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    This study profiles European vendors Gaia Generation, Sopht, Greenpixie, Aguaro, and Posetiv Cloud, which have been selected IDC Innovators for providing GreenOps solutions that assist cloud vendors and/or cloud users. IDC Innovators are emerging vendors (annual revenue of less than $100 million)...

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    Mark Casidsid

    This IDC Innovators report offers insights for line-of-business professionals, innovation managers, and IT teams to make informed decisions about partnering with technology solution vendors for their product and customer experience initiatives. The report analyzes a selection of three vendors in...

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    Dan Versace

    Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative tool for sustainability, enabling organizations to address complex environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges. It optimizes resource efficiency, predicts and mitigates risks, accelerates innovation, enhances stakeholder...

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Industry Insights assists business and IT leaders in making technology decisions with insightful, fact-based research and consulting services. Get industry research grounded in decades of experience from our global senior analyst team across six industries: retail, government, financial services, manufacturing, health and energy.

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    Leslie HandMargot JurosAnne Paris and others

    This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides a view into IDC Retail Insights' store "super platform" concept, a modernized technology platform for the omni-channel store that allows retailers to become more agile and able to innovate faster in their never-ending quest to improve business performance...

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    This IDC Market Note includes an executive briefing held in conjunction with the Google Public Sector Generative AI Live + Labs event at the Google office on Pier 57 in New York City on February 29. Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector, highlighted the fact that Google Cloud is a...

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    This IDC Perspective offers key takeaways and insights gleaned from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference, which took place March 11–15, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. HIMSS 2024 showcased significant advancements in AI applications across healthcare,...

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    This IDC Survey presents key findings on the sentiment and trends of the U.S. and Canadian bank and credit union members and customers when it comes to their experiences, concerns, and engagement with their financial institution during their financial journey. The data is from the latest IDC...

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    Davide Palanza

    This IDC Survey presentation focuses on the evolution of AI adoption trends in insurance. The study examines the responses of 223 insurance providers across all regions, involving insurers from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, South Africa,...

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