Product Code: US49563122
This IDC study presents the top 10 predictions and key drivers for the IT industry for the next five years. It highlights the midterm and long-term challenges that enterprise business, technology, and IT teams face as they define, build, and govern the technologies required to thrive in a digital-first world."For the next several years, leading technology providers must play a leading role in helping enterprises use innovative technologies to slide through the current storms of disruption." - Rick Villars, group vice president, Worldwide Research at IDC
IDC FutureScape Figure
Executive Summary
IDC FutureScape Predictions
- Summary of External Drivers
- Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers
- Prediction 1: By 2027, Over 50% of IT Budgets in Most G500 Enterprises Will Be Allotted to Connectivity, Security, Compute, and Data Assets Used to Deliver Their Own as-a-Service Processes and Smart Products
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- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 2: In 2025, 60% of Infrastructure, Security, Data, and Network Offerings Will Require Cloud-Based Control Platforms That Enable Extensive Automation and Promise Major Reductions in Ongoing Operating Costs
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- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 3: Through 2024, Shortcomings in Critical Skills Creation and Training Efforts by IT Industry Leaders Will Prevent 65% of Businesses from Achieving Full Value from Cloud, Data, and Automation Investments
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- IT Impact
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- Prediction 4: Sovereign Assertions in Sustainability, Resiliency, and Asset Residency Through 2025 Will Force G2000 CIOs to Shift Staff, Budgets, and Operating Processes for More than 35% of IT and Data Assets
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- IT Impact
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- Prediction 5: In 2023, 70% of Enterprises' Adoption of as-a-Service Infrastructure/Software Will Be Curbed More by an Inability to Assess Promises of Faster Innovation and Operational Gains than by Cost Concerns
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- IT Impact
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- Prediction 6: By the End of 2024, 60% of Platinum-Level aaS Offerings in Security, Business Operations, and DaaS Will Include Bundled Access to Specialized SME Teams to Help Reduce Impact of Skills Shortages
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- IT Impact
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- Prediction 7: In 2025, 20 High-Visibility Digital Product Launches Reliant on Intelligent Automation and aaS Delivery Will Face Major Delays Due to Global or Regional Silicon and Code Supply Chain Issues
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- IT Impact
- Guidance
- Prediction 8: Through 2026, 55% of Enterprises Attempting to Use Tech-by-Wire Offerings Will Still Struggle with a Proliferation of Siloed Control Systems That Raise Connectivity Costs and Limit Sharing of Data
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- IT Impact
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- Prediction 9: In 2026, 45% of G2000 Enterprises Will Continue to Face Material Risks Due to Frontline Workers' and Business Leaders' Unwillingness to Trust Actions Initiated by Vetted Autonomous Tech Systems
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- IT Impact
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- Prediction 10: By 2027, the Ability to Deploy and Use Machine Vision as an Inherent Capability in Any New Product/Process Will Be a Primary Characteristic of the Five Fastest-Growing Enterprises in Most Industries
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- IT Impact
- Guidance
Advice for Technology Buyers
External Drivers: Detail
- Everything as a Service - Thriving Through the Change
- Digital Business - Stepping Stone to the Future Enterprise
- Meaningful Intelligence - Differentiated Decision Power
- Storms of Disruption - Accelerating, Interconnected Uncertainty
- Ecosystem-Based Innovation - Driving Enterprise Value
- Work Mode Upheaval - New Models and Leadership
- Cybersecurity and Risk - Scaling and Evolving Threat Environment
- Economic Instability - Flurry, Snowball, or Avalanche?
- Geopolitical Reality - Sovereignty in the Digital World
- Mainstream ESG - Sustainability Is Measured and Mandatory
- Global Supply Shock - Refocusing on Multisource and Resilience
- Embracing the Metaverse - New Levels of Immersion
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