Category: E-Commerce & IT Outsourcing
E-Commerce & IT Outsourcing market research reports by IDC
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Implementing Event Brokers in Event-Driven Architecture
IDC PeerScape: Practices for Implementing Event Brokers in Event-Driven Architecture This IDC PeerScape outlines three practices to increase the effectiveness of implementing event brokers when moving toward an event-driven architecture. They include: Leverage vendor expertise and available trainin ... Read More
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The Opportunity and Challenges of Remote Operations
The Opportunity and Challenges of Remote Operations This IDC Perspective focuses on the use of remote monitoring and diagnostics for operations — specifically the challenges that are still faced when implementing remote operations, the potential benefits, and the investment priorities that operation ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Procurement Practices to Leverage Digital Technologies
IDC PeerScape: Procurement Practices to Leverage Digital Technologies This IDC PeerScape discusses the transformative impact of autonomous technologies on procurement processes, focusing on autonomous sourcing, statement of work generation, and purchase order collaboration. It highlights how these ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Real-Time Tracking and Traceability in Business-To-Business Supply Chains
IDC PeerScape: Practices for Real-Time Tracking and Traceability in Business-To-Business Supply Chains This IDC PeerScape examines the role of Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time tracking technologies in refining supply chain management (SCM), highlighting their application from intralogistics to ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Address the Skill Shortage Through Increased Diversity in Security
IDC PeerScape: Practices to Address the Skill Shortage Through Increased Diversity in Security The IDC PeerScape emphasizes the critical need for increased diversity within the security sector to address the skill shortage. It argues that embracing diversity — in terms of gender, ethnicity, and sexu ... Read More
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The Future of Distributor Marketplaces
The Future of Distributor Marketplaces This IDC Market Perspective analyzes how distributor marketplaces are evolving to meet changing partner and customer buying behaviors. IDC contends that distributor ecosystems will continue to integrate with public cloud marketplace providers to offer customers ... Read More
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Securing the Future: Advancing OT Security in Critical Infrastructure for Enhanced Resilience and Efficiency
Securing the Future: Advancing OT Security in Critical Infrastructure for Enhanced Resilience and Efficiency This IDC Perspective highlights the strategic initiative undertaken by Enerjisa Uretim, a prominent player in electricity production, trading, and powerplant management, to fortify its OT sec ... Read More
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The Next Generation of Industrial Asset Management
The Next Generation of Industrial Asset Management This IDC Perspective examines the past, present, and future of asset life-cycle management capabilities within industrial enterprises. Past technology paradigms have resulted in a sprawling landscape of asset management technologies and processes. N ... Read More
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Operations Priorities in Transportation and Logistics
Operations Priorities in Transportation and Logistics This IDC Market Perspective examines operations priorities in the transportation and logistics industry. "Although not new, the importance of operational efficiency in transportation and logistics may be at an all-time high, driven by inflationar ... Read More
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Digital Accessibility in Europe in a Nutshell
Digital Accessibility in Europe in a Nutshell This IDC Perspective discusses the importance of digital accessibility in European organizations, emphasizing its relevance in the future of work. It highlights the need for inclusive design in technology, services, and workplaces to accommodate individu ... Read More
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Is GenAI a Threat to CLM Providers?
Is GenAI a Threat to CLM Providers? The IDC Perspective discusses the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on contract life-cycle management (CLM) providers. It highlights the potential of GenAI to streamline CLM processes, automate contract creation, and identify potential risks. Ho ... Read More
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Navigating the Future: How AI and Internet of Things Are Revolutionizing Fleet Management Systems
Navigating the Future: How AI and Internet of Things Are Revolutionizing Fleet Management Systems This IDC Perspective explores the challenges and opportunities in global fleet management within the transportation and logistics (T&L) industry. It discusses issues, such as rising fuel costs, main ... Read More
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Financial Polices That Need to Be Reviewed During Financial Transformation
Financial Polices That Need to Be Reviewed During Financial Transformation This IDC Perspective discusses the top financial policies to develop and maintain, enhance operational efficiency, mitigate financial risks, and drive sustainable growth for the organization. Many organizations do not review ... Read More
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Hiring a Multigenerational Workforce
Hiring a Multigenerational Workforce This IDC Perspective discusses the benefits of hiring a multigenerational workforce. The goal is to create a cohesive team that leverages its generational diversity as a strength, ensuring that every member feels valued and motivated. By doing this, businesses ca ... Read More
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Market Perspective: Fit for Use and Fit for Purpose in a Virtual Client Context
Market Perspective: Fit for Use and Fit for Purpose in a Virtual Client Context IT conversations are overloaded with discussions of technical debt, an imprecise term that obscures whether a system is overburdened, balanced, or overinvested. Using the concepts of fit for use and fit for purpose, an I ... Read More
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Cultural Accelerators That Power AI-Assisted Collaboration
Cultural Accelerators That Power AI-Assisted Collaboration This IDC Perspective looks at the future of collaboration and the cultural accelerators that power artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted collaboration. Collaboration is the interpersonal actions that create value from interacting around shar ... Read More
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Corporate Transparency Act Compliance
Corporate Transparency Act Compliance This IDC Perspective discusses the history of efforts to help prevent money-laundering activity that uses legal entities and the potential obscuring of the identities of individuals who are beneficial owners of those legal entities. To date, the results of those ... Read More
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Retail Digital Infrastructure, Security, and Loss Prevention: Hot Topics and Tech Trends from NRF 2024
Retail Digital Infrastructure, Security, and Loss Prevention: Hot Topics and Tech Trends from NRF 2024 This IDC Perspective highlights the key takeaways from the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show 2024 focused on the strategic importance of modernized digital infrastructure technologies in ov ... Read More
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Enabling Security and Resiliency Outcomes with Artificial Intelligence: GenAI Joins Predictive AI
Enabling Security and Resiliency Outcomes with Artificial Intelligence: GenAI Joins Predictive AI This IDC Perspective discusses how IDC defines AI in cybersecurity. Combinations of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have influenced the cybersecurity landscape for the better of 1 ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: GenAI in the Life Science and Healthcare Industries
IDC PlanScape: GenAI in the Life Science and Healthcare Industries This IDC PlanScape helps healthcare and life science IT and business leaders plan and justify GenAI initiatives. The document specifically explores the business case, planning considerations, stakeholders, outcomes, and actions to i ... Read More
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AI-Ready Infrastructure Building Blocks for Future Enterprise Innovation
AI-Ready Infrastructure Building Blocks for Future Enterprise Innovation This IDC Perspective explores how the computational and data management demands of emerging GenAI and other next-generation emerging workloads are being served by a new generation of fit-for-purpose processors, accelerators, s ... Read More
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Customer Experience Design and Build for Optimal Customer Journeys: Innovation Case Studies
Customer Experience Design and Build for Optimal Customer Journeys: Innovation Case Studies This IDC Market Note discusses the importance of understanding how a customer interacts with a brand on each step of their journey, allowing brands to recognize the actions and approaches needed to be taken a ... Read More
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B2B Digital-Native Profile: Box and Its GenAI Strategy
B2B Digital-Native Profile: Box and Its GenAI Strategy This IDC Vendor Profile highlights Box's platform approach and GenAI strategy. IDC had the opportunity to interview Box CTO Ben Kus to discuss Box's innovation model and how Box's GenAI strategy helps the company achieve its innovation goals. Pr ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Improve Analytic Stream Processing
IDC PeerScape: Practices to Improve Analytic Stream Processing This IDC PeerScape discusses the importance of setting appropriate expectations for pilot projects, partnering with vendors for solution design and implementation, and ensuring clarity of requirements in line with vendor product capabil ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Quantifying Social Impact
IDC PlanScape: Quantifying Social Impact This IDC PlanScape emphasizes the growing importance of quantifying societal impact for businesses in today's socially conscious environment. It outlines the role of professional services vendors in helping organizations measure and communicate their societal ... Read More