Table of Contents
IDC FutureScape Figure
Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2020 Top 10 Predictions
Executive Summary
IDC FutureScape Predictions
Summary of External Drivers
Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers
Prediction 1: By 2021, Over 90% of Enterprises Worldwide Will Rely on a Mix of On-Premises/Dedicated Private Clouds, Several Public Clouds, and Legacy Platforms to Meet Their Infrastructure Needs
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 2: By 2022, 90% of New Digital Services Will Be Built as Composite Applications Using Public and Internal API-Delivered Services; Half of Those Will Leverage AI and Machine Learning
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 3: By 2022, 70% of Enterprises Will Deploy Unified VMs, Kubernetes, and Multicloud Management Processes and Tools to Support Robust Multicloud Management and Governance Across On-Premises and Public Clouds
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 4: By 2025, 60% of Enterprise IT Infrastructure Spending Will Be Allocated to Public Cloud and a Quarter of Enterprise IT Applications Will Run on Public Cloud Services
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 5: By 2023, 10% of Enterprise On-Premises Workloads Will Be Supported by Public Cloud Stacks Outside of Public Cloud Providers' Datacenters and Situated in Customer Datacenters and Edge Locations
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 6: By 2022, 60% of Organizations Will Have Invested in Automation, Orchestration, and Development Life-Cycle Management of Cloud-Native Applications and Platforms
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 7: By 2024, 70% of Enterprises Will Reduce the Cost and Complexity of Customizing Enterprise Applications by Investing in Industry-Specific SaaS Applications and Platforms
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 8: By 2024, 50% of Large Global Enterprises Will Rely on Third-Party Service Providers for Help with Containers, Open Source, and Cloud-Native Application Development
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 9: By 2024, an Explosion of Data Driven by Demand for AI-Enabled Automation, IoT, and Smart Devices Will Exceed 110ZB; 30% of Businesses Will Harness It into Real-Time Outcomes
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 10: By 2023, Half of Enterprise Applications Will Be Deployed in a Containerized Hybrid Cloud/Multicloud Environment to Provide Agility, Delivering a Frictionless Deployment and Management Experience
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Advice for Technology Buyers
External Drivers: Detail
The Age of Innovation: Driving the Future Enterprise
Accelerated Disruption: Navigating Business Challenges as Volatility Intensifies
The Platform Economy: Competing at Hyperscale
Sense, Compute, Act: Maximizing Data Value
The Future of Work: Agile, Augmented, Borderless, and Reconfigurable
Intelligence Everywhere: AI's Opportunity and Implications
Rising Customer Expectations: More Convenience, Customization, and Control
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