target audience: TECH BUYER  Publication date: Oct 2018 - Document type: IDC FutureScape - Doc  Document number: # US42582518

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Datacenter 2019 Predictions

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  • Rick Villars Loading
  • Jennifer Cooke Loading
  • Susan G. Middleton Loading
  • Glen Duncan
  • Mimei Ito Loading
  • Cynthia Ho Loading
  • Giorgio Nebuloni Loading
  • Jiri Helebrand Loading
  • Eckhardt Fischer Loading

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  • IDC FutureScape Figure

    • Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Datacenter 2019 Top 10 Predictions

  • Executive Summary

  • IDC FutureScape Predictions

    • Summary of External Drivers

    • Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

    • Prediction 1: By 2020, the Need to Secure Growing Volumes of Dispersed Data Generated at Edge Locations Will Have Driven 40% of Enterprises to Set Up and Operate Data Vaults in Multiple Colocation Facilities

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 2: In 2019, 80% of Enterprises' New Digital Services Will Be Composite Workloads That Need Secure, Reliable Interconnection with

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 3: Over the Next Three Years, 70% of Enterprises Will Adopt Dynamic Software-Defined Branch and Network Solutions That Deliver Security and Flexibility Across Cloud, Datacenter, and Edge Interactions

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 4: By 2021, 60% of Enterprises Will Require Access to Power/Cooling Infrastructure Operating at Three Times Today's Standard to Manage

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 5: By 2022, 50% of IT Assets in Enterprise Datacenters Will Have the Ability to Run Autonomously Using Embedded AI Functionality That Leverages Smart IT and Facilities Systems

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 6: By 2022, 40% of Enterprises Will Have Doubled Their IT Asset Spending in Edge Locations and Nearby Colocation Facilities Versus Core Datacenters to Deliver Digital Services to Local Users and Things

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 7: By 2023, 60% of Enterprises Will Use Flexible, Lower-Cost IT Consumption Models That Leverage Centralized IT Asset Depots Jointly Run by Hardware Suppliers and Colocation Providers

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 8: In 2019, 25% of Enterprises Will Shift Away from Large Datacenter Consolidation to Modernizing Optimally Located Smaller Datacenters to Support New Compute and Data-Intensive Applications

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 9: After 2020, Most Enterprises Will Shift Internal Investments to Deploy Dedicated Cloud Platforms from Which to Launch Innovative Services Rather Than Investing in Modernizing Existing Datacenters

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 10: By 2022, 40% of Enterprises' Spending with Colocation Providers Will Be on Advanced Asset Management and Optimization Services Rather Than on Basic Connectivity and Facility Services

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

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