IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Intelligence 2023 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Intelligence 2023 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2024, Organizations with Greater Enterprise Intelligence Will Have 5x Institutional Reaction Time, Resulting in Persistent First-Mover Advantage in Capitalizing on New Opportunities

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: By the End of 2025, Vigilant C-Suite Leaders of G2000 Will Invest 40% More on Enterprise and Market Intelligence, Helping Them Counter the Recession and Slice Through the Storms of Disruption

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By the End of 2024, 30% of Enterprises Using Video Surveillance Technologies Will Also Be Using Video Data Analytics to Support Operational Decision Making Requiring More Oversight

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 4: By 2024, 80% of G2000 Companies Will Increase Investment in  Intelligence About Threats/Opportunities to  Local  Operations Posed by External Threats Such as Supply Chain Disruptions

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• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 5: 30% of G2000 Organizations Will Fail to Deliver on Their Enterprise Intelligence Goals by 2026 Because They Have Not Centered Trusted Capabilities in Their Efforts to Develop Data Culture

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• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 6: By 2025, Real-Time Intelligence Will Be Leveraged by 90% of G1000 to Improve Outcomes Such as Customer Experience by Using Event-Streaming Technologies

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 7: By 2027, 66% of Large Enterprises Will Make Major Investments in Data Control Plane Technologies That Can Measure the Risk Inherent in Data and Reduce Risk Through Security and Screening

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 8: By the End of 2025, >50% of G2000 Organizations Will Face Penalties If They Do Not Use AI for Detection and Automatic Remediation of Data Due to Growing Complexity, Volatility, and Resource Scarcity

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 9: Facing Increased Demand for Enterprise Intelligence Skills and to Meet Employee Expectations, 70% of the G1000 Will Have Formal Programs Fostering Data Literacy and Upskilling by 2028

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 10: By 2026, 30% of G1000 Companies Will Extend Investments in AI Infrastructure to Performance-Intensive Computing to Solve the Most Complex Problems Using HPC-Driven Simulations to Improve Outcomes

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• Storms of Disruption — Accelerating, Interconnected Uncertainty

• Cybersecurity and Risk — Scaling and Evolving Threat Environment

• Economic Instability — Flurry, Snowball, or Avalanche?

• Global Supply Shock — Refocusing on Multisource and Resilience

• Digital Business — Stepping Stone to the Future Enterprise

• Meaningful Intelligence — Differentiated Decision Power

• Work Mode Upheaval — New Models and Leadership

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