IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Digital Infrastructure 2024 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Digital Infrastructure 2024 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2028, 80% of IT Buyers Will Prioritize As-a-Service Consumption for Key Workloads That Require Flexibility to Help Optimize IT Spending, Augment ITOps Skills, and Attain Key Sustainability Metrics

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: By 2028, 75% of IT Organizations Will Implement AI-Driven Anomaly Detection Built into Infrastructure Components to Thwart Never-Before-Seen Ransomware Attack Types

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By 2025, G2000 That Invest in Training IT Staff to Effectively Use GenAI Prompts for IT Operational Tools Will Improve Existing ITOps Team Productivity by 30% Due to Greater Cross-Persona Collaboration

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 4: By 2027, G2000 Will Double Investments in Trusted Infrastructure to Ensure Legislative and Sovereignty Compliance and Protection of Regulated and GenAI Workloads

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

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• Prediction 5: By 2028, 60% of IT Organizations Will Adopt At-Ingest Data Classification Engines to Improve Data Logistics Efforts for Enhanced Governance, DLP, and Data Analytics for Competitive Business Leverage

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 6: By 2025, 65% of Digital Infrastructure RFPs Will Require Documented, Tested, and Verified Integrations from Top Ecosystem Partner Solutions to Increase Innovation, Efficiency, and Competitive Advantage

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 7: By 2026, 75% of FinOps Cloud Cost Vendors Will Offer On-Premises Infrastructure Optimization Analytics for Virtual Resources, Electrical Power Consumption, and Carbon Accounting

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 8: By 2026, the Strategic Importance of GenAI Will Force a Market-Driven Reset of the Current Single Vendor–Dominated Coprocessor Market for GenAI Chips and Drive End-User System Prices Down by 25%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 9: With GenAI as a Catalyst, by 2027, 40% of Enterprises Will Rely on Interwoven IT Architectures Across Cloud, Core, and Edge to Support Dynamic, Location-Agnostic Workflow Priorities

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 10: By 2028, Due to Growing Power Scarcity and Rising Sustainability Mandates, 60% of Datacenters Will Adopt Fit-for-Purpose Solutions Such as Microgrids, Custom Silicon, Liquid Cooling, and Ruggedization

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

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• Guidance

Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• AI Everywhere — Generative AI Takes the Spotlight

• The Drive to Automate — Maximizing Efficiency and New Opportunities

• Cybersecurity and Risk — Building Resilience Against Multiplying Threats

• The Digital Business Imperative — Competitiveness and Outcomes

• Everything as a Service Intensifies — Transforming Models to Drive Change

• Operationalization of ESG — Measuring and Implementing Sustainability

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