IDC Predictions 2013
Competing on the 3rd Platform
Opportunities at the Intersection of Mobile, Cloud, Social, and Big Data
The ICT industry is in the midst of a once every 20-25 years shift to a new technology platform for growth and innovation. We call it the 3rd Platform, built on mobile devices and apps, cloud services,
mobile broadband networks, big data analytics and social technologies. By 2020, when the ICT industry reaches $5 billion - $1.7 billion larger than it is today - at least 80% of the industry's growth will driven
bythese 3rd platform technologies, an explosion of new solutions built on the new platform, along with rapidly expanding consumption of all of the above in emerging markets. IDC will share predictions of
2013's critical events - ones that will radically redefine the market, and redistribute market share - as new solutions and leaders emerge on the 3rd platform.
Please click on the Business, Technology and Industry tabs below to see the 2013 Predictions schedule for each coverage area.
In 2013, 56% of all new technology projects will involve the line of business. The intersection of IT and business is so important in the enterprise, IDC has developed a series of Predictions that will help both IT and line of business work more effectively together. Line of business Predictions include CFO, CISO, CMO and CRO.
Events
TOPIDC Insights
IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform
November 29, 2012 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Insights Predictions 2013: Cross-Industry Overview
December 3, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Insights Predictions 2013: CIO Agenda
December 3, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
Energy
IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: Oil & Gas
December 5, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: Utilities
December 5, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Utilities
December 12, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Financial
IDC Financial Insights Predictions 2013: Global Capital Markets
December 4, 2012 | 10:00 AM US ET, 15:00 GMT
IDC Financial Insights Predictions 2013: Financial Services
December 11, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Financial Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Financial Services
January 23, 2013 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Government
IDC Government Insights Predictions 2013: Government
December 4, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Government Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Government
December 10, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Healthcare
IDC Health Insights Predictions 2013: Health
December 4, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Health Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Health
December 13, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Manufacturing
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Manufacturing
December 6, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Smart Services and Aftermarket Strategies
December 11, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Supply Chain
December 12, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Product Lifecycle Strategies
December 12, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
Research
TOPIDC Prediction Reports and Presentations will be available following the scheduled webinars
As we have for the past three decades, IDC ends the year with our outlook for the coming year in the ICT market. During the next 60 days, IDC will publish literally dozens of IDC Top 10 Predictions documents for 2013.
Events
TOPWorldwide
IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform
November 29, 2012 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: Systems Infrastructure Software
December 13, 2012 | | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: The New Datacenter Dynamic
December 18, 2012 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: The Evolving Security Ecosystem
December 20, 2012 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: Big Data-Battle for Dominance in the Intelligent Economy
January 8, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: Enterprise Communications and Datacenter Networks
January 10, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Telecom, Mobility and Network Infrastructure 2013 Predictions: Navigating the Storms
January 15, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: What's Next in Consumer Markets?
January 17, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: Semiconductors Enabling Convergence in Smartphones, Tablets and PCs
January 22, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: SMB – Impact of Changing Priorities, Preferences, Challenges
January 24, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: Storage Industry Transformation: Convergence, Cloud and Scale-Out
January 29, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: The Next Frontier for Applications, AD&D and Software Business Strategies
January 31, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: New Models Take Hold and Opportunities Emerge in the Global Services Market
February 5, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IT Channels and Alliances: Trends and Predictions 2013
February 6, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: A Transformation in the Making for the 2013 Hardcopy Market
February 7, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: Enterprise Servers
February 12, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: High Performance Computing
February 26, 2013 | 12:00PM US ET, 17:00 GMT
Latin America
IDC Predictions 2013: Latin America Predictions 2013 (Spanish Version)
January 9, 2013 | 12:00PM EST, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: Latin America Predictions 2013 (English Version)
January 10, 2013 | 12:00PM EST, 17:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: Latin America Predictions 2013 (Portuguese Version)
Date and time: TBD
EMEA
IDC Predictions 2013: The Professional Services Industry in Western Europe
Community
December 4, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
IDC's European Services Predictions for 2013
Community
December 6, 2012 | 8:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Predictions 2013: European Software
Wednesday 23 January, 2013 | 8:00 AM US ET, 13:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: European Telco and Networking
Tuesday 29 January, 2013 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
IDC Predictions 2013: European Cloud (Hardware, Software, Services, Comms)
Tuesday, 5th February, 2013 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Research
TOPIDC Predictions Reports and Presentations will be available following the scheduled webinar
Worldwide
Worldwide Applications 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Mar-13
Worldwide Application Development and Deployment 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Mar-13
Worldwide Enabling Technologies and Semiconductors 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Worldwide Security 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Worldwide Technical Computing 2013Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Worldwide Unified Communications and Collaboration 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Worldwide Printing and Imaging 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Transformation Serves as the Foundation
Feb-13
Africa Software Market Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Feb-13
Worldwide Enterprise Networking 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Worldwide and U.S. Phone, Tablet, and PC 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
IDC Predictions 2013：第3のプラットフォームが主戦場に
Jan-13
Middle East and North Africa Software Market 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide and U.S. Consumer 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide Channel and Alliances 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide Outsourcing Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide Chief Marketing Officer 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Today's CMO Becomes Master of Data
Jan-13
Worldwide Industry 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide CIO Agenda 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
Worldwide System Infrastructure Software 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
Worldwide and U.S. Multiscreen Video 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform
Nov-12
North America
Worldwide and U.S. Phone, Tablet, and PC 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide and U.S. Consumer 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Worldwide and U.S. Multiscreen Video 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
Latin America
IDC Latin America Predictions 2013
Jan-13
AP including Japan
Australia Infrastructure 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Indonesia 2013 Top 10 ICT Predictions
Feb-13
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Storage 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
China Financial Industry IT Market 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
中国政府行业IT市场2013年10大预测
Feb-13
Southeast Asia Telecom 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Transform to Compete in the New Era
Jan-13
New Zealand ICT 2013 Top 10 ICT Predictions
Jan-13
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Security 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
IDC 2013 Top 10 Cloud Predictions
Dec-12
ANZ Software and Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Social Business and Social Media 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Mobility 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-12
Malaysia ICT 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Hyper-Competing for Growth, Speed, and Economics
Dec-12
Australia ICT 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Nov-12
ANZ Telecommunications 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Nov-12
IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform
Nov-12
Japan Client Solution 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan IT Spending for Healthcare 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan IT Security 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Software 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Storage 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Communications 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Server 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Cloud Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Unified Communications and Collaboration 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Small and Medium Business 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan Managed Print and Document Services 2013Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Japan IT Market 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
IDC Predictions 2013：第3のプラットフォームが主戦場に
Jan-13
Japan IT Spending for Healthcare 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan IT Security 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Software 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Server 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Storage 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Communications 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Small and Medium Business 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Client Solution 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Cloud Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Japan Managed Print and Document Services 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA
EMEA Telco ICT Strategies 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
EMEA Storage 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Top 10 Predictions 2013: European Services
Jan-13
Nordic Enterprise Communications 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
The Netherlands ICT 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Enterprise Telecoms 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Server Infrastructure 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Unified Communications and Collaboration 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Central and Eastern Europe Telecommunications Markets 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
EMEA Storage 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
EMEA Enterprise Telecoms 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Server Infrastructure 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Unified Communications and Collaboration 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Telco ICT Strategies 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Africa Software Market Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Feb-13
EMEA Storage 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-13
Sub-Saharan Africa IT and Cloud Services Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Jan-13
Turkey Software Market Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Jan-13
Turkey IT Services and Cloud Services Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Jan-13
Middle East and North Africa Software Market 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Middle East and North Africa IT Services and Cloud Services Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Jan-13
EMEA Enterprise Telecoms 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
EMEA Server Infrastructure 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Africa Telecommunications Market Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Jan-13
EMEA Unified Communications and Collaboration 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-13
Middle East Business Network Services Top 10 Predictions, 2013
Jan-13
Middle East Telecommunications Market Top 10 Predictions, 2013: Consumers
Dec-12
IDC Insights' Top 10 Predictions are a series of reports and complimentary web conferences hosted by IDC's industry-specific research companies, covering energy, financial services, government, health, retail and manufacturing. Content focuses on how the Top 10 Predictions in each segment will impact technology spending patterns, organizational structures, and overall industry performance.
Events
TOPIDC Insights
IDC Insights Predictions 2013: Cross-Industry Overview
December 3, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Insights Predictions 2013: CIO Agenda
December 3, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
Energy
IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: Oil & Gas
December 5, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: Utilities
December 5, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Utilities
December 12, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Financial
IDC Financial Insights Predictions 2013: Global Capital Markets
February 13, 2012 | 10:00 AM US ET, 15:00 GMT
IDC Financial Insights Predictions 2013: Financial Services
December 11, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Financial Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Financial Services
January 23, 2013 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Government
IDC Government Insights Predictions 2013: Government
December 4, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Government Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Government
December 10, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Healthcare
IDC Health Insights Predictions 2013: Health
December 4, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Health Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Health
December 13, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Manufacturing
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Manufacturing
December 6, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Smart Services and Aftermarket Strategies
December 11, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Supply Chain
December 12, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: Product Lifecycle Strategies
December 12, 2012 | 2:00 PM US ET, 19:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2013: EMEA Manufacturing
January 22, 2013 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2012: Manufacturing Operations Technologies
January 30, 2013 | 10:00 AM US ET, 15:00 GMT
Retail
IDC Retail Insights Predictions 2013: Retail
December 6, 2012 | 11:00 AM US ET, 16:00 GMT
IDC Retail Insights Predictions 2012: EMEA Retail
December 11, 2012 | 9:00 AM US ET, 14:00 GMT
Predictions Team | Featured Analyst
Dan Vesset
Program Vice President, Business Analytics"In today's intelligent economy, mass market adoption of big data and analytics technology and methods will usher in a new era of innovation and optimization."
Crawford Del Prete
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Research Products"In 2013 CIOs attention will turn beyond simply devices and toward apps and productivity. How to create new revenue streams through mobile apps will become a point of partnership for CIOs and the line of business."
David Potterton
Vice President of Global Research"Technology and business model disruption caused by cloud, mobile, big data, and social continue to impact financial institutions. These factors have organizations reexamining how they interact with their customers. We see 2013 as similar to 2012; uneven progress towards these goals with more agile and forward thinking institutions leading the way."