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IDC FutureScape
What it is
Ten Predictions from IDC for the next 5 years to help you identify issues in a three-year planning cycle.
Value
Succinct descriptions of the timeframe and magnitude of technology change deliver a framework to evaluate IT initiatives’ value to business strategy.
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Connectedness 2023 Predictions — APEJ Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Intelligence 2023 Predictions — European Implications
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Blockchain, Crypto, NFT, and Web3 2023 Predictions
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Operations 2023 Predictions
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2023 Predictions
IDC TechScape
What it is
Classifications of emerging technologies by their impact and peak adoption timeframe.
Value
IDC TechScapes help you mitigate risk in new technologies adoption by helping you align strategy and risk tolerance.
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide Cybersecurity Risk Management Services, 2022
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Connectedness 2023 Predictions — APEJ Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide Adoption of Major Technologies in Media and Entertainment, 2022
- IDC TechScape: U.S. Value-Based Health Technologies, 2022
- IDC FutureScape Sees as-a-Service Products and Processes and Tech-by-Wire as Two of the Most Important Technology Industry Developments of the Next 2-3 Years
IDC TechBrief
What it is
Outlines of new technologies that provide analysis of benefit, risk, adoption rate and costs.
Value
IDC TechBriefs quickly bring you up to speed on new technologies.
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