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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.
6,041 Reports from IDC
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Questions to Ask Your SaaS Vendor to Assess Security Posture
This IDC Perspective discusses the importance of addressing cybersecurity questions during software procurement that cannot be understated to ensure third-party applications meet security requirements, the need for risk mitigation, compliance assurance, cost efficiency, and building trust. By evalua ... Read More
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Agentic AI in the SOC: Early Innovations and Market Signals from RSAC 2025
This IDC Market Perspective provides highlights and takeaways from the 2025 RSA Conference (RSAC), held in San Francisco from April 29 through May 1, under the theme Many Voices. One Community. While GenAI remained one of the dominant themes, agentic AI emerged in select vendor announcements — frame ... Read More
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Red Hat Summit 2025: Ushering in a New Era of Open AI–Enabled Platforms and Ecosystem Innovation
This IDC Market Note describes the key announcements made at Red Hat Summit 2025 held in Boston. Red Hat Summit 2025 highlighted the company's vision for AI-enabled automation and open hybrid cloud, emphasizing Red Hat's commitment to open source principles and AI technologies. Key announcements inc ... Read More
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Regulatory Turning Point: How Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI Laws Are Reshaping Enterprise Strategy in Asia/Pacific
This IDC Perspectivehighlights how the convergence of data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI regulations is fundamentally reshaping enterprise technology strategy across Asia/Pacific. As governments race to enhance digital resilience and enterprises grapple with compliance complexity, this regulatory m ... Read More
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Worldwide Business Use Tablet Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for the worldwide business use of tablet shipments by operating system and user type (consumer, individual liable, and corporate liable). It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document are based on info ... Read More
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Agentic AI in Cybersecurity: A Primer Guide for Cybersecurity Architects
This IDC Perspective on agentic AI in cybersecurity explores the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, emphasizing the role of agentic AI, which enables systems to exhibit agency through perception, reasoning, and action. The document outlines the progression from manual operations to dynamic autonomy, ... Read More
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Japan Digital Business Professional Services Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study summarizes the 2024 performance and market forecast for 2025–2029 of the Japan digital business (DB) professional services market, categorized into five types of service segments across two areas: business services and IT services. The DB professional services market in 2024 achieved ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: DevSecOps Success Measurement
This IDC PlanScape highlights the importance of DevSecOps success measurement."Businesses need DevSecOps to protect critical digital investments and ensure reliable service delivery. But they also need to ensure they are operating cost effectively and that their DevSecOps investments are yielding th ... Read More
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Reducing Tariff Exposure — Using PLM to Manage Manufacturers’ Risk
This IDC Market Note explores ways that manufacturers can leverage PLM to manage the business impact of increased tariffs. In the current geopolitical climate, tariff threats are increasing manufacturers’ economic risks, impacting production costs, profit margins, and supply chains. PLM is a strateg ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Whole Cloud Services Forecast, 2025–2028
This IDC study consolidates information from various IDC forecasts and trackers related to cloud computing. It maintains consistent definitions with those forecasts to offer insights into the extent to which major IT sectors are impacted by cloud technology in various forms. Additionally, the report ... Read More
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Cloud Observability — The Need for Resilience
This IDC Perspective discusses how cloud observability solutions represent the next generation of cloud (infrastructure and applications) monitoring systems that can continuously and comprehensive measure the digital infrastructure of organizations and help deliver consistent service, swift problem ... Read More
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How S3NS Is Positioning on the Sovereignty Market: Key Insights from the S3NS Summit 2025
This IDC Market Note provides a snapshot of the S3NS Summit 2025 and highlights S3NS' strategic positioning in the sovereign cloud market. This joint venture by Google Cloud and Thales aims to expand beyond France by leveraging SecNumCloud standards to attract European interest and fuel S3NS' growth ... Read More
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Redington Gulf FZE Leverages Hexalytics' Capabilities for Data- and AI-Driven Transformation
The demand for AI in the Middle East has been growing, driven by government initiatives and organizational goals to improve operational efficiency, support informed decision-making, and enhance customer experiences. While many organizations are investing in the AI features of packaged solutions, the ... Read More
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Cloud Repatriation Trends in India: What Should CIOs and CTOs Consider?
This IDC perspective discusses the cloud repatriation drivers and trends in India. The report discusses the growing adoption of public cloud platforms and its associate challenges. The document takes a deep dive into the benefits of dedicated cloud and the key drivers for India organizations repatri ... Read More
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Beyond Recruitment: The Shifting Focus of AI Talent Strategy in European Enterprises
The AI & Data Exchange conference in Vienna highlighted strategic approaches to AI talent management, emphasizing the need for a dynamic framework. Organizations face decisions about building, buying, or partnering for AI talent, with retention being a major concern. Successful strategies involv ... Read More
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Scaling AI Responsibly: Business, Data, and Talent Strategies from the Vienna AI and Data Exchange
This IDC Market Note summarizes insights from the 2025 IDC AI and Data Xchange Summit in Vienna. It reflects the region's evolving AI maturity, with participants emphasizing responsible scaling, AI governance, use-case alignment, and readiness of data infrastructure. It also covers emerging themes s ... Read More
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HCLTech: Positioning for the AI Era
This IDC Market Perspective provides IDC's views, learnings, perspectives, and advice after attending HCLTech's Financial Services Analyst Day held May 13, 2025, in New York City. It encapsulates several keynote and presentation sessions in which IDC heard from multiple speakers. The event started w ... Read More
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Pioneering Innovation with GenAI-Infused Software Development: Best Practices, Strategic Polices, and Regulations in Asia/Pacific (Singapore, Southeast Asia, and India)
This IDC Perspective explores the transformative impact of generative AI (GenAI) on software development in Asia/Pacific, emphasizing best practices, strategic policies, and regulations. It highlights GenAI's role in accelerating the software development life cycle (SDLC), enhancing productivity, an ... Read More
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Architecting Autonomous Networks: The Role of Cloud-Native Transformation of the Core
This IDC study emphasizes the importance of cloud-native architecture for communications SPs and technologies that facilitate automation. Mobile core handles multiple tasks such as data routing, subscriber management, authentication, policy management, among others. The core is largely centralized a ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: BYOD Programs for Large Enterprises
This IDC PlanScape provides BYOD decision imperatives organizations must work through in four key areas: understanding worker populations, creating BYOD policies, evaluating technology, and evaluating services solutions. In addition, we provide guidance on which key stakeholders in the organization ... Read More
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Catalysts of Change: The Strategic Role of Organizational Development Consultants in Finance and Digital Transformation
This IDC Perspective discusses how the organizational development (OD) consultants play a crucial role in finance and digital transformation by aligning people, culture, and processes with enterprise objectives. They facilitate change management, upskill teams, and redesign workflows to ensure succe ... Read More
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Roland Doubles Down with New "X" Models
This IDC Market Note highlights some of the news and insights from the recent Roland DG event where the company unveiled a new XG-series large format eco-solvent inkjet printer-cutter. ... Read More
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Smart Aging: The Rise of AI-Driven Elderly Care Ecosystem
This IDC study underscores the imperative for healthcare providers, particularly aged care centers across Asia/Pacific, to proactively plan and implement new models of elderly care by harnessing the power of clinical data and AI. In addition to showcasing leading vendors and their innovative solutio ... Read More
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Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents an update to Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Forecast Update, 2024–2028 (IDC #US52746924, December 2024). It integrates IDC's current IT hardware and consumer electronics products forecasts through 2029 as well as updated HDD and SSD technology transition assumptions. This forecast ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Disaster Recovery Maturity
This IDC PlanScape describes how to apply the maturity model by honestly assessing the capabilities and developing a road map and improvement plan based on that model.According to Gerald Johnston, adjunct research advisor for IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP), "A poor IT response to a single event c ... Read More

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