IDC's Top Tech Predictions

2025 will be the year of the AI Pivot. How effectively you set your priorities, make decisions, and address barriers will decide if you are ready to fuel business growth on an AI foundation or will still be racing to catch up a couple of years from now.

To unlock the powers of AI and other technologies requires adopting a range of techniques and tools to frame strategic insights and plans, including IDC FutureScape Reports, which are designed to create actionable recommendations that are linked to key ecosystem drivers and data from IDC customers across various industries.

Each year, IDC releases its top technology predictions at worldwide, regional, and country levels through its IDC FutureScape reports and gives a crystal ball view of what is ahead for the rapidly changing IT industry.

These predictions have been used to shape technology leaders’ and business executives’ strategies and business objectives in the next 1-5 years.

Want know how to derive value from IDC FutureScape Reports, check out our A Guide to Future Proofing Your Business ebook.

Let IDC FutureScape reports help you

• Frame the direction of your IT Strategy and Roadmap for the next 12-60 months
• Evaluate individual areas of IT impact in 2023 from fast-emerging technology solutions
• Justify technology adoption and investment decisions, big and small.

Enhance your story-telling and GTM plans with IDC FutureScape reports.*

• Align your GTM narratives to prediction statements that will resonate better with customers and prospects
• Get buyer insights to help evaluate your preferred engagement models for different personas (e.g., Executives, LoB vs CIO), assessment tools, and customer testimonials that can be pursued in your marketing plan.

*Only Asia/Pacific Japan reports will include Call to Action recommendations specific to Marketing Leaders.

Leverage on IDC insights to better understand your clients’ priorities.

• Capitalize on our recommended sales narratives aimed at helping tech sales leaders and their account managers better position their portfolio/capabilities according to IDC’s prediction statements
• Get recommendations on how tech sales leaders can create value for their customers in each of the prediction areas. Examples of value creation include lower cost, higher ROI, new revenue generation/revenue growth, higher margin/profitability, ecosystem-impact, sustainability/ESG milestones, etc.

*Only Asia/Pacific Japan reports will include Call to Action recommendations specific to Sales Leaders.