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.
5,994 Reports from IDC
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RFK/Payer Industry Prior Authorization Expansion Will Stress Core/Fraud Engines
This IDC Market Note summarizes the landmark agreement with the nation’s largest health insurers to tackle the number 1 healthcare problem plaguing hundreds of millions of Americans: prior authorization. It discusses the agreement and the impact for health insurers on all lines of business. “Prior a ... Read More
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Worldwide Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance Services Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents a five-year forecast and contains IDC's best estimate for the governance, risk, and compliance services market for the 2025–2029 period. In addition, this study discusses the drivers and dynamics that had an impact on the global security governance, risk, and compliance servi ... Read More
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Red Hat Summit 2025 — The Power of "Any"
This IDC study discusses the Red Hat Summit 2025. The conference highlighted Red Hat's expanded AI offerings, including its AI Inference Server and validated open model collection. Virtualization updates focused on OpenShift Virtualization's expanded ecosystem and cloud availability. OpenShift innov ... Read More
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Esri Solutions for Addressing Climate Risk
This IDC Vendor Profile assesses the business strategy of Esri, a leading provider of climate risk analytics solutions. ... Read More
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AI, Data, and Workflow in Retail: Insights from Knowledge 2025
This IDC Perspective discusses ServiceNow Knowledge 2025, held in Las Vegas, which brought onsite about 25,000 attendees comprising industry leaders, partners, and customers. This report provides an overview of the takeaways from Knowledge 2025, focusing on the implications for the retail sector. In ... Read More
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IDC Global CIO Advisory Board: Leading Through Economic Uncertainty
This IDC Perspective summarizes IDC’s Global CIO Advisory Board discussion held in April 2025. In the meeting, IDC data and insights were shared on the economic outlook and the impact tariffs are having on IT spending. Board members then discussed the impact of these factors on their IT decisions. “ ... Read More
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Worldwide Tablet Market Shares, 1Q25: 11.6% Growth Despite Normal Compare
This IDC study presents the worldwide tablet market shares for 1Q25."Powered by mass consumer refresh, the global tablet market has shown signs of life of late," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays, IDC. "Economic uncertainty could slow down this roll." ... Read More
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Worldwide Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance Services and Software Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents a five-year forecast and contains IDC's best estimate for the governance, risk, and compliance services and software market for the 2025–2029 period. In addition, this study discusses the drivers and dynamics that had an impact on the global security governance, risk, and com ... Read More
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Frontline Workers Perspective on AI: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The integration of AI in workplaces is transforming industries, enhancing productivity, and reshaping roles, for both office and frontline workers. But despite AI's potential, a gap exists in adoption and training between office and frontline employees, with the latter facing challenges in terms of ... Read More
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Google Leaps Ahead on AI for Enterprise Solutions: Implications for the European Telco Sector
This IDC Market Note examines Google Cloud’s evolving strategy, as highlighted by the company at the May 2025 Google Cloud Summit in Madrid. Google has positioned itself both as an AI infrastructure provider and, increasingly, as a service enabler through packaged AI and GenAI solutions.A dual-track ... Read More
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From Buenos Aires to Riyadh: Inside Globant's Regional Headquarters Launch in Saudi Arabia
This IDC Market Note provides an overview of Globant's MENA headquarters launch in Saudi Arabia. “Globant's Middle East and North Africa headquarters launch in Riyadh marks a strategic move for the company and reflects the rapidly growing digital services sector in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. ... Read More
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Agentic AI in Software Development: The Strategic Role of GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
This IDC Market Note examines the significance of the GitHub Copilot coding agent in software development."GitHub Copilot's coding agent is redefining how organizations approach software development by introducing autonomous, asynchronous AI collaborators that integrate directly into existing workfl ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Tabletop Recovery Exercises
This IDC PlanScape provides CIOs, CISOs, and business leaders with a structured approach to launching or evolving their tabletop recovery exercise programs, covering why these exercises matter, what makes them successful, who needs to be involved, and how to use them as a lever for strategic improve ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Implementing Electric Vehicle Charge Point Management Systems at Scale
"As utilities, cities, and fleets scale EV charging infrastructure, the role of EV charging management systems becomes mission critical. These platforms provide the intelligence layer needed to coordinate charging across assets, minimize energy costs, and integrate with broader operational and energ ... Read More
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Google Cloud Next 2025: Furthering the Vision for an Agentic, Experience-Orchestrated Future
This IDC Market Perspective discusses how Google Cloud Next 2025 reinforced Google's AI-native strategy, emphasizing agentic orchestration as the future of business applications. Key innovations include the Customer Engagement Suite, which builds on Google's Vertex AI platform and leverages Gemini f ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: SAP Modernization — Practices to Migrate and Optimize SAP Processes
Insights in this document were gathered during reference interviews as part of the IDC MarketScape: European SAP Modernization Services 2024 Vendor Assessment (IDC #EUR151806724), which evaluated service providers based in Europe. While vendors vary in terms of their capabilities and strengths (as h ... Read More
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Key Sustainability Trends and Developments, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of key developments in corporate sustainability and ESG in EMEA. Between geopolitical and macroeconomic volatility and ESG pushback on the one hand and the visible urgency for climate action on the other, topics around risk mitigation and resilience c ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Modernize Communication and Collaboration for Business Agility and Enhanced Business Outcomes
This IDC PeerScape report emphasizes the need for organizations to adopt flexible, AI-driven, and hybrid unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions to support modern work environments. It outlines three key practices: selecting technologies that enable hybrid work, adopting AI-pow ... Read More
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IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Organization in Asia/Pacific, 2025
This IDC study presents the results of IDC's MaturityScape Benchmark AI Survey to help guide organizations on their AI maturity journey. "Asia/Pacific organizations need to approach AI adoption with a clear road map that connects business priorities with scalable technology decisions. Given the rapi ... Read More
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Leveraging GenAI in Healthcare: How Fujita Health University Hospital Transformed Clinical Workflows by Leveraging Amazon Bedrock
This IDC Perspective showcases the GenAI case study from Fujita Health University in Japan. The initiative focuses on reducing physicians' administrative burden by automating the generation of hospital discharge summaries. By implementing this solution, FHU achieved a 90% reduction in the time requi ... Read More
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The Future of Enterprise Connectivity in Retail — Key Investment Areas to Accelerate Efficiency and Time to Revenue
This IDC Perspective takes a look at top connectivity challenges, timelines for connectivity transformation, top areas for investment growth, and the impact of AI. Retailers face the onslaught of internal and external pressures to deliver a high-value experience to customers in physical stores and o ... Read More
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European Telecom Services Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC Market Forecast provides an update to IDC's European Telecom Services Forecast, 2023–2028 (May 2024). It comprises a forecast of the value of the overall European telecom services market (including fixed and mobile voice and data services and pay TV services).Additionally, the report focuse ... Read More
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Global Systems Integrator Partnerships in Asia/Pacific: Navigating Local Nuance, Delivering Global Intent
This Market Perspective examines the strategic role of global systems integrators (GSIs) in Asia/Pacific and the growing disconnect between global partnership intent and local execution. Although GSIs are often viewed as multipliers for scale and transformation, meaningful traction in the region is ... Read More
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Transforming the Software Development Life Cycle with Agentic AI
This IDC Market Perspective explores the transformative impact of agentic AI on the software development life cycle (SDLC), highlighting its potential to enhance operational efficiency, governance, and agility. As AI adoption accelerates, agentic AI is becoming a central force in transforming softwa ... Read More
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Australia and New Zealand Industry and Company Size IT Spending Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study shows that the IT spending forecast for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) from 2025 to 2029 highlights significant growth, driven by digital transformation (DX), AI, cloud computing, and cybersecurity investments. Australia's market is bolstered by economic recovery and strategic techno ... Read More
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