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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5,957 Reports from IDC

   
  • How Do Retail Marketplaces Enable Contextual Customer Experiences

    Retail marketplaces that embed contextual intelligence into their digital infrastructure are redefining how value is created and perceived. As customer expectations shift toward immediacy, personalization, and trust, contextual experience becomes the new currency of differentiation. To meet these ex ... Read More

  • KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025: Main Takeaways from CNCF's Largest Event Yet

    This IDC Market Note serves as a debrief on CNCF's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 held in London from April 1 to 4, 2025. It provides inputs on the most notable areas of activity from the exhibitor floor; foundation-, end user–, and vendor-organized meetings and roundtables; foundation project ... Read More

  • Katun’s European Arivia Print Hardware Strategy

    This IDC Market Note presents a summary of Katun’s European strategy for its Arivia hardware brand in Europe. The vendor gave IDC an update to its European operations and explained how it envisages growth in the forthcoming years. ... Read More

  • Japan IT Security Product Market Share, 1H24: The Growing SaaS Security Market

    This IDC study analyzes vendor share and vendor trends in the Japan information security product market in 1H24. Also, in this period, the Japan information security product market saw growth in both the security software and security appliance markets as companies and organizations are asked to str ... Read More

  • Bringing AI to Data: Oracle's Vision for Unified, AI-Embedded Databases at the 2025 Analyst Summit

    This IDC Market Note discusses the Oracle Database Analyst Summit 2025, which highlights Oracle's strategy to integrate AI directly into its databases, offering a unified platform that simplifies data management and enhances AI capabilities. By embedding AI within the database, Oracle reduces data m ... Read More

  • Microsoft's 3Q25 Robust Growth Driven by the Company's AI and Cloud Operations Amid Uncertain Business Environment Underscore Commitment to Innovation Across the Technology Stack

    This IDC Market Note discusses how cloud and AI continue to drive Microsoft's results in 3Q25 despite the uncertainty that has emerged since the beginning of the year. Microsoft's 3Q25 results highlight the continued demand for the company's AI and cloud offerings amid global uncertainty. With a rev ... Read More

  • The Telecom Billing Transformation Landscape in the Age of AI

    Billing is a priority investment area for a significant portion of EMEA MNOs across the 2024–2026 period, reflecting a broader shift toward converged IT platforms that support capabilities like billing across diverse service lines and customer profiles. Billing systems play a dual role: managing rev ... Read More

  • IDC PlanScape: Communications Platform as a Service for Empowering Businesses

    This IDC study updates the latest scenario in the communications platform–as-a-service market.“CPaaS is poised to be the cornerstone of enterprise communication strategies, helping businesses deliver more personalized, efficient, and scalable communication solutions. CPaaS companies are leveraging m ... Read More

  • Japan Sustainability/ESG Services Forecast, 2025–2029

    This IDC study analyzes the overview and trends of the Japan sustainability services market, which is an extract of IT services from the services market defined by IDC and summarizes the results by service segment (business strategy, operations/business model, finance/accounting, human capital manag ... Read More

  • Adobe Summit 2025: Agentic Experience Orchestration

    This IDC Perspective summarizes Adobe's many product and partnership announcements at its Adobe Summit 2025 conference. "Adobe has embraced AI for many years, and its aggressive implementation of GenAI and agentic AI across its product lines builds on a long history of AI and machine learning develo ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Financial Services Organization Worldwide, 2025

    This IDC study presents the results of IDC's MaturityScape Benchmark AI Survey to help guide organizations on their AI maturity journey."Financial services institutions enjoy a leadership position in their adoption and maturity of AI in areas like risk and fraud exactly because of the regulated and ... Read More

  • Worldwide IDC Global DataSphere Forecast, 2025–2029

    This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide IDC Global DataSphere, which is a measure of how much data is created, captured, replicated, and consumed each year. It is forecast by several segments including consumer/enterprise, region, data type, location (core, edge, endpoint), an ... Read More

  • AI Oversight Framework: Financial GRC Requirement for AI Adoption

    This IDC Perspective emphasizes the critical need for CFOs to implement an AI oversight framework in finance, highlighting its role in ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience. It outlines steps for establishing governance structures, assigning roles, and manag ... Read More

  • GDC 2025 Postmortem: How Game Studios Translate Mission Statements, Values, and Principles into Action

    This IDC Market Note assesses how three game studios have translated their mission statements, values, and principles into action based on discussions held at or around the Game Developers Conference (GDC), which was held in California in mid-March. "Mission statements, values, and principles can he ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Hospitality and Travel Organization 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."Organizations that are struggling to be AI survivors in the hospitality and travel sector will find it increasingly difficult to catch up, ... Read More

  • IDC MarketScape Criteria: Worldwide Print Security Solutions and Services Hardcopy 2025 Vendor Assessment

    This IDC Market Perspective provides a description of the market definitions and assessment criteria for IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Security Solutions and Services Hardcopy 2025 Vendor Assessment (forthcoming)."Enterprises must prioritize print and document security as digital transformation a ... Read More

  • The Future of Business Consulting Services in an Agentic AI World

    This IDC Market Perspective discusses the future of business consulting services in an agentic AI world that is poised for significant transformation. Initially, AI, like the early days of ELIZA, created an illusion of human interaction, but today's agentic AI is designed to take over tasks from hum ... Read More

  • IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: AI-Fueled Life Sciences Organization Worldwide, 2025

    This IDC study presents the results of IDC's MaturityScape Benchmark AI Survey to help guide life sciences organizations on their AI maturity journey."It's a race, a race to the top, and AI will be the differentiator. The life sciences industry is the industry that will be the most disrupted by AI. ... Read More

  • Cloud Services Adoption, Channels, and Professional Services Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025

    This IDC Market Perspective provides insights into the service requirements of customers of managed cloud service providers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study highlights opportunities available to managed cloud service providers, based on the current challenges affecting enterprises in the region. Add ... Read More

  • Digital Payments for Corporate Travel and Entertainment Expenses

    This IDC Perspective examines the Italian Budget Law (L.207/2024) mandating traceable digital payments for T&E expenses. Aimed at combating tax evasion and enhancing fiscal transparency, the law requires that expenses be traceable to qualify for tax deductions, impacting corporate processes and ... Read More

  • CEQUENS Vendor Profile: An Emerging Major Player in the CPaaS Segment

    This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of CEQUENS, a major customer experience platform providing service in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. ... Read More

  • Tools and Guidance for Adherence to Compliance Standards

    This IDC Perspective discusses best practices for implementing adherence to compliance standards and provides an overview of the types of tools that support these efforts. Compliance standards are regulations, guidelines, or policies that organizations must follow to ensure legal, ethical, and opera ... Read More

  • Win-Win Product Discovery — A Retail Agentic AI Use Case

    This IDC Perspective dissects a key use case that applies agentic AI to enable automation, multilevel agents, orchestration agents, and a key focus on product discovery and search through online retail channels critical to business needs. The next generation of solutions will leverage the advantages ... Read More

  • Managed Public Cloud Services: Value of Public Cloud Providers When Partnering with Managed Service Providers

    This IDC Market Perspective provides insight into buyer experience in working with public cloud providers spanning AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Alibaba as part of utilizing managed cloud services and the managed SPs supporting these public clouds. This document looks specifically at client assessmen ... Read More

  • Impact of 2025 U.S. Tariffs and Export Restrictions on the HPC and AI Infrastructure Markets

    This IDC Market Note highlights the impact of recent U.S. tariffs on the HPC and AI infrastructure markets. The 2025 U.S. tariffs are exerting significant pressure on the HPC and AI infrastructure markets. Vendors across the ecosystem are encountering increased costs, supply chain disruptions, and p ... Read More

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