyst event, held November 26, 2024, in Paris, France. Orange Cyberdefense (OCD) shared its business performance, product strategy, and insights harvested from its global-scale Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI ... Read More
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Retail Experiential Operations Strategies: Trends from NRF 2025
This IDC Market Note summarizes the key themes that emerged from NRF Retail's Big Show 2025, including loss prevention, optimized store operations, and employee empowerment; it provides an overview of solutions that leverage computer vision, RFID, and AI-driven insights, as showcased by technology p ... Read More
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Cisco Live EMEA 2025: Cisco Signals Future Intentions
Cisco Live EMEA 2025 was attended by over 17,000 people, and Cisco used the opportunity to double down on their platform message. Cisco is using its strong position in networking to drive toward security, collaboration, and server segments, with AI being a common component. "Cisco's strategic pivot ... Read More
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Transforming the Checkout Experience in Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
This IDC Perspective discusses how retailers are transforming traditional checkout processes through technologies such as RFID, computer vision, and mobile solutions. These innovations, driven by operational efficiency needs and customer experience demands, enable new checkout models, from autonomou ... Read More
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Business Impact Assessment: Beyond Disaster Recovery
This IDC Perspective explores the diverse applications of a business impact assessment (BIA) document, including its role in tech debt planning, strategic project prioritization, and budgeting. The business impact assessment document is traditionally used as the cornerstone for business continuity a ... Read More
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Impact of Data Egress on Cloud Buyers
This IDC Market Note discusses how the role of data as the foundation of a digital enterprise significantly impacts data egress costs through several mechanisms, primarily related to data management practices and operational strategies, and how cloud buyers can navigate the complex egress models and ... Read More
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AI in Finance: Where It's Being Used and Is It Delivering Value?
This IDC Perspective discusses AI in finance. AI is revolutionizing corporate finance by enhancing decision-making, risk management, and operational efficiency through technologies like machine learning and RPA. Despite significant benefits such as improved forecasting and automation, challenges lik ... Read More
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