Category: Internet of Things IoT
Internet of Things IoT market research reports by IDC
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Transforming the Software Development Life Cycle with Agentic AI
This IDC Market Perspective explores the transformative impact of agentic AI on the software development life cycle (SDLC), highlighting its potential to enhance operational efficiency, governance, and agility. As AI adoption accelerates, agentic AI is becoming a central force in transforming softwa ... Read More
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No, CLM Is Not Dead
This IDC Perspective challenges the notion that contract life-cycle management (CLM) is obsolete due to advancements in generative AI (GenAI). It argues that while GenAI offers capabilities such as data extraction and contract summarization, it lacks the tailored legal expertise, compliance, and str ... Read More
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From Administrative Drain to Clinical Gain: The Case for Agentic AI in Prior Authorization for Healthcare Providers
This IDC Perspective explores how healthcare providers can radically streamline one of their most burdensome administrative processes, prior authorization (PA), through agentic AI. The document details the operational inefficiencies of legacy PA workflows, examines why traditional automation has fai ... Read More
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Google Cloud’s Partnering Strategy — Building the Ecosystem for Agentic AI in EMEA
Google Cloud is doubling down on its identity as a platform and ecosystem company. At Next 25, the company made it clear that its future growth hinges on deep, flexible, and scalable partnerships. In the era of agentic AI and cloud 4.0, Google’s success will depend on how well it can co-innovate wit ... Read More
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European eSIM Device Market Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC Forecast provides analysis and forecasts for eSIM shipments and installed base in both the consumer and IoT markets. It includes forecasts of devices by eSIM specification."The European eSIM market is entering a pivotal phase of rapid acceleration, propelled by surging consumer awareness fr ... Read More
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European 5G RedCap IoT Connectivity Market Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC Market Forecast offers a comprehensive analysis of 5G reduced capability (RedCap), detailing its emergence as the critical "missing middle" in cellular IoT connectivity. It provides a five-year forecast for RedCap connections and spending in Europe, examines the market context that necessit ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific Channel Pulse: Distributors, VARs, and GSIs 2025
This IDC Market Perspective analyzes the evolving roles of distributors, VARs, and global systems integrators (GSIs) in the Asia/Pacific technology channel landscape. Amid economic volatility and shifting enterprise buying patterns, partners are accelerating their shift toward value-led services, ve ... Read More
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Adapting Your Digital Twin Strategy in an AI and a Data Model–Based World
This IDC Perspective frames digital twin strategies in the context of today's data-model and AI-driven world. Now more than ever, companies require a unified strategy for industrial analytics initiatives to eliminate technical burden, reduce overlap in efforts, and drive high-quality insights for op ... Read More
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Empowering Autonomous Commerce: How PayPal's MCP Server and Agent Toolkit Are Transforming AI-Driven Workflows
This IDC Market Perspective discusses how PayPal's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and agentic toolkit are transforming AI-driven workflows. "PayPal's launch of the MCP server and Agent Toolkit signals a transformative leap from traditional, generative AI to a new era of agentic commerce — where ... Read More
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Press Ganey Forsta Announces the Acquisition of InMoment, Creating a New Powerhouse in the Voice of the Customer and CX Markets
This IDC Market Note looks at the announcement made on May 14, 2025, by Press Ganey Forsta (PG Forsta) of its acquisition of InMoment. Given that both firms target the "voice of the customer" (VOC) and "customer experience" markets, this event is of interest to other firms targeting that market as w ... Read More
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Palmyra X5: Unlocking Enterprise-Scale AI with a Million Token Context Window
This IDC Market Perspective discusses the release and features of Palmyra X5. "Palmyra X5 demonstrates how large context windows and hybrid attention architectures are moving generative AI beyond simple text generation into the realm of true process automation for enterprises. By enabling the analys ... Read More
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Digital Sovereignty Priorities for Technology Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
This IDC Market Perspective explores digital sovereignty priorities for technology services in SSA. The report highlights current digital regulations and policies. In addition, it assesses the current and future trends, drivers, and challenges affecting sovereign cloud adoption in Nigeria, Kenya, an ... Read More
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Quantum Computing + AI: Unlocking the Next Frontier of Enterprise Innovation
This IDC Perspective explores the key opportunities and hurdles in integrating AI with quantum computing, and vice versa, to inform stakeholders on navigating this complex, evolving landscape. The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing represents one of the most transforma ... Read More
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F5's Strategic Vision for Application Delivery and Security in the AI Era
This IDC Market Note discusses key themes and takeaways from F5 AppWorld, held in London, May 2025. The main themes highlighted include: F5's evolution to the App Delivery and Security Platform, AI Gateway, and strategic acquisitions and partnerships. It also addresses key considerations for F5 as i ... Read More
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Ready or Not, Here Comes Agentic AI: Exploratory View from IT and Business Leaders at IDC Data Xchange 2025
The dedicated agentic AI roundtable discussion at IDC's Data Xchange 2025 in May 2025 highlighted the appetite for agentic AI across multiple business and operational use cases. Despite the potential of AI agents to transform businesses and reduce manual repetitive toil, challenges persist — such as ... Read More
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Worldwide Workstation Market Shares, 1Q25: Refreshes and AI Growth Trigger 13.4% Growth
This IDC study discusses worldwide workstation market shares in 1Q25."The workstation market continues to show strength as we get deeper into companies' refresh cycles and migrations," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays, IDC. "Expect AI use cases to keep the party going ... Read More
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AI on Cloud: End-User Adoption Trends in the Middle East and Africa, 2025
AI and cloud computing are no longer separate technology initiatives they are converging into a unified strategy for innovation and scalability. This interdependence is shaping how enterprises in the MEA region invest, deploy, and derive value from both technologies. This IDC Perspective examines en ... Read More
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AI Skills Unlocked: What Tech Vendors and IT Service Providers Need to Know
The IDC Market Perspective explores the evolving AI skills landscape for tech vendors and IT service providers, emphasizing the need for both technical and nontechnical competencies. As AI adoption accelerates, organizations must bridge skill gaps, comply with regulations, and deliver innovative sol ... Read More
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Highlights from Medidata NEXT London 2025: Accelerating Clinical Trials Through AI and Patient-Centric Innovation
Medidata NEXT London 2025 highlighted AI and patient-centric innovations transforming clinical trials. The event showcased Medidata's ecosystem and platform-based strategy, which involves using AI to transform experiences in patient engagement, data management, and trial execution. Key topics includ ... Read More
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ServiceNow Knowledge 2025 Highlights for State and Local Governments
This IDC Market Note analyzes the key announcements made at the ServiceNow Knowledge 2025 conference, held on May 5–8 in Las Vegas. The event brought together ServiceNow users and technology partners to explore the latest innovations being delivered on the ServiceNow AI Platform and via ServiceNow’s ... Read More
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Leveraging GenAI in Business Process Services for Finance and Accounting
This IDC Perspective explores the integration of GenAI in finance and accounting business process services, highlighting its transformative role in streamlining operations, enhancing data analysis, and improving decision-making. GenAI is increasingly adopted for automating routine tasks, enabling pr ... Read More
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ServiceNow Announces Aggressive Agentic AI Solutions at Knowledge 2025
This IDC Market Note takes a look at announcements made by ServiceNow at Knowledge 2025. At its Knowledge 2025 conference in May, ServiceNow emphasized “putting AI to work for people” with AI Agent Fabric to help AI agents to work together and the AI Agent Control Tower to manage all AI agents acros ... Read More
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Visual Collaboration, AI, and the New Trust
The IDC Perspective explores the evolution of collaboration applications, emphasizing the rise of visual collaboration and AI in creating a more engaging, multimodal work environment. It highlights the shift from traditional email and systems to integrated, visual, and AI-driven solutions that enhan ... Read More
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Japan Security Services Forecast 2025–2029: Structural Transformation Brought About by AI and Platformization
This IDC study provides spending trends and growth forecasts for the Japan security services market from 2025 to 2029, divided into the professional security services market and the managed security services market. One of the factors driving the market is the demand for services that address the la ... Read More
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Agentic AI Disruption in Enterprise Intelligence
This IDC Market Perspective explores the ways in which enterprise intelligence architectures will change in support of agentic AI, and how agentic AI will disrupt technology and activities within enterprise intelligence systems. It highlights the importance of data accessibility, real-time distribut ... Read More
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