IDC stories

According to IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker, 1H2021, the total A/NZ software market reached US$7.5 billion, showing a double-digit annual growth in both countries.>>

FIs across APAC are continuing to grapple with financial crime management strategy and investment to take full ownership and build in-house systems, buy a solution, or utilise managed services from a solution provider.>>

Customer identity is the foundation of customer engagement and trust, particularly during a time when organisations are onboarding more customers than ever before.>>

OpenText is adding new capabilities to its Business Network Cloud as part of the Cloud Editions 21.4 launch at OpenText World.>>

Global spending on the digital transformation of business practices, products, and organisations is forecast to reach $2.8 trillion in 2025, according to new forecasts from IDC.>>

Research firm Forrester has named Avanade a leader in The Forrester Wave: Microsoft Business Applications Services for Q4 2021.>>

For enterprises to compete in a digital-first world, they must prioritise investment in digital tools that will augment physical spaces and assets. >>

"CIOs will be instrumental in helping their enterprise navigate the winds of change by enabling ecosystems, co-creating new business models and outcomes, empowering employees, and building resiliency.”>>

“What changed in 2020 and 2021 was not really the technology itself, but people’s willingness and eagerness to adopt it and use it in different ways.”>>

"The flat market and pandemic impacts are driving new behaviours from the telcos to innovate as well as become more efficient.">>

Global IT and business services revenue is estimated to grow by 3.4% this year, according to new data from IDC.>>

Shipments reached 86.7 million units in the third quarter of this year, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of growth.>>

The UiPath-commissioned IDC whitepaper states that the economic benefits expected by the use of RPA software by UiPath customers will grow from $7 billion worldwide in 2021 to $55 billion in 2025.>>

IDC's research outlined the opportunities MSPs should invest in to optimise their competitive advantage in the managed cloud services market.>>

VMware has announced its strategy to help customers navigate the multi-cloud era with the launch of VMware Cross-Cloud services. >>

The decrease comes after six quarters of year-over-year growth, and most notably compares to the 39.1% annual growth seen by the market in 2Q20.>>

"Pure Storage’s new software innovations further our goal of making infrastructure invisible to developers, using it as simple as calling an API, and delivering it as a service.”>>

Despite cybersecurity concerns, Equinix finds a significant year-on-year leap in companies planning to move business-critical applications to the cloud.>>

IDC estimates annual recurring revenue from foundational cloud services will increase from under $100 billion in 2020 to over $300 billion in 2025.>>

ServiceNow has announced its Now Platform Rome release, delivering hundreds of innovations to help organisations adapt to the hybrid work era.>>

The worldwide enterprise applications market reached $241 billion last year, growing 4.1% year-over-year in 2020.>>

International Data Corporation has forecast global "whole cloud" spending to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025.>>

Revenue generated by the group of ODMs selling directly to hyperscale data centres declined by 7.7% year over year in 2Q21 to $6.4 billion, while capacity shipped grew 13.8% year over year to 88.7 exabytes.>>

Research has revealed a significant gap between regional enterprises' business priorities and performance.>>