IDC FutureScape Figure

Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Industry Ecosystems 2022 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

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Prediction 1: By 2022, Organizations That Share Data, Applications, and Operations with Their Industry Ecosystem Will Realize a Revenue Increase of 3 Percentage Points Higher than Nonparticipants

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Prediction 2: By 2024, 80% of Industry Ecosystem Orchestrators Will Mandate a Uniform ESG Policy for Industry Ecosystem Participants Through a Governance Platform and Applications for Initial and Ongoing Verification

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Prediction 3: By 2023, 60% of Industry Ecosystems Will Establish Open Innovation Hubs for Cross-Industry Collaboration, Shared Application Development, Personalized Customer Engagement, and 5% YoY Participant Growth

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Prediction 4: By 2025, 80% of Industry Ecosystem Participants Will Leverage Their Own Product, Asset, and Process Digital Twins to Share Data and Insight with Other Participants

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Prediction 5: By 2026, 25% of the New Application Portfolio of Global and Local Public, Private, and Nonprofit Organizations Will Consist of Consortia-Developed Applications within Their Industry Ecosystem

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Prediction 6: By 2025, Blockchain Will Find Its Killer Application with Industry Ecosystems, as 80% of Global 2000 Organizations Use Distributed Ledgers in Their Ecosystem Initiatives to Establish and Assure Trust

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Prediction 7: By 2022, 50% of the Fortune 500 Will Manage the Value of Shared Ecosystem Data via KPIs of Improved Operational Productivity, Ongoing Customer Engagement, and Skills Enhancement

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Prediction 8: By 2023, 25% of Industry Organizations Will Utilize Venture Capital Subsidiaries and Funding from Industry Partners to Accelerate Ecosystem Scale, Finance Green Initiatives, and Spark New Innovation

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Prediction 9: By 2024, 50% of Federal Governments Will Take an Active Role in Industry Ecosystem Development, Scale, and Support Through Legislation, Financing, Security, and Digital and Physical Infrastructure

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Prediction 10: By 2026, on Average, 30% of Global 2000 Company Revenue Will Derive from Industry Ecosystem Shared Data, Applications, and Operations Initiatives with Partners, Industry Entities, and Business Networks

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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

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

Environmental and Social Responsibility — A New Stakeholder-Driven Imperative

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