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IDC FutureScape
What it is
Ten Predictions from IDC for the next 5 years to help you identify issues in a three-year planning cycle.
Value
Succinct descriptions of the timeframe and magnitude of technology change deliver a framework to evaluate IT initiatives’ value to business strategy.
- IDC FutureScape Webcast: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2020 Predictions
- IDC FutureScape Webcast: Worldwide Utilities 2020 Predictions
- IDC FutureScape Webcast: Worldwide Future of Work 2020 Predictions
- IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IoT 2020 Predictions
- IDC FutureScape Webcast: Worldwide Developer and DevOps 2020 Predictions
IDC TechScape
What it is
Classifications of emerging technologies by their impact and peak adoption timeframe.
Value
IDC TechScapes help you mitigate risk in new technologies adoption by helping you align strategy and risk tolerance.
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation of New Product Development and Introduction, 2020
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide PaaS Enabling Technologies, 2020
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide Video Surveillance, 2020 — New Technology Pushing Growth
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide Agile Application Life-Cycle, Quality, and Portfolio Management Technologies, 2019–2020 — Driving Adaptive DevOps Strategies for Digital Innovation
- IDC TechScape: Worldwide Blockchain Token Use Cases, 2019
IDC TechBrief
What it is
Outlines of new technologies that provide analysis of benefit, risk, adoption rate and costs.
Value
IDC TechBriefs quickly bring you up to speed on new technologies.
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