Category: Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing market research reports by IDC
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Japan AI Systems Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study summarizes the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Japan AI systems market based on information collected by the end of March 2025.The Japan AI systems market will continue to experience high growth because of the spread of generative AI (GenAI). On the other hand, GenAI is e ... Read More
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Amdocs Global Services and Studios Portfolio Evolves to Capture New Vertical Industry Opportunities
This IDC Market Note reviews Amdocs Global Services' portfolio announcements shared during 2025's Mobile World Congress. Amdocs is expanding its Global Services portfolio to reach new verticals and bring new offers to telco clients, leveraging digital, AI, cloud, and quality engineering to address c ... Read More
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Network APIs' Growing Potential
This IDC Market Note provides an overview of key instruments, drivers, and most recent developments in the network API realm, including interesting announcements during MWC25."The network API market is still in early stages, but with the technology already in place, operators, API aggregators and ot ... Read More
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Cloud Migration Plans: Australia and New Zealand Public Cloud Services 2025
This IDC report highlights that cloud adoption in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) is evolving from basic lift-and-shift migrations to more sophisticated, data-driven, and cloud-native strategies. Organisations are balancing the strengths of on-premises infrastructure for sensitive or performance-cri ... Read More
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Microsoft Entra ID Backup and Recovery Strategy: The Whys and Hows
This IDC Perspective highlights the need for dedicated third-party data protection services to ensure business continuity, compliance, and security of Microsoft Entra ID and why organizations should prioritize backing up Entra ID objects. Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is a cri ... Read More
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What in the Flock Is Going on in Public Safety Tech? Flock Safety Offers Shift from Monolithic Technologies to Integrated Platforms
This IDC Perspective discusses how Flock Safety offers a shift from monolithic technologies to integrated platforms. Flock Safety is disrupting the public safety technology market by expanding to a comprehensive platform, challenging established players like Axon and Motorola. The company's software ... Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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Strategic Data Platforms for Hybrid Cloud: Enabling Scalable Advanced Analytics, AI, and Agentic AI Capabilities
This IDC Perspective highlights significant trends in the adoption of modern data platforms, driving seamless AI/ML integration, workload optimization, and cost-effective, scalable deployment across hybrid cloud, on-prem, and edge environments. A hybrid cloud strategy ensures AI is embedded across c ... Read More
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Google Launches South African Cloud Region: Implications for Service Providers and Cloud Customers
This IDC Market Note provides IDC's opinions on the impact of Google's in-country cloud region in Johannesburg, South Africa."Google's formal opening of its first African cloud datacenter is a significant commitment to the local market. Google is late to market with local resources, but has grown a ... Read More
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Bridging the Gap: The Missing Piece in Managed SSE Providers’ Market Messaging
This IDC Market Perspective explores the missing elements in market positioning, emphasizing the role of service providers in solution fitment, transition management, and continuous optimization. Many managed SSE service providers focus their market messaging on solution capabilities while overlooki ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Data Management and Governance Practices to Boost Modernization
This IDC PeerScape explores how organizations can adopt data governance models that boost modernization and security practices, thereby improving data quality and access and driving better business decisions."An effective program aligns data governance elements with AI strategy. It prioritizes criti ... Read More
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SAS Insight 2025: Analytics for Defense and National Security
This IDC Market Note looks at the announcements and discussions from the SAS Insight 2025 industry analyst conference. The event highlighted the significant changes and improvements that SAS has gone through to both align its products with the current direction of the market and to prepare for an ev ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Best Practices for Successfully Deploying Multicloud Environments in Federal/National Government
This IDC PeerScape examines best practices from federal and central government agencies in deploying cloud.Cloud computing has become a strategic pillar for federal/national governments agencies in the U.S. and beyond. Cloud enables rapid development of digital services, data integration, and legacy ... Read More
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Vertice Continues Momentum with Series C Funding
This IDC Market Note examines Vertice's latest Series C funding round. Vertice, a SaaS and cloud spend optimization platform launched in 2021, has secured $50 million in Series C funding, bringing its total to over $100 million. The platform, which added intelligent workflow capabilities in 2024, ai ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific Managed Cloud Services Market Forecast, 2024–2028
This IDC Market Forecast reveals significant growth in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) managed cloud services (MCS) market. It is projected to expand from US$10.8 billion in 2023 to US$22.6 billion by 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.8%. This growth is underpinned by the ... Read More
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Amazon Web Services Accelerates Cloud Migration and Modernization with GenAI
This study highlights information from a briefing on how Amazon Web Services (AWS) is embracing GenAI to enable cloud migration and modernization for enterprise customers. GenAI has transformed cloud migration by automating tasks, improving decision making, and optimizing resources, significantly re ... Read More
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State of FinOps Survey, 2025
This IDC Market Note discusses the FinOps Foundation’s latest annual State of FinOps Survey released on February 20, 2025. Companies continue to grow and expand FinOps staffing and scope. IDC found that most enterprises operate in hybrid mode while spending heavily on public cloud and SaaS. FinOps t ... Read More
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How to Deal with the Shortage of Skills Needed for Digital Sovereignty
Digital sovereignty is becoming crucial as nations and organizations aim to secure data, comply with regulations, and reduce their reliance on foreign technology. The success of these initiatives hinges on addressing skill gaps in cybersecurity, data governance, and cloud management. Upskilling and ... Read More
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Worldwide Functions as a Service Forecast, 2025–2028
This IDC study provides the worldwide functions as a service (FaaS) market forecast for 2024 to 2028. It also presents regional forecasts and a discussion of significant market developments and leading market participants. “The FaaS market is forecast to grow from $3.2 billion in 2023 to $13.4 billi ... Read More
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Six Lessons from NRF 2025: Everything I Need to Know About Hospitality and Travel Digital Strategies I Learned from a 90s Movie
This IDC Perspective reflects upon the major themes and trends presented at the National Retail Federation's Big Show and Expo 2025 (NRF 2025) and how they apply to hospitality and travel organizations. With the rapid growth of AI, particularly agentic AI, hospitality and travel organizations will n ... Read More
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When Modernizing, Apply Architectural Principles to Build Resiliency for Critical Applications
This IDC Perspective provides a comprehensive road map for CIOs to architect resilient IT environments by aligning technology investments with business goals while balancing cost and performance. In the modern digital era, resilience has become a cornerstone of effective IT strategy. Organizations f ... Read More
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