IDC

International Data Corporation (IDC) stands as a preeminent global purveyor of market intelligence, advisory solutions, and impactful events tailored to the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology sectors. Housing a cadre of over 1,300 analysts spanning the globe, IDC's repository of expertise extends across global, regional, and local domains, proffering keen insights into technology landscapes and industry trends that span over 110 countries. This formidable wealth of analysis and perspective serves as a lodestar for IT professionals, corporate executives, and investment entities, enabling them to navigate technology choices grounded in empirical evidence and to attain pivotal business goals.

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.
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5,776 Reports from IDC

   
  • Worldwide Augmented, Extended, Mixed, and Virtual Reality Headset Forecast, 2025–2029: CY 2Q25

    This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide augmented, extended, mixed, and virtual reality headset market."The worldwide XR headset market received a much-needed boost in 2024 with the debut of Apple's Vision Pro headset," said Ramon T. Llamas, research director with IDC's XR tea ... Read More

  • 2025 KPMG Analyst Event — Evidence of Agentic AI Everywhere

    This IDC Market Perspective discusses KPMG’s 2025 analyst event that showcased its strategic initiatives and technological advancements, emphasizing AI integration, alliance strategies, and innovative platforms like Velocity and KPMG Clara. The event highlighted KPMG’s commitment to intelligent econ ... Read More

  • New Relic Launched 20+ New AI-Powered Innovations to Strength Its Leadership in the Observability Space

    This IDC Market Perspective analyzes the latest announcements by New Relic. This document focuses on the vendor’s new AI capabilities, strategy, and investments for 2025 and beyond. “AI-driven observability transforms complexity into clarity, enabling real-time insights, automated anomaly detection, ... Read More

  • Managed SPs: How Governance Is Central to Provisioning Managed Cloud Services in a Multicloud World

    This IDC Market Perspective discusses how governance is central to provisioning managed cloud services in a multicloud world. Factors that are driving managed SPs to incorporate a robust governance structure in supporting enterprise use of managed cloud services involve the need for managed SPs to d ... Read More

  • EMEA Emerging Technology Disruptions, 2025-2030

    The IDC Market Perspective provides insights into certain emerging technologies (i.e., intelligent wearables, quantum computing, satellite internet, advanced battery technologies, nuclear power, and central bank digital currencies), their potential impacts, and the opportunities they present for the ... Read More

  • Search in the Age of AI: Navigating from SEO to GEO

    This IDC Perspective delves into the search landscape that is transforming due to AI advancements, shifting from traditional SEO to generative engine optimization (GEO). This change requires businesses to optimize content for AI-driven search results, focusing on clarity, authority, and AI-friendly ... Read More

  • EMEA Infrastructure Scope and Definitions, 2025

    This IDC Market Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the scope and definitions for IDC's EMEA Digital Infrastructure Strategies research, outlining market segmentations and measurement methodologies across servers, external storage systems, and networking infrastructure, including classi ... Read More

  • Canadian Communications Service Provider Capex Spending, 2024–2025: Capital Intensity Keeps Falling

    This IDC Market Perspective details Canadian communications service provider capex spending for 2024–2025. Canadian communication service providers total capex investments will fall for a third year in a row in 2025, nearing spending levels last seen in 2020 when capex spending was hampered by COVID ... Read More

  • Leading the Future of Connectedness: How the National University of Singapore Sets the Standard for Seamless Experiences

    This IDC Perspective discusses the details of execution of the Best in Future of Connectedness from the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2024 in the Asia/Pacific region. The document discusses National University of Singapore's (NUS) transformation toward ubiquitous connectivity to deliver stable and se ... Read More

  • Raising the Bar: Hong Kong’s Upcoming Cybersecurity Law Sets a New Compliance Benchmark

    On March 19, 2025, Hong Kong introduced a new cybersecurity law aimed at strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure across key sectors. The legislation mandates annual security risk assessments, independent audits, and rapid incident reporting within two hours. Covering the banking, ene ... Read More

  • Infosys Analyst and Advisor Meet, U.S. Edition, 2025 — Enterprise AI Growth in the United States

    This IDC Market Perspective describes the most enlightening impressions of the several IDC analysts who participated in the Infosys’ Analyst and Advisor Meet 2025 rather than being a comprehensive account of everything Infosys is doing, in the hope that readers will want to engage with the analysts ... Read More

  • C3 AI Highlights New Agentic AI Platform Capabilities

    This IDC Market Note discusses C3 AI’s 2025 Transform conference held from March 18 to 20 in Boca Raton, Florida. It showcased the company’s advancements in agentic AI, emphasizing the company’s full-stack approach and innovative orchestration capabilities for unlocking business value with AI. Key t ... Read More

  • Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 1Q25 Preliminary Shipment Results

    This IDC Market Perspective provides a preliminary unit shipment range for worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) units by HDD drive class and estimated supplier market share for 1Q25.“HDD shipments appear poised to be down in the 1Q25 period as a combination of supply chain issues, seasonality, and lumpy ... Read More

  • Japan Datacenter Facility Forecast, 2025–2029: Investment and Spending

    This IDC study estimates and forecasts the market size, primarily focusing on the new construction/expansion and maintenance/update markets in the Japan DC facility market. The DC facility market covered in this study includes buildings, electrical facilities, and cooling systems. The DCs covered in ... Read More

  • Japan WAN Services Market Shares, 2024: Innovating for Future Growth Beyond Market Maturity

    This IDC study provides vendor shares for the Japan WAN services market in 2024. We estimate the market share by type of closed line.“Companies are being forced to respond to a variety of requirements, such as employees returning to the office, increased traffic due to expanded use of the cloud and ... Read More

  • Critical Guidance on the Impact of AI Adoption on Life Science Investment Strategy: Bio-IT 2025

    This IDC Market Note summarizes key observations and industry implications resulting from the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2025, and the associated Cambridge Venture, Innovation, & Partnering (VIP) forum, on the impact of AI adoption on life science investment strategy. ... Read More

  • Guardrails by Design: Contractual Keys to Responsible AI

    This IDC Perspective highlights the critical importance of incorporating specific contractual clauses when adopting AI solutions. By emphasizing data governance, ethical considerations, security, transparency, and oversight, these clauses provide a framework for responsible AI adoption for businesse ... Read More

  • IDC PeerScape: Practices for Avoiding New Risks in Cybersecurity Incident Reporting

    This IDC PeerScape discusses practices for avoiding new risks in cybersecurity incident reporting. “In all cases, risk assessment should look at the business impacts of each threat and prioritize defenses in terms of how they protect business operations and processes and customer data,” says David W ... Read More

  • Key Takeaways from Hannover Messe 2025

    This IDC Market Note highlights the key trends emerging from the Hannover Messe 2025 conference, which took place from March 31 to April 4, 2025, particularly in relation to manufacturing operations software.Hannover Messe again demonstrated this year why it is considered the world's most important ... Read More

  • Reshaping Intercompany Transactions in the Era of Trade Barriers

    This IDC Perspective discusses the high stakes and increasing scrutiny around intercompany transactions, highlighted by cases like the IRS’ dispute with Coca-Cola. This scrutiny on intercompany transactions underscores the need for robust systems, governance, and documentation in and outside the Uni ... Read More

  • GenAI Policy Template for End-User Technology Leaders

    This IDC Perspective provides a GenAI policy responding to client needs for a best practice GenAI governance policy to leverage. It responds to increasing client demand for GenAI policy guidance, leveraging research and real-world insights to accelerate policy implementation. The document emphasizes ... Read More

  • HP Amplify Conference 2025: Taking AI to the Edge and Driving the Future of Work

    This IDC Market Perspective discusses the HP Amplify Conference 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee, that showcased HP Inc.’s strategic vision, emphasizing AI integration across its product portfolio. Key initiatives discussed included AI transformation, supply chain regionalization, and evolving customer ... Read More

  • Consumption-Based Pricing in the AI Era

    This IDC Market Perspective explores best practices, key hurdles, and strategies to help businesses implement consumption-based pricing (CBP) effectively in the AI era. Consumption-based pricing is becoming essential in the AI era, offering flexibility and cost control. This model aligns spending wi ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: CIO Strategic Planning

    This IDC PlanScape presents a comprehensive guide for CIOs to develop and implement strategic planning in the digital enterprise. It enables organizations to navigate market turbulence, adapt rapidly to changing conditions, and orchestrate complex IT environments to deliver dynamic capabilities. In ... Read More

  • How Government Agencies Can Leverage AI Processes to Improve IT Sourcing and Procurement

    The IDC Perspective explores the transformative potential and recommends specific processes to leverage AI in IT government sourcing and procurement, highlighting its ability to enhance efficiency, productivity, and decision-making. With several government and commercial examples, the document under ... Read More

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