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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Vendor M&A and Impact on the Cybersecurity Channel
This IDC Market Note highlights the often-overlooked impact of cybersecurity acquisitions on channel partners, emphasizing the need for clear communication and support to mitigate partner churn and ensure successful integration. By addressing concerns such as partner seniority, market penetration, p ... Read More
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No, CLM Is Not Dead
This IDC Perspective challenges the notion that contract life-cycle management (CLM) is obsolete due to advancements in generative AI (GenAI). It argues that while GenAI offers capabilities such as data extraction and contract summarization, it lacks the tailored legal expertise, compliance, and str ... Read More
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From Administrative Drain to Clinical Gain: The Case for Agentic AI in Prior Authorization for Healthcare Providers
This IDC Perspective explores how healthcare providers can radically streamline one of their most burdensome administrative processes, prior authorization (PA), through agentic AI. The document details the operational inefficiencies of legacy PA workflows, examines why traditional automation has fai ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Successfully Modernize B2B Middleware
This IDC PeerScape highlights best practices provided in the IDC MarketScape for worldwide business-to-business middleware from December 2024. It highlights the collective learnings to provide best practices to companies looking to add or replace B2B technologies.According to Shari Lava, senior dire ... Read More
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Google Cloud’s Partnering Strategy — Building the Ecosystem for Agentic AI in EMEA
Google Cloud is doubling down on its identity as a platform and ecosystem company. At Next 25, the company made it clear that its future growth hinges on deep, flexible, and scalable partnerships. In the era of agentic AI and cloud 4.0, Google’s success will depend on how well it can co-innovate wit ... Read More
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Telecom Network API Hackathons and Incubators
This IDC Market Perspective examines how telecom operators are engaging with the developer ecosystem by means of hackathons and incubator programs to create awareness of their network APIs and capabilities and accelerate ways to jointly build innovative network API-based B2B(2C) solutions and servic ... Read More
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European eSIM Device Market Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC Forecast provides analysis and forecasts for eSIM shipments and installed base in both the consumer and IoT markets. It includes forecasts of devices by eSIM specification."The European eSIM market is entering a pivotal phase of rapid acceleration, propelled by surging consumer awareness fr ... Read More
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European 5G RedCap IoT Connectivity Market Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC Market Forecast offers a comprehensive analysis of 5G reduced capability (RedCap), detailing its emergence as the critical "missing middle" in cellular IoT connectivity. It provides a five-year forecast for RedCap connections and spending in Europe, examines the market context that necessit ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific Channel Pulse: Distributors, VARs, and GSIs 2025
This IDC Market Perspective analyzes the evolving roles of distributors, VARs, and global systems integrators (GSIs) in the Asia/Pacific technology channel landscape. Amid economic volatility and shifting enterprise buying patterns, partners are accelerating their shift toward value-led services, ve ... 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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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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Empowering Autonomous Commerce: How PayPal's MCP Server and Agent Toolkit Are Transforming AI-Driven Workflows
This IDC Market Perspective discusses how PayPal's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and agentic toolkit are transforming AI-driven workflows. "PayPal's launch of the MCP server and Agent Toolkit signals a transformative leap from traditional, generative AI to a new era of agentic commerce — where ... 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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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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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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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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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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Quantum Computing + AI: Unlocking the Next Frontier of Enterprise Innovation
This IDC Perspective explores the key opportunities and hurdles in integrating AI with quantum computing, and vice versa, to inform stakeholders on navigating this complex, evolving landscape. The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing represents one of the most transforma ... Read More
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F5's Strategic Vision for Application Delivery and Security in the AI Era
This IDC Market Note discusses key themes and takeaways from F5 AppWorld, held in London, May 2025. The main themes highlighted include: F5's evolution to the App Delivery and Security Platform, AI Gateway, and strategic acquisitions and partnerships. It also addresses key considerations for F5 as i ... 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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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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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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