Digital Platform Ecosystem Strategies

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Alan Webber

Program Vice President, Digital Platform Ecosystems



IDC's Digital Platform Ecosystem Strategies provides a framework and critical knowledge for understanding the changing nature of the customer experience (CX) and guides chief experience officers and their organizations as they master the digital transformation of the customer experience. This product covers the concepts of experience management and customer experience, looking at how digital transformation is driving change to customer expectations, preferences, and behavior and how enterprises must adopt new technologies to meet these urgent challenges.


Markets and Subjects Analyzed


  • Experience management
  • Customer-centric engagement
  • Customer-centric operations
  • Customer-centric solution design
  • Impact of 3rd Platform technologies on customer experience
  • Intelligence and analytics-driven customer experience
  • Customer experience along the customer journey
  • Customer experience benchmarks

Core Research


  • Customer Experience Taxonomy
  • Digital Transformation of the Customer Experience
  • Redefining Experience Management
  • IDC PeerScape: Customer Experience
  • Customer Experience in an Algorithm Economy
  • Technology-Enabled Storytelling
  • IDC MaturityScape: Customer Experience
  • Customer Intelligence and Analytics
  • Innovation Accelerators in Customer Experience: Artificial Intelligence

In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.


Key Questions Answered


  1. What is experience management, and does it matter?
  2. What are customer experience management platforms, and how do brands employ them to provide a differentiated experience?
  3. How do new and emerging technologies impact what the customer experiences?
  4. How are the economy and the market changes impacting customer experience?
  5. What do customers want when it comes to an ideal customer experience?
  6. Which companies are providing an outstanding customer experience, and how are they doing it?