Battered by a storm of economic uncertainty for more than 18 months, the IT industry is finally beginning to see some rays of light. Industry recovery is driven by the transformation toward a more "intelligent economy" -- from health IT and smart energy grids to intelligent transportation and the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud computing -- and provides opportunities for both IT suppliers and buyers.
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Technology
As we have for the past three decades, IDC ends the year with our outlook for the coming year in the information technology (IT) and telecommunications market. During the next 60 days, IDC will publish literally dozens of IDC Top 10 Predictions documents for 2010.
Worldwide
Worldwide Security Products 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Mar-10
Worldwide and U.S. Consumer 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Mar-10
Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions: It's Time for Corporations to Move Up the Information GRC and IT Operations GRC Capability Curve
Feb-10
Worldwide Outsourcing Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Moving from a World of "Lift and Shift" to "Innovate and Own"
Feb-10
Personal Computing 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Worldwide Software Business Solutions 2010 Top 10 Predictions: The "New Normal" for Enterprise Software
Feb-10
Worldwide Product Life-Cycle Management (PLM) 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Worldwide and U.S. Hardcopy 2010 Top 10 Predictions: A Market in Transformation
Feb-10
Worldwide Enterprise Server 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Worldwide Search and Text Analytics 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Support and Training 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide SMB 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Return to IT Spending Growth Will Be Driven by New Quest for Productivity
Jan-10
Worldwide Information Access, Analysis, and Management Software 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Channel 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Enterprise Networking 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Telecommunications Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Industry 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Corporate Learning and Performance 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Responding to the Economic Crisis and Moving Forward
Jan-10
Worldwide Storage 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Capitalizing on Transformations in Investment Strategies, Sustainable Scaling, and New Business Opportunities
Dec-09
Worldwide System Infrastructure Software 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
IDC Predictions 2010: Recovery and Transformation
Dec-09
North America
Canadian Enterprise Applications 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Mar-10
Canadian ICT 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Worldwide Outsourcing Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Moving from a World of "Lift and Shift" to "Innovate and Own"
Feb-10
Personal Computing 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Worldwide and U.S. Hardcopy 2010 Top 10 Predictions: A Market in Transformation
Feb-10
Worldwide SMB 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Return to IT Spending Growth Will Be Driven by New Quest for Productivity
Jan-10
Worldwide Industry 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide Corporate Learning and Performance 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Responding to the Economic Crisis and Moving Forward
Jan-10
U.S. Online Advertising 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Latin America
Latin America Predictions 2010
Jan-10
Worldwide SMB 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Return to IT Spending Growth Will Be Driven by New Quest for Productivity
Jan-10
Asia-Pacific including Japan (APJ)
China's ICT Market 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Recovery and Transformation
Mar-10
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Software 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Turning the Corner in Adoption Path
Feb-10
2010中国金融行业IT市场10大预测
Feb-10
Worldwide SMB 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Return to IT Spending Growth Will Be Driven by New Quest for Productivity
Jan-10
Southeast Asia Telecommunications 2010 Top 10 Predictions: The Year for the Upswing
Jan-10
New Zealand Telecommunications 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Increasing Pressure to Transform
Jan-10
Australia 2010 Top 10 Services Predictions
Jan-10
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) IT Services Top 10 Predictions: Riding the Recovery Curve
Jan-10
Philippines 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Year of Recovery and Transformation
Jan-10
Asia/Pacific Enterprise Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Transformation Is Key for Recovery
Jan-10
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Telecommunications 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Telecom Innovation - A Currency that Never Devalues
Jan-10
Australia Hardware 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Malaysia 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
2010中国ICT市场10大预测:恢复与变革
Dec-09
2010中国医疗行业IT市场10大预测:孕育升级
Dec-09
2010中国政府行业IT市场10大预测:深化应用和创新
Dec-09
2010中国零售行业IT市场10大预测
Dec-09
Asia/Pacific Cloud Services and Technologies 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Maturity Brings Growth
Dec-09
New Zealand IT Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Australia Telecommunications 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
New Zealand ICT Top 10 Predictions 2010
Dec-09
2010中国制造行业IT市场10大预测
Dec-09
2010中国电信行业IT市场10大预测
Dec-09
Japan Datacenter Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Japan Server 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Japan Storage 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan IT Security 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Software 2010 Top 10 Predictions: The Direction of Software Business in the Cloud Computing Era
Jan-10
Japan Communications 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Small and Medium Business 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Compliance 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Datacenter Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Server 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan IT Security 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan IT Market 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Recovery and Transformation
Jan-10
Japan Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Cloud Service 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Japan Storage 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan Software 2010 Top 10 Predictions:クラウド時代を勝ち抜くソフトウェアビジネスの方向性
Dec-09
Japan Client 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan Communications 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan Small and Medium Business 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan Compliance 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan Cloud Service 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Japan IT Market 2010 Top 10 Predictions:ニューノーマルに直面するIT市場
Dec-09
Japan Client 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Dec-09
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
EMEA Network Life-Cycle Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
EMEA Unified Communications 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
EMEA Enterprise Communications Infrastructure Market 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
European Security Appliance Market 2010 Predictions
Feb-10
EMEA Business Network Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
EMEA Server Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Western European BPO 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Western Europe Hardcopy Peripherals 2010 Top 10 Market Predictions
Jan-10
Worldwide SMB 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Return to IT Spending Growth Will Be Driven by New Quest for Productivity
Jan-10
EMEA Enterprise Mobility 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Western European IT Security Solutions (Software and Services) Top 10 Predictions for 2010: Post-Crisis Sees A Disruption of Many Models
Jan-10
Europe, Middle East, and Africa Consumer Broadband Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10
Middle East Consumer Telecommunications Services Market Top 10 Predictions, 2010
Feb-10
Middle East Business Network Services Top 10 Predictions, 2010
Feb-10
Africa Telecommunications Opportunities Top 10 Predictions, 2010
Feb-10
EMEA Server Infrastructure 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Feb-10
Worldwide SMB 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Return to IT Spending Growth Will Be Driven by New Quest for Productivity
Jan-10
Europe, Middle East, and Africa Consumer Broadband Services 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Jan-10