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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AI-Enabled Applications Can Improve Your KPIs
This IDC Perspective discusses how AI enablement can improve an organization’s KPIs.The AI era has landed, and with it is the opportunity to improve all business processes and associated tasks. Organizations need to understand that AI isn’t just a shiny object but also a go-to avenue for KPI improve ... Read More
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Key Takeaways for CX and Loyalty from NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show
This IDC Perspective discusses key takeaways during NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show. The event highlighted the transformative potential of AI in retail, emphasizing its role in enhancing customer experience through personalized, seamless interactions across digital and physical channels. Retailers are f ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and China) Managed SD-WAN Services Forecast, 2025–2029
The digital needs of enterprises have resulted in the assessment of current enterprise network architecture and investments toward modernizing the network. Software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) has become an essential component of the enterprise network to support robust connectivity requireme ... Read More
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NRF 2025 Supply Chain Top Takeaways
This IDC Perspective analyzes the proceedings at the NRF 2025 Supply Chain conference and highlights the pervasive role of AI, particularly GenAI and agentic AI, in optimizing retail supply chains, improving decision-making, and better serving the end consumer. Key takeaways include the integration ... Read More
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Combine Growth and Cost Takeout Strategies to Reinvent the Payer Commercial/Employer Market
The IDC Perspective discusses the commercial market bringing payers conflicting priorities. Providing employer groups with the custom plans they demand while efficiently managing that data throughout their many siloed operational systems proves challenging for payers."Using a 'cost takeout' methodol ... Read More
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GreenBiz 2025 and What It Means for Sustainability Services, an Uncertain Market
This IDC Perspective discusses about GreenBiz 2025 and what it means for sustainability services. GreenBiz 2025 highlighted the latest trends and innovations in sustainable business practices, emphasizing decarbonization, supply chain management, and the importance of transparency in disclosure and ... Read More
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Highlights of the Consumer Market Model: Total Consumer Spending on Digital Goods and Services
This IDC Market Perspective highlights data found in the 2H24 release of the Consumer Market Model (CMM). Specifically, it highlights total consumer spending on digital goods and services across 22 consumer online activities and 8 peer-to-peer (P2P) or sharing economy segments, presenting expected 2 ... Read More
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The Impact of AI on Printing Volumes in Europe: Accelerating Efficiency, Digitalization, and Workflow Automation
This IDC Market Note discusses how the increasing adoption and integration of AI will impact printing volumes in office and home environments. ... Read More
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The Digital Operational Resilience Act: What Does It Mean for Asia/Pacific Financial Institutions?
This IDC Perspective examines the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and its implications for Asia/Pacific FIs as they navigate evolving regulatory landscapes. Although DORA is a European Union (EU)–specific regulation, its principles are influencing Asia/Pacific regulators, particularly in I ... Read More
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Navigating the Regulatory Landscape of Application Modernization
Organizations face a major challenge: adapting their applications to new European regulations. From data protection (the GDPR) and cybersecurity (NIS2, DORA, CRA) to artificial intelligence (the AI Act), these requirements are forcing far-reaching changes. This IDC Market Perspective explains their ... Read More
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Worldwide Tablet Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents the forecast data for the worldwide tablet market for the 2025–2029 period."The 2024 tablet market made up about half of what the 2023 tablet market lost," says Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays at IDC. "Looking forward, with inventory, pricing, and mi ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and China) Software-Defined WAN Infrastructure Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study provides a market forecast that includes historical SD-WAN infrastructure market for 2024–2029 across APEJC."SD-WAN complements the need for enterprises to have a policy-based, centralized, underlay agnostic network required to power the dynamic connectivity requirements of their day- ... Read More
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European Enterprise Communications Services, 2025: Scope and Definitions
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of the market segments covered in IDC's European Enterprise Communications Services CIS. This CIS analyzes the connectivity and communications services markets, detailing changing requirements, trends, and competitive dynamics while providing actionab ... Read More
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Consumer GenAI Market Evolution: Five Things to Watch in 2025
This IDC Market Perspective looks at five trends to watch in the consumer generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) market in 2025. As the market evolves, the changing ways in which consumers engage with GenAI and how platforms, apps, and services are positioned will highlight ways in which vendors ... Read More
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Facility Managers Key to ESG Efforts But Tools Are Lacking
This IDC Market Perspective discusses ESG and sustainability as relevant to facilities management. Facility management applications are vital to the success of greater enterprise ESG and sustainability efforts. HVAC, lighting, and building operations consume a vast amount of power and facility manag ... Read More
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AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure Vendor Profile: ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
This IDC Vendor Profile examines STT GDC as a datacenter colocation provider and focuses on its support for AI infrastructure. STT GDC offers AI-ready infrastructure to meet the growing demands of AI workloads, enabling enterprises to deploy high-performance computing (HPC) applications. One of its ... Read More
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Vishal Rao Will Lead Both Trellix and Skyhigh Security — Marking Yet Another Strategic Shift for These Companies
This IDC Market Note provides a summary and analysis of the appointment of Vishal Rao as CEO of Trellix. In January 2025, Vishal Rao was appointed as the CEO of Trellix while continuing to lead Skyhigh Security. This marks another strategic shift for these companies in just a few short years. Despit ... Read More
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France: How to Crack the Toughest Digital Sovereignty Market
The IDC Perspective on Digital Sovereignty in France highlights the country's emphasis on digital self-determination, particularly in the context of cloud adoption and data security. France's historical focus on sovereignty, reinforced by recent geopolitical and cybersecurity concerns, has led to st ... Read More
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Value Creation Opportunities in Multi-Step B2B Sales via Digital Commerce
This IDC Perspective analyzes multi-step B2B sales, highlighting the rapidly evolving landscape of complex distribution networks, value-added resellers, and partner relationships. This document explores the key trends driving transformation as well as value creation opportunities in multi-step B2B s ... Read More
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Customer Identity: The Foundation for AI-Infused Retail Banking Growth
This IDC Perspective discusses retail banking that is rapidly evolving, with AI-powered personalization becoming essential for customer engagement and growth. However, fragmented identity systems create friction, weaken security, and limit AI's ability to deliver seamless and compliant experiences. ... Read More
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The Building Blocks of a Sustainable Datacenter
This IDC Market Perspective defines the IDC framework for sustainable datacenters based on five pillars: goals, commitment, and transparency; design and construction; natural resources sourcing; natural resources efficiency; and circularity. To provide a context over the life cycle of a datacenter, ... Read More
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New Tech Foundations Are Essential to Achieve Today's Vision of Connected, Intelligent Omni-Channel Retailing
This IDC Market Note summarizes key themes emerging from NRF 2025, including the importance of modernized infrastructure and data strategies to execute AI-fueled data-driven retailing, the use of AI security and loss prevention, and elevating checkout to meet new customer expectations."Seeing new in ... Read More
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Special Award for Digital Innovation Winner Profile: Gamuda Berhad
This IDC Perspective discusses the nomination details of the Special Award for Digital Innovation winner — Gamuda — from the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2024 in Asia/Pacific, highlighting how advanced digital technologies such as generative AI (GenAI) and analytics can impact organizations moving f ... Read More
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CyberArk Acquires Zilla Security: The Future of Automated Life-Cycle Management for Identity, Access, and Governance Has Arrived
This IDC Market Note discusses the announcement regarding CyberArk’s acquisition of Zilla Security. CyberArk’s acquisition of Zilla Security enhances its identity security capabilities by integrating automated identity governance and administration (IGA). This move aims to improve visibility, effici ... Read More
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Japan Public IT Cloud Services Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study summarizes the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Japan public cloud services market based on information collected by the end of January 2025.Public cloud services have become widespread in the Japan market, and their uses are expanding from improving IT/operational efficie ... Read More
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