target audience: TECH BUYER  Publication date: Dec 2020 - Document type: IDC FutureScape - Doc  Document number: # US46420120

IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2021 Predictions

By: 

  • Deepak Mohan
  • Brad Casemore
  • Larry Carvalho
  • Stacy Crook
  • Carla Arend Loading
  • Frank Della Rosa Loading
  • Mary Johnston Turner Loading
  • Andrew Smith
  • Daphne Chung Loading
  • Dave McCarthy Loading
  • Mickey North Rizza Loading
  • Stephen Elliot Loading
  • Adelaide O'Brien
  • Carl W. Olofson Loading
  • Satoshi Matsumoto Loading
  • Michelle Bailey
  • Megha Kumar Loading
  • Ashish Nadkarni Loading
  • Eric Newmark Loading
  • David Tapper Loading
  • Thomas Zhou Loading
  • Matthew Eastwood Loading
  • Rick Villars Loading

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Table of Contents


  • IDC FutureScape Figure

    • Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2021 Top 10 Predictions

  • Executive Summary

  • IDC FutureScape Predictions

    • Summary of External Drivers

    • Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

    • Prediction 1: Through 2021, All Enterprises Will Struggle with App Modernization and Data Integration Across Cloud Silos; 20% Will Adopt Connected Cloud Architectures to Overcome These Concerns

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Business Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 2: By 2021, over 80% of Enterprises Evaluating Cloud Services for Privacy-Sensitive Workloads Will Mandate Maintenance of Data Sovereignty and Data Control Capabilities Across Geographies

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Business Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 3: To Gain Business Agility, Enterprises Will Commit to Modernizing over Half of Their Existing Applications by 2022, Through the Use of Turnkey Cloud-Native Development and Deployment Services

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Business Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 4: Through 2022, the Belief That They Are Wasting at Least 20% of Their Public Cloud Spending Will Drive Enterprises to Invest in Public Cloud Cost Management, with the Goal of Cutting Cloud Waste in Half

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 5: By 2022, Enterprises Will Allocate 20% of New Cloud Services Spending to Cloud Solutions That Meet Specific Industry and Ecosystem Data-Sharing Requirements for Their Vertical Segment

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 6: By 2023, over a Quarter of New Workloads Being Deployed on Public Clouds Will Use Purpose-Built Silicon and Infrastructure Components from Providers, to Optimize for Use Case–Specific Requirements

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 7: By 2023, Enterprise Demand for Portable, Feature-Rich SaaS Solutions, Consumable on Their Choice of Cloud, Will Drive over 60% of ISVs to Re-Architect or Build New Portable Cloud-Native Applications

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 8: By 2023, over 55% of Enterprises Will Replace Outdated Operational Models with Cloud-Centric Models That Facilitate Rather Than Inhibit Organizational Collaboration, Resulting in Better Business Outcomes

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Business Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 9: By 2024, 25% of Organizations Will Improve Business Agility by Integrating Edge Data with Applications Built on Cloud Platforms, Enabled by Partnerships Across Cloud and Communications Service Providers

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

    • Prediction 10: By 2025, over a Quarter of New Cloud Applications Will Use Data-Centric Event-Driven Architectures Rather Than Traditional Code-Centric Ones, Enabling Better Automation and Business Agility

    • Associated Drivers

    • IT Impact

    • Guidance

  • Advice for Technology Buyers

  • External Drivers: Detail

    • Accelerated Disruption — Crisis, Resilience, and Opportunity

    • The Next Normal — Resilient Business and Operating Models

    • Intelligence Everywhere — Data Drives Action

    • Rethinking Globalization — Disruptions Challenge Resilience

    • Digital Platform — Ecosystems at Scale

    • Crisis of Trust — Meeting Rising Expectations

    • Customer Engagement Redefined — Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Digital Experience

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    • Related Research