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International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,300 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC's analysis and insight helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and to achieve their key business objectives.
Founded in 1964, IDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG, Inc.), the world's leading tech media, data and marketing services company.
IDC Insights lines of business assist business and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making technology decisions by providing timely and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Staffed by senior analysts with decades of industry experience, our global research team advises on business and technology issues facing todays IT leaders. IDC Insights coverage includes: Energy, Financial, Government, Health, Manufacturing, and Retail.
8,102 Reports from IDC
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The CIO's Guide to the Future of Government Ecosystems
The CIO's Guide to the Future of Government Ecosystems This IDC Perspective is the CIO's guide to the future of government ecosystems. It is designed to help government CIOs lead with an eye to the digital disruptions that are occurring on an accelerating basis. This document discusses approaches th ... Read More
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Data Intelligence in the Future of Operations
Data Intelligence in the Future of Operations This IDC Market Perspective describes the similarities and differences of data intelligence across the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) domains, by highlighting four solutions from vendors that focus on the OT domain."Definitio ... Read More
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U.S. Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2022-2026: CY 4Q22
U.S. Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2022-2026: CY 4Q22 This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for smartwatch shipments in the United States."Despite the economic headwinds, end-user interest in smartwatches and company ability to supply them remain strong," says Ramon T. Llamas, research direct ... Read More
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Worldwide Tier 2 SOC Analytics and Cloud-Native XDR Market Shares, 2021: Rethinking the Cybersecurity SOC Software Stack
Worldwide Tier 2 SOC Analytics and Cloud-Native XDR Market Shares, 2021: Rethinking the Cybersecurity SOC Software Stack This IDC study provides worldwide market share data for worldwide tier 2 security operations center (SOC) analytics and cloud-native extended detection and response (XDR) for cale ... Read More
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Planful Acquires Plannuh to Strengthen Its Integrated Planning and AI/ML Capabilities
Planful Acquires Plannuh to Strengthen Its Integrated Planning and AI/ML Capabilities This IDC Market Note discusses Planful's recent acquisition of Plannuh, announced on September 15, 2022. The document also discusses the implications this announcement has on both companies and how it aligns with w ... Read More
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Canadian Consumer Smart Home Monitoring and Security Subscriber Forecast, 2022–2026
Canadian Consumer Smart Home Monitoring and Security Subscriber Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study examines the current state of the overall Canadian consumer home monitoring and security services market in an effort to decipher the burgeoning opportunity for smart home monitoring and security servi ... Read More
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IDC MaturityScape: Smart Manufacturing 2.0
IDC MaturityScape: Smart Manufacturing 2.0 This IDC MaturityScape describes smart manufacturing. It also provides a framework for executive leadership, IT, and production managers to identify the stages, critical measures, outcomes, and actions required for organizations to evaluate and evolve their ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: DevSecOps Adoption for Digital Innovators
IDC PlanScape: DevSecOps Adoption for Digital Innovators This IDC study reveals the challenges organizations face regarding application security and DevSecOps and provides a road map to help unify stakeholders while delivering continuous security and reducing organizational risk. "Given the growing ... Read More
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Western Europe MFP Sector Forecast, 2022–2026
Western Europe MFP Sector Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC Market Forecast presents a view of MFP shipments in Western Europe by end-user segment, focusing on the home market; businesses with fewer than 10 employees, 10 to 99 employees, 100 to 499 employees, and more than 500 employees; and government/e ... Read More
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Western Europe 3D Printer Services Forecast, 2022-2026
Western Europe 3D Printer Services Forecast, 2022-2026 This IDC Market Forecast examines the Western European 3D printing services market, split into three segments: maintenance, warranty, and training; on-demand parts; and software services. Forecasts are provided for 2022 to 2026."Leadership in th ... Read More
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Hybrid/Multicloud: Embracing Multicloud and Hybrid Cloud Strategies with the Right Set of Management Tools
Hybrid/Multicloud: Embracing Multicloud and Hybrid Cloud Strategies with the Right Set of Management Tools This IDC Market Perspective highlights the organizations' need to lay out hybrid and multicloud management strategies. Cloud adoption across the India market is analyzed, along with the ongoing ... Read More
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Retail Operations in a Purpose-Led World: Key Insights from the IDC European Retail Executive Digital Summit 2022
Retail Operations in a Purpose-Led World: Key Insights from the IDC European Retail Executive Digital Summit 2022 This IDC Perspective recaps key insights from the IDC European Retail Executive Digital Summit 2022, held on September 22, 2022. Retailers are facing the challenges of increasingly deman ... Read More
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Driving a Strong Technology Foundation for Enterprise Intelligence: Google Cloud and Palantir Partnership
Driving a Strong Technology Foundation for Enterprise Intelligence: Google Cloud and Palantir Partnership This IDC Market Note offers IDC's perspective on the June 2022 announced technology partnership between Google Cloud and Palantir and its impact on end-user organizations' enterprise intelligenc ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Drive Customer Experience Using Professional Services Suppliers
IDC PeerScape: Practices to Drive Customer Experience Using Professional Services Suppliers This IDC PeerScape focuses on four main areas of challenge and discusses the solutions to these challenges. These areas are misalignment of priorities and lack of collaboration between IT teams and the "mains ... Read More
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Digital Life: Peace-of-Mind Consumer Services
Digital Life: Peace-of-Mind Consumer Services This IDC Market Perspective describes the different product and services under the consumer category "peace of mind," which aims to protect and track the personal belongings and loved ones of users from different perspectives: cybersecurity, tracking, ef ... Read More
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Business Case for a Physical Office: The Example of VMware in Prague
Business Case for a Physical Office: The Example of VMware in Prague This IDC Market Perspective discusses the workplace case study of VMware in the Czech Republic. An early hybrid work adopter, the company recently decided to give up its local office and switch to several shared spaces across Pragu ... Read More
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Sub-Saharan Africa PCD Trends, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa PCD Trends, 2021 This IDC Market Perspective captures the performance of the personal computing device (PCD) market in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, presenting various market drivers and inhibitors, end-user segment trends, channel developments, vendor performances, and product shar ... Read More
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Intel Tech Tour: Looking to the Past as a Compass Toward the Future
Intel Tech Tour: Looking to the Past as a Compass Toward the Future This IDC study discusses Intel's Israel influence in the company and semiconductors technology development. Intel has continued to engage in its transformation journey by investing in traditional silicon development cycles, post–si ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Application Observability to Deliver Business Value
IDC PlanScape: Application Observability to Deliver Business Value This IDC study is focused on application observability that delivers business value."The ability to observe — and not merely monitor — digital services has become an essential requirement for any business that depends on digital ser ... Read More
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Regulatory Developments and Deployment Models for 5G Private Networks in Asia/Pacific
Regulatory Developments and Deployment Models for 5G Private Networks in Asia/Pacific This IDC Market Note explores the regulatory policies around mobile private networks (MPNs) and the evolving deployment strategies for MPNs in Asia/Pacific. The adoption of 5G MPNs will increase to cater to the mul ... Read More
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Dixa: Combining Contextual Knowledge Platform and Conversational AI to Empower Customer Service Agents
Dixa: Combining Contextual Knowledge Platform and Conversational AI to Empower Customer Service Agents This IDC Market Note presents IDC's opinions on Dixa, a European provider of customer service applications. This is a rapidly expanding market category, with vendor revenues in Europe growing 17% y ... Read More
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European Industrial and Production Market Update — October 2022
European Industrial and Production Market Update — October 2022 This IDC Market Note includes news that occurred in September 2022 in the industrial and production printing market. Please Note: Extended description available upon request. ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Emerging Technology Assessment for Future IT
IDC PlanScape: Emerging Technology Assessment for Future IT This IDC PlanScape offers an approach for CIOs to tailor to effectively review, rate, and select emerging technologies to pilot and ultimately apply for the betterment of the enterprise."Many CIOs have had to deal with 'management by in-fli ... Read More
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Imaging and Printing Market News — October 2022
Imaging and Printing Market News — October 2022 This IDC Market Note discusses news that occurred in September 2022 in the imaging and printing market. Please Note: Extended description available upon request. ... Read More
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The Supply-Side and Demand-Side Forces of Connectedness — 2022 Update
The Supply-Side and Demand-Side Forces of Connectedness — 2022 Update This IDC Perspective provides an update to one of IDC's foundational documents focused on the future of connectedness. This document identifies the forces that shape the enterprise's future connectivity goals, as viewed from both ... Read More
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