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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Hybrid + Multicloud Fundamentals
This IDC Perspective explores the fundamentals of hybrid and multicloud architectures to harness additional business value while increasing the agility of an organization. It dives into why organizations would want or need to deploy these 1:1 or 1: many types of hybrid compute, storage, and networki ... Read More
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2024 Global Digital Sovereignty Update: H2
This IDC Market Perspective report highlights significant developments in the global sovereign cloud market during the second half of 2024. The main drivers for adopting sovereign cloud solutions include regulatory compliance, national/regional legislation, and protection against extra-territorial d ... Read More
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Realising the Full Potential of Data and AI in the Middle East: A Consulting-Led Life-Cycle Approach by PwC Middle East
This IDC Vendor Profile offers a comprehensive overview of PwC Middle East's data and AI practice, emphasizing its dedication to developing end-to-end data and AI-driven business solutions tailored to meet specific customer requirements. It details PwC Middle East's background in the region, illustr ... Read More
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Key Takeaways from SugarCRM's 2025 Analyst Summit: Differentiated Strategy Focusing on Manufacturing, Wholesale, and Distribution
This IDC Market Note discusses the main takeaways from SugarCRM's Analyst Summit held in January 2025. It also outlines key strategy and product updates as well as provides IDC's analysis and main takeaways from the event. ... Read More
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IDC's Updated Worldwide Security, Climate, and Resilience Research: A Fresh Perspective
This IDC Market Note discusses the need for cohesive resilience across organizational, financial, operational, technological, and ecosystem dimensions to ensure stability, security, and functionality of public services. This document also includes case studies demonstrating successful resilience eff ... Read More
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Latin America Enterprise Security Products Market Shares, 2023: Automation Is Imperative to Security; Nevertheless, Simplicity Is the Name of the Game
This IDC study provides an analysis of the Latin America enterprise security products market, including revenue figures for software and hardware security products in 2023.Please be advised that the consumer digital life protection (CDLP) market, which forms part of endpoint security, has been exclu ... Read More
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The Future of Cost Control: Leveraging Cloud Computing and Automation
This IDC Perspective explores how modern IT cost control capabilities empower CIOs and IT leaders to enhance their enterprise’s resilience, spur innovation, and enable market leadership in a fast-moving, technology-enabled economy. As enterprises navigate an increasingly complex and dynamic economic ... Read More
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Why Spatial Interfaces and Digital Twins Are Essential to Advancing Industrial Analytics
This IDC Perspective identifies trends in different types of interfaces for industrial analytics. Digital twins have historically represented spatial interfaces and visualizations that showcase data and analyses for physical world systems. As the data and analytics methods become more complex and in ... Read More
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The Journey to Decarbonizing Global Aviation by 2050
This IDC Perspective explores how airlines operators and aircraft manufacturers can navigate the path to net zero. It explores key decarbonization strategies, from scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and alternative propulsion to leveraging digital technologies for efficiency. "The aviation indu ... Read More
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Ready to Bot-ch Your Sales Team? The Promises of AI for B2B Sales in 2025
This IDC Perspective explores the transformative impact of generative AI on B2B sales by 2025, highlighting AI's role in automating routine tasks, enhancing sales efficiency, and redefining sales professionals' roles. It discusses the emergence of AI-powered SDRs and BDRs, vertical AI solutions tail ... Read More
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Worldwide Corporate Endpoint Security Software Forecast, 2025–2029: Growth Slows But Potential Remains High
“Despite slowing growth, the potential for corporate endpoint security remains high as remote work and mobile workforce dynamics drive evolving cybersecurity needs.” — Mike Jude, research director, Endpoint Security, IDC ... Read More
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A Maturity Model for Cultivating Developer Mindshare
This IDC Market Note outlines a five-level maturity model that organizations can use to assess and improve their efforts to capture developer mindshare. This maturity model serves as a starting point for understanding where an enterprise has solid footing in developer communities, where it has gaps, ... Read More
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A Blueprint for Building a Responsive Institution: Lessons Learned from Old Dominion University
This IDC Perspective highlights Old Dominion University’s (ODU’s) efforts to modernize its student engagement model through digital transformation and demonstrates how its approach serves as a model for IDC’s Responsive Institution Framework. Through the institution’s Forward-Focused five-year strat ... Read More
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Top 5 Trends That Will Impact Communications Platform as a Service During 2025
This IDC Market Perspective explores new trends and advancements in the communications platform–as-a-service (CPaaS) industry. "The future of CPaaS will be invigorated by AI and data analytical capabilities and will be an ideal choice for developers to create enhanced omni-channel customer engagemen ... Read More
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Google Introduces GenAI in Workspace at No Extra Cost
This IDC Market Note discusses Google's move to include Gemini into its Workplace bundles for businesses and enterprises, sparing its customers from having to pay extra for AI. This move will not only drive strong value for its customers, but it will also democratize AI by expanding access to more u ... Read More
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Implementing GRC Tooling
This IDC Perspective examines the implementation of GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) tools, which are essential for organizations seeking to manage risks, ensure compliance, and enhance governance practices. By providing a centralized platform, automation capabilities, and decision support too ... Read More
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Designing Patient-Facing Tech for Emerging Biopharma: Key Considerations
This IDC Perspective explores the unique requirements of EBPs for patient-facing technology, maps the industry landscape, identifies key players involved, and provides guidance to the technology buyer on criteria to drive partnering decisions with patient-facing technology providers."This is the era ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Cloud-Native Security Risk Management
This IDC study offers guidance by unpacking the meaning and implications of cloud-native security, explaining how cloud-native security techniques differ from conventional approaches to cybersecurity, and describing best practices for securing cloud-native workloads and environments."Although the ex ... Read More
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Top 5 Trends in Telecommunications Digital Services and Monetization to Watch in 2025
This IDC Market Perspective examines the top 5 trends that will impact the global telecom service provider market in 2025. Telecommunications providers will accelerate digital transformation in 2025 by expanding AI, 5G, and cloud-centric architectures to enhance network capabilities, optimize operat ... Read More
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AWS Introduces Amazon Nova, the New Benchmark for Video and Multimodal Content Generation
This IDC Market Note discusses AWS’ introduction of Amazon Nova, a new suite of AI models for media and entertainment, at re:Invent 2024. These models, including Nova Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier, offer advanced text, image, and video processing summarization and analytics, while Nova Canvas and Re ... Read More
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CIEM and Zero Trust — Lower Risk Appetite Improves Posture
This IDC Perspective highlights the importance of combining cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) and zero trust (ZT) principles to enhance organizational security posture. As infrastructures, applications, and threats evolve, adopting granular, policy-based access controls and modern s ... Read More
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Sky UK Cloud Transition 2025 Update from AWS re:Invent
This IDC Perspective details Sky UK's transition to cloud-based live production, leveraging AWS technology, which has revolutionized content creation and delivery. This shift enables real-time collaboration, scalability, and cost efficiency, addressing the evolving demands of live sports streaming. ... Read More
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How Autonomous AI Agents will Change People, Places, and Processes in the Future of Work in EMEA
This IDC Market Perspective explores the transformative impact of autonomous AI agents on the EMEA workforce today and tomorrow, emphasizing their potential to enhance operational efficiency, redefine job roles, and improve workplace collaboration. "IDC predicts that by 2028, 40% of top EMEA busines ... Read More
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Salesforce Agentforce: Redefining Industry Dynamics with Autonomous and Assistive AI Agents
This IDC Market Note discusses the announcement and release of Agentforce. It is a suite of autonomous as well as assistive AI agents that offers specialized, always-on support to employees and customers alike, leveraging deep business knowledge to seamlessly execute tasks tailored to their specific ... Read More
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Amazon Introduces SageMaker Unified Studio Marking the Race Toward Streamlined AI and GenAI Development
This IDC Perspective discusses Amazon streamlining data and AI workflows. In 2024, many vendors answered the call to unify their predictive and generative AI (GenAI) development capabilities into a single development environment. Amazon capped the year by announcing significant investments to unify ... Read More
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