IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Digital Infrastructure 2022 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Digital Infrastructure 2022 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2023, G2000 Leaders Will Prioritize Business Objectives Over Infrastructure Choice, Deploying 50% of New Strategic Workloads Using Vendor-Specific APIs That Add Value But Reduce Workload Portability

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: In 2023, Over 80% of G2000 Will Cite Business Resiliency to Drive Verifiable Infrastructure Supply Chain Integrity as a Mandatory and Nonnegotiable Vendor Evaluation Criterion

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By 2023, Most C-Suite Leaders Will Implement Business-Critical KPIs Tied to Data Availability, Recovery, and Stewardship as Rising Levels of Cyberattacks Expose the Scale of Data at Risk

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 4: By 2024, 75% of G2000 Digital Infrastructure RFPs Will Require Vendors to Prove Progress on ESG/Sustainability Initiatives with Data, as CIOs Rely on Infrastructure Vendors to Help Meet ESG Goals

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 5: By 2024, Due to an Explosion of Edge Data, 65% of G2000 Will Embed Edge-First Data Stewardship, Security, and Network Practices into Data Protection Plans to Integrate Edge Data into Relevant Processes

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 6: By 2025, a 6x Explosion in High-Dependency Workloads Will Lead to 65% of G2000 Firms Using Consistent Architectural Governance Frameworks to Ensure Compliance Reporting and Audit of Their Infrastructure

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 7: By 2025, 60% of Enterprises Will Fund LOB and IT Projects Through Opex Budgets, Matching How Vendors Provide Their Services with a Focus on Outcomes That Are Determined by SLAs and KPIs

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 8: By 2025, 70% of Companies Will Invest in Alternative Computing Technologies to Drive Business Differentiation by Compressing Time to Value of Insights from Complex Data Sets

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 9: By 2026, 90% of Global 2000 CIOs Will Use AIOps Solutions to Drive Automated Remediation and Workload Placement Decisions That Include Cost and Performance Metrics, Improving Resiliency and Agility

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 10: By 2026, Midmarket Companies Will Shift 65% of Infrastructure Spending from Traditional Channels Toward More App-Centric Trusted Advisors

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• Pervasive Disruption Continues — Volatility, Opportunity, and Resilience

• Cybersecurity and Risk — The Threat Environment Just Keeps Scaling

• The Future Enterprise — Thriving in a Jungle of Agile Innovation

• Embracing Digital First — New Strategies for Complexity and Ubiquity

• The Velocity of Connectedness — The Future Is Data in Motion

• Intelligence on Demand — Navigating the Torrent of Data

• Digital Ecosystem — Thriving in a Multiplatform World

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