Category: E-Commerce & IT Outsourcing
E-Commerce & IT Outsourcing market research reports by IDC
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IDC PlanScape: IT Performance Measurement Using Product Costing KPIs
This IDC PlanScape will describe how IT can improve its performance by shifting to a product-centric, agile team structure where all the advantages of using product costing and measuring business KPIs can be exploited. “Moving to a full product-oriented costing and KPI system is not simply a financi ... Read More
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Japan IT Services Forecast by Vertical Segment, 2025–2029
This IDC study covers the overview of and trends in the Japan IT services market. It analyzes user companies by 18 industry segments (subcategories), as well as IT services spending by six industry segments (main categories) and three service segments (subcategories). We predict the market size and ... Read More
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NIS2: Services Partners Ready to Provide Digital Business Support
This IDC Perspective discusses NIS2 compliance requirements, the challenges for businesses, the importance of business continuity, incident management measures, and seeking independent expert support to ensure a streamlined and value-added digital business. It leverages insights from IDC's cloud dat ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Application Modernization Approaches
This IDC PlanScape explores the common approaches to application modernization that prepare organizations against impending risks and allow them to adapt to emerging technologies. Application modernization is no longer a choice but a necessity for organizations aiming to reduce risks, improve effici ... Read More
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AI Agent Use Case: Third-Party Risk Management for Financial Services
This IDC Perspective explores the increasing complexity of third-party risk management (TPRM) in financial services and how AI-driven automation is addressing inefficiencies caused by manual processes and fragmented data integration. The integration of agentic AI into third-party risk management is ... Read More
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Highlights from Softtek’s Digital Innovation Summit 2025
This IDC Market Note discusses Softtek’s Digital Innovation Summit 2025, held in Cancun, Mexico, from February 12 to 14. ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: DevSecOps Tools Choice
This IDC PlanScape explains what CIOs, chief information security officers (CISOs), and other leaders should consider when evaluating their options to provide guidance on navigating the complex set of factors surrounding DevSecOps tool selection. It breaks the decision-making process into distinct c ... Read More
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Marketing Investment Planner 2025 Executive Summary
This IDC Perspective examines IDC’s 2025 Tech Marketing Spending Benchmark Survey, which provides evidence-based quantitative insight for marketing planning, performance, and productivity management and transformation into the next era’s marketing powerhouse. “As AI rapidly reshapes the marketing la ... Read More
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Just How Intelligent Are We Getting?: The Growing Role of Decision Intelligence in Supply Chain Planning
This IDC Perspective explores the growing role of decision intelligence in supply chain planning and a non-exhaustive list of vendors noted in IDC's Market Glance that have focused in this space. A growing list of vendors has been developing advanced decision intelligence capabilities to the point t ... Read More
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The Importance of Technology Prioritization to Accelerate Your Organization’s Transformation
This IDC Perspective discusses how the governance and prioritization of IT projects and services are important but can be daunting to implement and then lead. One path to governance and prioritization success is to start with a method that will change as the process matures and as the environment ch ... Read More
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The European Clean Industry Deal: Striking a Balance Between Being Green and Being Profitable
This IDC Perspective explores the European Clean Industry Deal and its implications for industrial competitiveness and decarbonization. It highlights the financial incentives, regulatory support, and digital solutions that aim to make green investments more attractive and feasible for energy-intensi ... Read More
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CIO Responsibility for IT Sourcing and Procurement
This IDC Perspective examines research data suggesting that CIOs are taking up a stronger role in IT sourcing and procurement. “CIOs must be proactive with sourcing and procuring IT products and services. CIOs cannot abdicate that responsibility to the enterprise procurement department and the chief ... Read More
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Modernization and Transformation: A Multitude of Software Pathways to Embrace
This IDC Perspective is an aid for the IT buyer on the many journeys organizations are making to modernize and transform their organizations in this new AI world.Organizations are moving quickly along the AI journey, including making more and faster decisions to migrate from on-premises applications ... Read More
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2025: AI Brings New and Improved Business Performance Expectations as Well as Opportunities
This IDC Perspective looks at AI bringing new and improved business performance expectations and opportunities. AI isn't just the shiny new technology object but rather an opportunity to leverage more technology than in years past. While organizations have long been improving businesses with new lin ... Read More
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Procurement Application Predictions for 2025
This IDC Perspective aims to explore the anticipated developments and trends that are expected to shape the landscape of procurement solutions in the coming years. The procurement application landscape in 2025 is poised for significant transformation driven by technological advancements such as AI, ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: AI-Infused Enterprise Applications ROI
This IDC PlanScape provides a methodology for assessing the benefits and derived value expected and achieved with AI-infused enterprise applications. As organizations embrace AI-infused capabilities in their enterprise applications, their differentiating value must be captured. The value can come in ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Implementing Web Application and API Protection
This IDC PeerScape presents best practices for adopting and implementing a WAAP solution as the foundation of a strong, unified application security strategy.“A strong application protection strategy is a key component powering an organization’s online presence,” said Christopher Rodriguez, research ... Read More
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Quantifiable Metrics to Measure the Success of Application Platform Investments
This IDC Perspective provides guidance on the metrics organizations should use to gauge the impact of investments into application platforms. Application platforms are becoming standard for modern IT teams as they seek to increase developer productivity, application performance, and consistency arou ... Read More
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Update on IDC's New Industry Taxonomy and Transition Plan
This IDC Market Perspective provides a detailed description of IDC's new worldwide industry taxonomy. It should be viewed as a guide to help navigate the transition from the old taxonomy to the new framework. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as inspiration as they evaluat ... Read More
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The Path Forward for Research Universities: Strategies for Financial Resilience and Research IT Innovation in an Evolving Funding Landscape
This IDC Perspective outlines key cost optimization approaches, process automation strategies, technological upgrades, and infrastructure improvements to build financial resilience and accelerate academic innovation in uncertain times. As federal research funding declines, universities face mounting ... Read More
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Making the Case for Technology Modernization
This IDC Perspective addresses practices that can help in making the case for technology modernization. Making the case for modernization has a number of challenges as the need for modernization is not always obvious and the benefits can be difficult to quantify. Yet the current environment — marked ... Read More
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Amazon Web Services Accelerates Cloud Migration and Modernization with GenAI
This study highlights information from a briefing on how Amazon Web Services (AWS) is embracing GenAI to enable cloud migration and modernization for enterprise customers. GenAI has transformed cloud migration by automating tasks, improving decision making, and optimizing resources, significantly re ... Read More
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Ivalua NOW 2025: Ivalua "WOW" Might Be More Appropriate
This IDC Market Note discusses Ivalua's annual Ivalua NOW conference in Paris, which showcased the company's ambitious vision for the future of procurement applications and emphasized the transformative role of AI. Founder David Khuat-Duy's new role as chief AI officer highlights its commitment to A ... Read More
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When Modernizing, Apply Architectural Principles to Build Resiliency for Critical Applications
This IDC Perspective provides a comprehensive road map for CIOs to architect resilient IT environments by aligning technology investments with business goals while balancing cost and performance. In the modern digital era, resilience has become a cornerstone of effective IT strategy. Organizations f ... Read More
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Retail Technology Adoption in EMEA: Trends and Insights
This IDC Perspective discusses the ongoing transformation of the retail landscape in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), driven by advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR). In mature markets su ... Read More
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