IDC

International Data Corporation (IDC) stands as a preeminent global purveyor of market intelligence, advisory solutions, and impactful events tailored to the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology sectors. Housing a cadre of over 1,300 analysts spanning the globe, IDC's repository of expertise extends across global, regional, and local domains, proffering keen insights into technology landscapes and industry trends that span over 110 countries. This formidable wealth of analysis and perspective serves as a lodestar for IT professionals, corporate executives, and investment entities, enabling them to navigate technology choices grounded in empirical evidence and to attain pivotal business goals.

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.
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6,041 Reports from IDC

   
  • IDC MarketScape Criteria: Worldwide Print Security Solutions and Services Hardcopy 2025 Vendor Assessment

    This IDC Market Perspective provides a description of the market definitions and assessment criteria for IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Security Solutions and Services Hardcopy 2025 Vendor Assessment (forthcoming)."Enterprises must prioritize print and document security as digital transformation a ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Life Sciences Organization Worldwide, 2025

    This IDC study presents the results of IDC's MaturityScape Benchmark AI Survey to help guide life sciences organizations on their AI maturity journey."It's a race, a race to the top, and AI will be the differentiator. The life sciences industry is the industry that will be the most disrupted by AI. ... Read More

  • Cloud Services Adoption, Channels, and Professional Services Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025

    This IDC Market Perspective provides insights into the service requirements of customers of managed cloud service providers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study highlights opportunities available to managed cloud service providers, based on the current challenges affecting enterprises in the region. Add ... Read More

  • Managed Public Cloud Services: Value of Public Cloud Providers When Partnering with Managed Service Providers

    This IDC Market Perspective provides insight into buyer experience in working with public cloud providers spanning AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Alibaba as part of utilizing managed cloud services and the managed SPs supporting these public clouds. This document looks specifically at client assessmen ... Read More

  • Tools and Guidance for Adherence to Compliance Standards

    This IDC Perspective discusses best practices for implementing adherence to compliance standards and provides an overview of the types of tools that support these efforts. Compliance standards are regulations, guidelines, or policies that organizations must follow to ensure legal, ethical, and opera ... Read More

  • CEQUENS Vendor Profile: An Emerging Major Player in the CPaaS Segment

    This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of CEQUENS, a major customer experience platform providing service in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. ... Read More

  • Digital Payments for Corporate Travel and Entertainment Expenses

    This IDC Perspective examines the Italian Budget Law (L.207/2024) mandating traceable digital payments for T&E expenses. Aimed at combating tax evasion and enhancing fiscal transparency, the law requires that expenses be traceable to qualify for tax deductions, impacting corporate processes and ... Read More

  • U.S. Laser A3/A4 MFP Forecast, 2025–2029

    This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the U.S. laser A3/A4 MFP market. Unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling value (ASV) information is presented. Data for 2022–2024 is actual, whereas data for 2025–2029 is projected. Shipments, value of shipments, and ASVs in this study ... Read More

  • Win-Win Product Discovery — A Retail Agentic AI Use Case

    This IDC Perspective dissects a key use case that applies agentic AI to enable automation, multilevel agents, orchestration agents, and a key focus on product discovery and search through online retail channels critical to business needs. The next generation of solutions will leverage the advantages ... Read More

  • Impact of 2025 U.S. Tariffs and Export Restrictions on the HPC and AI Infrastructure Markets

    This IDC Market Note highlights the impact of recent U.S. tariffs on the HPC and AI infrastructure markets. The 2025 U.S. tariffs are exerting significant pressure on the HPC and AI infrastructure markets. Vendors across the ecosystem are encountering increased costs, supply chain disruptions, and p ... Read More

  • The Agentic AI "Standards" Race Is On

    This IDC Perspective examines some of the emerging agentic AI integration protocols."Individual AI agents have value in the enterprise, but agentic AI has the potential to unleash transformative benefits to organizations," said Nancy Gohring, senior research director, AI at IDC. "However, without te ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Healthcare Organization Worldwide, 2025

    This IDC study presents the results of IDC's 2025 MaturityScape Benchmark AI Survey to help guide organizations on their AI maturity journey."Healthcare continues to grapple with AI maturity as enhanced focus is placed on strategy, people, and technology as the driving forces behind an AI-fueled org ... Read More

  • Experience-Driven Commerce: Why Personalization Matters in the B2B Buying Journey

    This IDC Perspective analyzes the growing relevance of data-driven personalization in B2B buying journeys enabling organizations to shift from transactional selling to experience-driven partnerships. It explores how AI-powered and integrated systems can enable organizations to deliver relevant and c ... Read More

  • U.S. Laser A3/A4 MFP Market Shares, 2024: A4 Resumes Annual Market Share Gain

    This IDC study provides a review of the 2024 U.S. laser A3/A4 multifunction peripheral (MFP) market and vendor shares. Shipments, value of shipments, and ASVs in this study match data reported in IDC's 4Q24 Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker."In the prior three years, A3 MFPs again gai ... Read More

  • ServiceNow Acquires Logik.ai: Key Takeaways for B2B Commerce

    This IDC Market Note examines ServiceNow's acquisition of Logik.ai, highlighting the main synergies with ServiceNow's offerings. This report outlines the key takeaways from the acquisition and its impact on the broader B2B digital commerce landscape."ServiceNow's recent acquisition of Logik.ai highl ... Read More

  • Appian World 2025: AI in Process

    Appian World 2025, held on April 27-30 in Denver, Colorado, delivered a stage on which the company did two main things. First, it showcased new and upcoming platform capabilities focused on GenAI and AI agents, to demonstrate how it can keep up with its key business automation platform competitors. ... Read More

  • AiHPC Innovation's Private AI Journey: Balancing Performance, Compliance, and Control

    This IDC Perspective explores AiHPC Innovation's (AiHPC) strategic deployment of private AI infrastructure in partnership with Equinix to support high-performance, regulated workloads in healthcare and research. It examines the motivations behind AiHPC's infrastructure decisions, technical architect ... Read More

  • AI Planning and Orchestration Systems: AI21 Labs Introduces a New Approach to AI Accuracy

    This IDC Market Note highlights AI21 Labs' introduction of a novel approach to agent orchestration and planning to enhance the accuracy and reliability of generative and agentic AI systems. This approach addresses the nondeterministic nature of large language and reasoning models through offline sim ... Read More

  • Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): Network and Security Convergence for the Hyper-Distributed Enterprise

    This IDC Market Perspective on SASE provides IDC's taxonomy for our forthcoming SASE research and outlines the industry dynamics that have led to the shaping of this important market. "The rise and mainstream adoption of SASE is a seminal moment for tangible convergence of network and security techn ... Read More

  • IDC PeerScape: Best Practices in Adopting Decision Intelligence

    This IDC PeerScape offers advice to IT and business executives on how they can ensure success in the adoption of decision intelligence solutions."Decision intelligence is a new practice within organizations. It is largely leveraged for routine decisions that can be automated. As with any aspect of a ... Read More

  • Asia/Pacific Big Data and Analytics Software Forecast, 2025–2028

    This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the big data and analytics (BDA) software market from 2023 to 2028. It represents IDC's inaugural forecast for this market and uses 2023 as the baseline year."Data and analytics are no longer a luxury; they have become critical components of an organi ... Read More

  • The Future of Enterprise Connectivity in Manufacturing — Key Investment Areas to Advance AI-Driven Operations

    This IDC Perspective takes a look at top connectivity challenges, timelines for connectivity transformation, top areas for investment growth, and the impact of AI. Higher levels of automation and intelligence across the manufacturing floor are driving the need for faster, more reliable, and secure c ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Discrete Manufacturing Organization Worldwide, 2025

    This IDC study presents the results of IDC's AI-Fueled Organization MaturityScape Benchmark Survey to help guide organizations on their AI maturity journey."Leading discrete manufacturing organizations start their AI journeys by establishing an effective strategy and vision that drives how they orga ... Read More

  • IDC's Top 100 Worldwide Outsourcing-Managed Services Deals of 2022–2024

    This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview analysis of the top 100 worldwide outsourcing-managed services deals in 2024 as well as trending analysis of these deals for 2022–2024."The combination of fundamental shifts in enterprise buying patterns and the shockwaves that the U.S. government is ... Read More

  • Japan IT Infrastructure Services Forecast by Service Type and Infrastructure Type, 2025–2029

    This IDC study contains market forecasts for the Japan IT infrastructure services market as of March 2025. The market size is divided into two customer types (service providers and enterprises), and each is further subdivided by service type for analysis. The enterprise segment forecast is further s ... Read More

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