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.
5,957 Reports from IDC
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Amazon Web Services launches New Asia/Pacific (Taipei) Region Focused on Strengthening Digital Resilience and Industry Innovation
This IDC Vendor Profile focuses on the launch of AWS Asia/Pacific (Taipei) Region and other investment impacts on Taiwan. ... Read More
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Securing Access: Addressing Identity Management Challenges in the Energy Sector
The IDC Perspective examines the implementation of SailPoint IdentityIQ IAM at SOCAR Türkiye, which demonstrates the increasing importance of centralized identity governance, automated access control, and regulatory compliance in modern enterprise environments. As organizations expand their digital ... Read More
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Digital Sovereignty Priorities for Technology Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
This IDC Market Perspective explores digital sovereignty priorities for technology services in SSA. The report highlights current digital regulations and policies. In addition, it assesses the current and future trends, drivers, and challenges affecting sovereign cloud adoption in Nigeria, Kenya, an ... Read More
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Palmyra X5: Unlocking Enterprise-Scale AI with a Million Token Context Window
This IDC Market Perspective discusses the release and features of Palmyra X5. "Palmyra X5 demonstrates how large context windows and hybrid attention architectures are moving generative AI beyond simple text generation into the realm of true process automation for enterprises. By enabling the analys ... Read More
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Press Ganey Forsta Announces the Acquisition of InMoment, Creating a New Powerhouse in the Voice of the Customer and CX Markets
This IDC Market Note looks at the announcement made on May 14, 2025, by Press Ganey Forsta (PG Forsta) of its acquisition of InMoment. Given that both firms target the "voice of the customer" (VOC) and "customer experience" markets, this event is of interest to other firms targeting that market as w ... Read More
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Global Banks Embrace Multidimensional Mainframe Modernization Strategies to Strengthen Innovation, Agility, and Competitiveness
This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the strategies major global banks are adopting in relation to their mainframe computing environments. It explores the diverse and often multidimensional strategies of global banks in relation to mainframe environments, which include a combination of effor ... Read More
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Adapting Your Digital Twin Strategy in an AI and a Data Model–Based World
This IDC Perspective frames digital twin strategies in the context of today's data-model and AI-driven world. Now more than ever, companies require a unified strategy for industrial analytics initiatives to eliminate technical burden, reduce overlap in efforts, and drive high-quality insights for op ... Read More
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Ready or Not, Here Comes Agentic AI: Exploratory View from IT and Business Leaders at IDC Data Xchange 2025
The dedicated agentic AI roundtable discussion at IDC's Data Xchange 2025 in May 2025 highlighted the appetite for agentic AI across multiple business and operational use cases. Despite the potential of AI agents to transform businesses and reduce manual repetitive toil, challenges persist — such as ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: PLM Practices to Speed Product to Market
This IDC PeerScape delves into several PLM use cases to see how some of these functional capabilities and system alignments are coming to life for apparel and footwear brands, driving speed, collaboration, and innovation across the board."Retailers and brands are harnessing the power of PLM within a ... Read More
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Worldwide Workstation Forecast Update, 2025–2029: 1Q25
This IDC study presents an update to our 2025–2029 worldwide workstation market forecast."Workstations showed strong growth in the prior quarter in lieu of migration and refresh," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays, IDC. "Expect AI to carry growth in the coming ones." ... Read More
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Worldwide Workstation Market Shares, 1Q25: Refreshes and AI Growth Trigger 13.4% Growth
This IDC study discusses worldwide workstation market shares in 1Q25."The workstation market continues to show strength as we get deeper into companies' refresh cycles and migrations," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays, IDC. "Expect AI use cases to keep the party going ... Read More
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Nokia's Network as Code: Fuel for Innovation
This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Nokia, a global company competing in the network infrastructure, 5G technology, and IoT market, with a specific focus on its Network as Code solution for telecom operators. It includes an assessment of Nokia's Network as Code actual technology/solution capabilities, ... Read More
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Softtek — IT Services Vendor Profile
This IDC Vendor Profile examines Softtek, a private company that provides technology services across areas such as application development and management, IT operations, cloud, AI and analytics, systems integration, and data services. Softtek is among the prominent service providers in Mexico, cater ... Read More
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CoolIT Vendor Profile
This IDC Vendor Profile overviews the company history, market position, strategy, and portfolio of CoolIT, one of the leading datacenter liquid cooling vendors. ... Read More
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AI on Cloud: End-User Adoption Trends in the Middle East and Africa, 2025
AI and cloud computing are no longer separate technology initiatives they are converging into a unified strategy for innovation and scalability. This interdependence is shaping how enterprises in the MEA region invest, deploy, and derive value from both technologies. This IDC Perspective examines en ... Read More
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Operational Technology (OT) Security: Building Resilient and Secure Manufacturing in EMEA
This IDC Perspective on OT security highlights the critical need for robust cybersecurity within EMEA's manufacturing sector, especially amid ongoing digital transformation. As AI-driven automation and the convergence of IT and OT systems heighten vulnerabilities, manufacturers are increasingly expo ... Read More
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AI Skills Unlocked: What Tech Vendors and IT Service Providers Need to Know
The IDC Market Perspective explores the evolving AI skills landscape for tech vendors and IT service providers, emphasizing the need for both technical and nontechnical competencies. As AI adoption accelerates, organizations must bridge skill gaps, comply with regulations, and deliver innovative sol ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Best Practices in Digital Core Banking Modernization
This IDC PeerScape describes three practices that financial institutions have leveraged in order to modernize their core banking architectures."There has been a great deal of work done in upgrading the actual process of modernization itself. Industry leaders now understand the true complexities of w ... Read More
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Highlights from Medidata NEXT London 2025: Accelerating Clinical Trials Through AI and Patient-Centric Innovation
Medidata NEXT London 2025 highlighted AI and patient-centric innovations transforming clinical trials. The event showcased Medidata's ecosystem and platform-based strategy, which involves using AI to transform experiences in patient engagement, data management, and trial execution. Key topics includ ... Read More
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Pricing Complexity in B2B Digital Commerce: Key Trends and Improvement Opportunities
This IDC Perspective examines the multifaceted challenges of pricing complexity in B2B digital commerce, analyzing its key drivers, business impacts, and the evolving technology landscape. This report provides explores current and emerging pricing management approaches, including AI-driven solutions ... Read More
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ServiceNow Knowledge 2025 Highlights for State and Local Governments
This IDC Market Note analyzes the key announcements made at the ServiceNow Knowledge 2025 conference, held on May 5–8 in Las Vegas. The event brought together ServiceNow users and technology partners to explore the latest innovations being delivered on the ServiceNow AI Platform and via ServiceNow’s ... Read More
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The Iberian Blackout and Datacenter Providers' Response
This IDC Market Note highlights how datacenters in the Iberian Peninsula responded to a major electrical grid disruption. At around 10:30 UTC (11:30 a.m. in Portugal and 12:30 p.m. in Spain) on April 28, 2025, a massive electrical grid blackout impacted the Iberian Peninsula as well as some regions ... Read More
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Assessing the Value and Outcomes of IT Service Management and Enterprise Service Management
This IDC Perspective explores how organizations assess value of IT service management and enterprise service management, emphasizing the importance of metrics and storytelling to demonstrate impact beyond efficiency. It explores AI's role in enhancing value and encourages organizations to align serv ... Read More
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Leveraging GenAI in Business Process Services for Finance and Accounting
This IDC Perspective explores the integration of GenAI in finance and accounting business process services, highlighting its transformative role in streamlining operations, enhancing data analysis, and improving decision-making. GenAI is increasingly adopted for automating routine tasks, enabling pr ... Read More
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Worldwide Global StorageSphere Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide Global StorageSphere for 2025–2029. It measures the size of the installed base of storage capacity, storage utilization (or data stored), and the amount of storage available each year. The worldwide Global StorageSphere is forecast by region, stor ... Read More
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