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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Western Europe Business Inkjet Shares, 2024: Strong Performances from Market Leaders
This IDC Market Share will examine dynamics, the winners and losers, and technologies that are emerging as major opportunities in the Western European business inkjet market in 2024."Fast market growth in 2024 came on the back of increases in desktop ink tank systems. Ink cartridge systems still com ... Read More
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Retail Technology Show London 2025: Trends and Technologies Transforming Retail Operations
Retail Technology Show London 2025 highlighted how data analytics, AI, and RFID technologies are transforming retail operations. Retailers focusing on these integrated technologies will gain a competitive advantage through enhanced operational efficiency, loss prevention capabilities, and personaliz ... Read More
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Cyber-Resilience — Turning Every Crisis into an Opportunity to Emerge Stronger
This IDC Perspective emphasizes the critical importance of cyber-resilience in today’s digital landscape. With increasing cyber-risks and the adoption of AI, organizations must prioritize cyber-resilience to mitigate threats and ensure operational continuity. The document highlights the need for com ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: AI Residual Risk Transfer — A New Frontier for P&C Insurers
This IDC Perspective explores the growing importance of insurance-backed solutions for managing AI-related risks. According to IDC’s latest FutureScape: Worldwide Insurance 2025 Top 10 Predictions, by 2028, 90% of AI vendors and 50% of G2000 companies using self-developed AI are expected to rely on ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Lessons Learned for Integrating New Tech and Innovations into the Flow of Work
This IDC PeerScape presents lessons learned and best practices for successfully incorporating new technology or innovations into the flow of work.“All organizations that want to keep pace with the speed of change will have to routinely test and introduce new technology into their organizations,” sai ... Read More
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The Evolving Impact of Agentic AI on the Future of Work: Regional Comparisons 2025
This IDC Perspective explores the transformative impact of agentic AI on the future of work, highlighting regional differences in adoption and its implications on work cultures, operational efficiency, and business strategies. It emphasizes the need for organizations to navigate change management, u ... Read More
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How to Prepare for AI Compliance Regulations Starting Now
This IDC Perspective offers guidance on how enterprises can meet the AI regulatory challenge. The landscape surrounding AI compliance remains fluid and complex due largely to the fact that many regulations specific to AI remain in draft form and because different jurisdictions are adopting varying r ... Read More
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RingCentral Is Taking a Holistic Approach to Drive Customer Success with AI
This IDC Market Note summarizes key takeaways from RingCentral's 2025 Analyst Summit, which highlighted its AI-driven customer experience innovations, including the launch of AI Receptionist. The event showcased RingCentral's vision to become an AI-powered platform to drive meaningful EX and CX. The ... Read More
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Fujitsu 2030: Targeting Revenue Growth Through Net Positive Innovations
The IDC Market Perspective discusses Fujitsu's European Analyst Day, highlighting Fujitsu's strategic shift toward becoming a globally driven business services leader, emphasizing its 2030 vision of trust, innovation, and sustainability. Key strategies include the Uvance solution portfolio, moderniz ... Read More
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The Next-Generation Digital Leader
This IDC Perspective discusses how CEOs are looking for digital leaders that bring differentiation and leadership in terms of strategy, ROI, and risk.The expectations of the next generation of digital leadership are high. CEOs and boards are keen to see value-based impacts through disruptive strateg ... Read More
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Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply Forecast, 4Q24–4Q25 and 2025–2029
This IDC study presents an outlook on the DRAM market for 2025–2029. The DRAM industry dynamics and the application forecast changes are aggregated, analyzed, and applied to the long-term DRAM forecasts in terms of units, revenue, and content per system for each application segment.“AI demand will l ... Read More
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Worldwide XR Headset Market Shares, 2024: Apple Debuts at Number 2 Behind Meta
This IDC study presents the worldwide XR headset market shares by vendor for 2024.“The worldwide XR market took slow but certain steps forward in 2024,” says Ramon T. Llamas, research director, IDC’s XR, Gaming, and Interactive 3D Software team. “The official debut of Apple’s Vision Pro headset and ... Read More
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Empowering AI Innovation: The Role of Vector Technologies
This IDC Market Perspective discusses how vector databases are transforming AI by enabling applications like semantic search, recommendation systems, and fraud detection. This document explores two key approaches: native vector databases, purpose-built for large-scale AI workloads, and integrated ve ... Read More
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Worldwide NAND Flash Demand and Supply Forecast, 4Q24–4Q25 and 2025–2029
This IDC study presents an outlook on the NAND market for 2025–2029. The NAND industry dynamics and the application forecast changes are aggregated, analyzed, and applied to this long-term NAND forecast in terms of units, revenue, and content per system for each application segment.“AI effect will b ... Read More
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Oracle's 3Q25 Earnings Demonstrate Solid Progress Despite Slowed Growth
This IDC Market Note explores Oracle's FY 3Q25 financial results and the impact on key areas of the company's business. Oracle's FY 3Q25 earnings highlight the company's strategic focus on expanding cloud infrastructure, database innovation, and healthcare solutions. Key financials include a 63% inc ... Read More
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Top 5 Trends in Security Information and Event Management Systems
This IDC Perspective explores five key security information and event management (SIEM) trends for 2025 and provides strategic and tactical guidance for CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs to maximize their security investments. As cyberthreats evolve, security information and event management solutions are becom ... Read More
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IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Media and Entertainment Worldwide, 2025
This IDC study presents the results of IDC’s 2025 AI-Fueled Organization MaturityScape Benchmark Survey to help guide organizations on their AI maturity journey.“Leading organizations in the media industry start their AI journeys by establishing an effective strategy initially focused on people’s re ... Read More
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SAS Insight 2025: Accelerating AI Innovations to Drive Productivity, Performance, and Value
This IDC Market Note focuses on key takeaways from the SAS Insight 2025 industry analyst conference, held from February 26 to 28. SAS highlighted its 2025 strategy, corporate initiatives, and road map to position itself as the most trustworthy data and AI partner. The company further advanced SAS Vi ... Read More
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Kantox: Applying a Software-Driven Approach to Enterprise FX Risk Management
This Vendor Profile provides a vendor assessment and product overview of the Kantox FX risk management software solution. ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: IT Performance Measurement Using Product Costing KPIs
This IDC PlanScape will describe how IT can improve its performance by shifting to a product-centric, agile team structure where all the advantages of using product costing and measuring business KPIs can be exploited. “Moving to a full product-oriented costing and KPI system is not simply a financi ... Read More
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NIS2: Services Partners Ready to Provide Digital Business Support
This IDC Perspective discusses NIS2 compliance requirements, the challenges for businesses, the importance of business continuity, incident management measures, and seeking independent expert support to ensure a streamlined and value-added digital business. It leverages insights from IDC's cloud dat ... Read More
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Japan IT Services Forecast by Vertical Segment, 2025–2029
This IDC study covers the overview of and trends in the Japan IT services market. It analyzes user companies by 18 industry segments (subcategories), as well as IT services spending by six industry segments (main categories) and three service segments (subcategories). We predict the market size and ... Read More
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Capturing Developer Mindshare: An Assessment Tool for Evaluation, Planning, Strategy, and Implementation
This IDC Market Perspective outlines a five-level maturity model for cultivating developer mindshare. In addition, a detailed spreadsheet is provided for assessing an enterprise's developer mindshare efforts, planning next steps, and evaluating results. Combined, these resources provide a framework ... Read More
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IntelliCare by InterSystems: Revolutionizing Electronic Health Records with Next-Gen AI
This Market Note highlights the launch of InterSystems' IntelliCare, an AI-powered electronic health record (EHR) and healthcare information system. This report covers its features and maps its capabilities with the key areas of focus of care providers to ensure alignment with the current market and ... Read More
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Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 4Q24: Xerox Announces Plans to Acquire Lexmark, Economic Improvement Slows
This IDC Market Perspective contains excerpts from public financial disclosures by leading hardcopy vendors and details the impact of inflation, economic uncertainty, and other issues facing hardcopy vendors on performance and forecasts.“In the fourth quarter, the hardcopy market was steady but unsp ... Read More
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