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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D-Wave: Redefining Blockchain with Quantum Computing
This IDC Market Note discusses the evolving landscape of quantum computing, emphasizing the need for diverse real-world applications beyond simulation-heavy use cases. D-Wave Quantum, Inc. demonstrated quantum hashing for blockchain, showcasing enhanced security and efficiency. By replacing classica ... Read More
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AVEVA World 2025: Accelerating Radical Collaboration
This IDC Market Note discusses AVEVA World 2025."Much of the focus of AVEVA World 2025 was on industrial AI, to be expected as manufacturing and energy organization continue to digitally transform," said Jeff Hojlo, research vice president, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Industry Ecosystems, and Busine ... Read More
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How Technology Transforms Industrial Operations' Workforces and Workflows
This IDC Perspective analyzes both the impact of emerging technologies on the necessary skills and the impact to key worker functions in industrial operations. As the rate of technological advancement accelerates, organizations are struggling to keep up with strategies around hiring, talent developm ... Read More
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Japan IT Spending Forecast by Vertical Segment, Company Employee Size, and Company Revenue Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents the actual IT spending (for 2023 and 2024) and forecasts (from 2025 to 2029) in the Japan IT market, categorized by industry sector, company size (number of employees), and annual revenue scale. This study also analyzes IT spending by dividing the industries into 21 categorie ... Read More
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NACHA Smarter Faster Payments 2025: Faster Is Key, But Don't Forget About Tried and True
This IDC Perspective discusses the annual NACHA Smarter Faster Payments conference that highlighted the transformative role of payments beyond transactional revenue, emphasizing their impact on deposits, products, innovation, and relationships. Key themes included the rise of instant payments, the e ... Read More
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How Tariff Threats Are Impacting the European Print Services Market
This IDC Market Note looks at how the threat of tariffs is already impacting the print services market in Europe. ... Read More
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RSAC Conference 2025: Agentic AI and a Continued Move Toward Integration Emerge as Key Themes
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of key trends, announcements, and other IDC insights from RSAC Conference 2025, held from April 28 to May 1 in San Francisco, California. This document highlights key trends identified at RSAC across cybersecurity product and service market segments, ... Read More
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Worldwide Edge Enterprise Infrastructure Forecast, 2025–2028
This IDC study presents the worldwide edge enterprise infrastructure forecast for 2025–2028. Shipment and revenue data is provided by major region and by provider type (e.g., service provider, managed services provider, and nonservice providers). Edge IT is the deployment of IT resources at peripher ... Read More
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Canva Create 2025 Expands Visual and Creative Use Cases
This IDC Market Note provides key takeaways from Canva's Create 2025 conference held in Hollywood Park in Los Angeles on April 10, 2025. Canva's Create 2025 conference unveiled Visual Suite 2.0 to enhance creative collaboration across enterprises. New features including Visual Suite 2.0, Canva Sheet ... Read More
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Anaplan Unveils Enhanced GTM Planning Suite and Champions Shift to Continuous Planning at Connect
This IDC Market Note discusses Anaplan's Connect event. The event showcased significant product innovations and strategic updates, emphasizing a $500 million investment in AI-driven business planning. Key launches included applications for segmentation, scoring, merchandise financial planning, and i ... Read More
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Batch Release Digitalization in Life Sciences: Enhancing Quality, Productivity, and Compliance
This IDC Perspective examines the improvements batch release digitalization brings to life sciences manufacturers, driving operational efficiency, quality, and compliance. It highlights the transformative impact of digital technologies on the batch release process and offers actionable guidance for ... Read More
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Paving the Way With AI: The Oil and Gas Industry's Energy Transition Journey — 2025 View
This IDC Perspective looks at the energy transition state of worldwide O&G companies, highlighting how they are adopting AI to boost business processes and asset operations in line with their larger net zero goals. It outlines O&G companies' net zero ambitions, commitments, and timelines, th ... Read More
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Japan 3rd Platform Forecast by Vertical Segment and Company Size, 2025–2029
This IDC study classifies Japan industries into 21 industry sectors, including 17 business categories and four non-business categories — central government, local governments, education, and consumers — and reports the actual (2024) and forecast (2025–2029) 3rd Platform spending in each sector. This ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Product Excellence to Propel Digital Business for Government Agencies
This IDC PlanScape focuses on one component of government IT's array of challenges to help agencies achieve product excellence in government digital business."The new differentiating capability of a government agency enterprise is how good you are at building and delivering digital products and serv ... Read More
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Infor 2025 Analyst Summit: Integrating AI and Process Intelligence for Industry-Specific Transformation
This IDC Perspective presents a reflection on Infor's strategic direction as discussed during the April 2025 Analyst Summit. It examines Infor's industry-focused approach to integrating AI and process intelligence within its cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, marking a transition fr ... Read More
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Key Announcements from RSAC 2025 for DevSecOps and Software Supply Chain Security
This IDC Perspective summarizes key product announcements and market developments from RSA Conference 2025, with a focus on application security. The event featured a surge of innovation across areas including securing AI agents and applications, modernizing application security testing, strengtheni ... Read More
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Pivoting Toward Cloud and Software Delivery Strategic Autonomy: The Geopolitical Environment Creates the Premise for New Strategic Road Maps in Europe
This IDC Market Perspective discusses initiatives taking shape in Europe regarding technology self-reliance within the software infrastructure, cloud, and software delivery space in the context of geopolitical changes that affect U.S.-Europe relations. It introduces considerations around investment ... Read More
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Infor Innovation Summit 2025 — Maximizing Value Through Accelerated Innovation for Sustainable Success: Asia/Pacific (Including Japan) Perspective
This IDC report provides insights and an overview of the Infor Innovation Summit held in New York City on April 9 and 10, 2025, with emphasis on the Asia/Pacific (including Japan) (APJ) perspective. The event showcased Infor's strategic direction, industry focus, customer successes, and latest produ ... Read More
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NTT DATA Horizons 2025: Key Takeaways for the Financial Services Industry
At NTT DATA's Horizons 2025 event, the company showcased innovations aimed at a connected and sustainable future, with an emphasis on AI, data management, and data protection. Key innovations relevant to the financial services industry include the IOWN initiative for photonic technology, digital twi ... Read More
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Japan Data Platform, Logistics, and Operations Forecast, 2025–2029
In this IDC study, we define the Japan data platform, logistics, and operations market as a competitive market and classify it into four categories: data protection, data security, data management systems, and other data governance. Based on revenue performance and market trends up to 2024, we forec ... Read More
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SAP 1Q25: Continued Cloud Growth, Plus Data and AI, Is Enabling Businesses and the Future of Work
This IDC Market Note discusses SAP’s recent announcement of its 1Q25 results, and this document is a review of the earnings announced along with guidance.“SAP continues to achieve growth in cloud and has a solid data and AI strategy,” said Mickey North Rizza, group vice president, Enterprise Softwar ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: How to Put Down an Enterprise Learning Rebellion
This IDC PlanScape examines learning resistance in enterprises. It presents the IDC learning empowerment framework, comprising eight pillars, that enterprises can use to reduce learning resistance and design more evocative, effective, and efficient training initiatives."Addressing learning rebellion ... Read More
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Agents as Apps: An Opportunity for Greater Innovation, More Revenue, and Increased Market Share
This IDC Market Perspective looks at the opportunity for enterprise application vendors and their partners to completely rethink their products and markets and gain more market share. AI agents will double the TAM for enterprise software vendors. With the threat of tariffs, geopolitical strife, and ... Read More
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Cybersecurity in EMEA Retail: AI's Role in Enhancing Cyberattack and Fraud Protection in Retail
This IDC Perspective discusses how cybersecurity in EMEA retail is being fundamentally reshaped by the integration of AI to address evolving digital threats. As retailers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa accelerate their digital transformation efforts — adopting technologies such as omni-chann ... Read More
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Customer Economic and Geopolitical Concerns: Potential Effects on the IT Service Management Market
This IDC Market Perspective highlights the shifts in IT spending related to IT service management, enterprise service management, and IT asset management due to geopolitical changes, with a focus on automation and AI. "Amid economic uncertainty, organizations look to AI and automation investments fo ... Read More
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