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.
5,776 Reports from IDC
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Building Management Systems and Facility Management Firms Increasingly Intertwined in the Post-COVID-19 Workplace
This IDC Market Perspective discusses building management systems (BMS) and facility management (FM) firms being increasingly intertwined in the post-COVID-19 workplace. Building management systems and facility management applications have had similar paths in both the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 env ... Read More
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Modern Incidents Require Modern Data Mining
This IDC Perspective explains how data mining plays an essential role in optimizing the incident response process. The increasing sophistication of cyberthreats necessitates modern data mining tools for effective incident response. Traditional manual processes are inadequate, leading to delays and h ... Read More
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Channel Partner Business Model Evolution in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective — one of a series of IT services research program reports on channel partner–related trends in specific countries across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa — takes a detailed look at developments in the channel partner ecosystem in Sub-Saharan Africa. It evaluates curre ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Platform Services for Private Markets
This IDC PlanScape details the importance of platform services for private markets."Private market platform services are at the nexus of innovation and opportunity in today's financial markets," says Thomas Shuster, research director, IDC Financial Insights. "As institutional and individual interest ... Read More
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Accelerating Enterprise GenAI Workflows with IaaS Network Services
This IDC Market Perspective highlights how infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) network services offered by cloud service providers can help accelerate deployment of enterprise GenAI workflows. IaaS network services ensure on-demand connectivity, optimized performance, and robust security, enabling se ... Read More
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European Data Intelligence, Integration, and Platform Software Market Events, 2H24
The IDC Market Note highlights significant developments in the European data intelligence, integration, and platform software market from July to December 2024. Key trends include increased investments in AI and data lakehouse architectures, major product releases, and strategic partnerships among t ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific Regulatory Pulse: Upcoming Financial Services Institution Regulations, Expected Impacts, and Complexity
This report provides an overview of the most impactful regulations that will affect banks, insurers, and capital markets players in the Asia/Pacific region and advice on how ecosystem players can best manage the constant waves of change in regulations. Cutting through the complex and diverse regulat ... Read More
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The Importance of IT/Operational Technology Security Convergence
This IDC Perspective examines the importance of IT/operational technology (OT) security convergence in the utilities sector. Utility energy infrastructure is currently one of the most targeted and vulnerable set of assets in terms of security threats globally. IT and OT security is crucial in today' ... Read More
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What Is Work Today — And When Will We Stop Needing Humans to Do It?
This IDC Perspective explores the implications of agentic AI in the workforce, highlighting its potential to revolutionize business operations while raising concerns about job displacement. It discusses the balance between AI augmentation and human roles, presenting various scenarios of workforce im ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Best Practices for Leveraging Integrated Bank Payment Platforms
This IDC PeerScape delves into the challenges around bank payment platforms and the practices to optimize payment modernization."Banks around the world, despite different regulatory regimes, different rails, and different customers, face many of the same challenges," according to Aaron Press, resear ... Read More
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Tariffs, De Minimis, and Vessel Docking Fees — Resilience in the Face of Ongoing Disruption
This IDC Perspective provides insights on how tariffs, changes to de minimis rules, and vessel docking fees cause significant disruptions in global supply chains, requiring organizations to adapt and understand their implications. Supply chains are changing more quickly and unpredictably than they h ... Read More
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North America Wide Format Digital Printer Market Shares, 2024: HP Inc. and Canon Grow, Segments Shift
This IDC study reviews the North American market for wide format digital printing systems for 2024."2024 was the kind of year that forces wide format digital printing solutions providers in North America to evolve," said Tim Greene, research director, Hardcopy Solutions at IDC. "For the second year ... Read More
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Western Europe Single Function Printer Forecast, 2025–2029: Market Constantly Declining but Still Sizeable
This report discusses IDC's market forecast for single-function printers (both laser and inkjet) for the 2025-2029 period by technology and country detail in the Western Europe (WE) market."IDC expects that in the next five years, an aggregate of over 7.2 million single function printers will be sol ... Read More
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SAS Insight 2025 for Analysts — A Focus on AI Productivity
This IDC Market Note highlights the details of the SAS Insight 2025 Conference for industry analysts on February 26–28, Cary, North Carolina. SAS Insight 2025 focused on SAS’ strategy and technology so customers would be more productive with data and AI for decisioning. SAS emphasized its continued ... Read More
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A Sunny Future for Broadcom's VeloRAIN?
This IDC Market Note discusses Broadcom's VeloRAIN platform. VeloRAIN represents a significant advancement in network performance and management. IT employs AI-based network optimization, dynamic application-based slicing, and AI operations to deliver advanced network services, providing tools that ... Read More
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Inside a Ransomware Attack
This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the ransomware attack from the onset of the attack to the lessons learned and mitigation. The number of organizations reporting a data loss, breach, or ransomware attack seems to be growing. With the advent of GenAI, the sophistication of attacks seems to ... Read More
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SAS Insight 2025 Conference: Responsible Innovation Amid Market Uncertainties
This IDC Market Note details the SAS Insight 2025 conference, which highlighted SAS’ commitment to responsible innovation amid data saturation and automation, emphasizing productivity, compute power, platform modernization, and cloud expansion. Key developments included advancements in AI, digital t ... Read More
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SAS Insight 2025: Powering the World's Decisions
This IDC Market Note presents highlights from SAS Insight 2025, held at the company's headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. SAS Insight 2025 presents a comprehensive strategy focusing on technological innovation, customer success, and strategic partnerships to maintain SAS' position as a leader in t ... Read More
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Mainframe Still Plays a Critical Role in Financial Services
This IDC Perspective details how mainframes still play a critical role in financial services. Any time a consumer purchases a latte, buys a mobile phone, or pays for movie tickets at the cinema, that transaction is almost guaranteed to be processed by two or three mainframes at the acquiring company ... Read More
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Digital Advertising Market Review, 2025
This IDC Perspective on the digital advertising market provides a comprehensive analysis of digital advertising spend. It highlights the rapid growth of mobile in-app, connected television (CTV), and digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising, driven by technological advancements like AI. IDC's custom s ... Read More
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Worldwide PC Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents forecast data for the worldwide PC market for 2025–2029."On paper, 2025 promises to be a big year," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays at IDC. "We have a major refresh cycle looming, perfectly timed with a major Windows EOS. Still, economic uncer ... Read More
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MVNOs Continue to See Subscriber and Revenue Growth in 4Q24; Boost Mobile Starts to Show Signs of Recovery
This IDC Market Note examines the 4Q24 earnings from the three U.S. cable companies that offer mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services as well as EchoStar's Boost Mobile MVNO business that were released from January 30 to February 27, 2025. ... Read More
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Worldwide Consumer GenAI Users Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents the worldwide forecast for the number of consumers using generative AI (GenAI) with users defined as consumers who use a GenAI app, service, or feature at least monthly with some level of active intent to engage with the functionality. This includes GenAI-powered search, a de ... Read More
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A View from NRF 2025: Is AI Part of Retail?
This IDC Perspective examines NRF 2025, a key retail event of the year from the view of artificial intelligence (AI) and advancements in AI. NRF 2025 brought forth almost 40,000 attendees and thousands of companies and organizations as part of the largest retail event worldwide with an enormous inte ... Read More
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Infor Nexus Leveraging Traceability, AI, and Financing to Build Compliant and Sustainable Supply Chains
This IDC Market Note discusses key topics and challenges of global trade at the Infor Nexus International Customer Conference. Today's rising regulatory environment is driving retailers and brands to better and more granularly track and trace their products across their end-to-end life cycles; it is ... Read More
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