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  • Enterprise Resilience: IT Skilling Strategies, 2024

    Gina Smith, PhD

    This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation presents a framework for enterprises hoping to stay ahead of a worsening global IT skills shortage. It includes data from IDC's 2024 IT Skills Survey as well as best practices for cultivating a culture of learning in the enterprise."Getting the right people with the...

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  • ICT and the Canadian Municipal Governments, 2024

    Mark SchruttNigel Wallis

    This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation discusses challenges and opportunities facing Canadian municipalities. Key themes include affordable housing, aging infrastructure, security, citizen engagement, and budget priorities. With insights on population demographics, government roles, and case studies, it...

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  • Point-of-Interest Data: The Essential Reference

    Marlanna BozicevichLynne Schneider

    This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation reveals how point-of-interest (POI) and places data is increasingly becoming a pivotal resource across various industries, offering a wealth of information that can significantly enhance decision-making processes and strategic planning. The essence of POI/places...

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  • How Dürr Group Accelerates Its Cloud Journey with NetApp ONTAP, BlueXP, Tiering, and Its Backup and Recovery Services

    Archana Venkatraman

    This IDC Perspective assesses German manufacturing company Dürr Group's hybrid cloud transformation journey. "Data infrastructure integration with public cloud is paramount for hybrid cloud success. Backup and recovery transformation and data tiering can be a great use case for hybrid cloud, but...

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  • The Critical Importance of Connectivity in Delivering Experience-Orchestrated Applications

    Paul Hughes

    This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the importance of connectivity in powering an effective experience-orchestrated (X-O) business. It emphasizes the need for organizations to evolve from siloed digital transformations to holistic and fully connected experience management, leveraging...

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IDC Industry Insights

Industry Insights assists business and IT leaders in making technology decisions with insightful, fact-based research and consulting services. Get industry research grounded in decades of experience from our global senior analyst team across six industries: retail, government, financial services, manufacturing, health and energy.

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IDC's extensive portfolio of subscription services enables clients to keep abreast of the latest market trends and empowers them to make the most well-informed decisions for their organization.

  • Industry Market Trends: Worldwide Banking, 2024

    George BrifordAbhishek KumarNigel Wallis and others

    This IDC Market Presentation summarizes IDC's Worldwide Financial Services Market Trends 2024 Report, which aims to provide technology vendors with an overview of the key business trends shaping the worldwide financial services industry in 2024. It offers a foundation of industry knowledge...

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  • Scaling Innovation Through Research and Development Software Integration — Asia/Pacific Manufacturing

    Wai Yee Lee

    This IDC Market Presentation discussed the macroeconomic outlook, challenges, and IT spending plans of manufacturing organizations in Asia/Pacific. The business priorities of manufacturers and their spending on technology applications were evaluated, with highlights on how advanced simulation fits...

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  • Autonomous Driving Capabilities Assessment, 2024

    Catherine HongJames Wang

    According to Catherine Hong, senior market analyst of IDC China, "The rising investment in autonomous driving, continuous advancement of chip processing power, and rapid iteration of software versions have fueled the China autonomous driving market to enter a new phase of development. According to...

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  • SAP 1Q24 Earnings: Solid Start as Cloud Continues Momentum

    Mickey North RizzaDaniel-Zoe JimenezRobert Parker,  and others

    SAP recently announced its 1Q24 results. All results discussed in the document will be non-IFRS unless otherwise specified. In addition, all SAP numbers noted are actual currency and constant currency for changes year to year.The 1Q24 financials show cloud and software revenue was up 11% to €6,960...

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  • Unlocking GenAI's Business Potential: Maturity, Investments, and Priorities in Banking

    Maria Adele Di Comite

    This IDC Survey focuses on the status of generative AI (GenAI) adoption in banking for 2024. It is based on primary research conducted by IDC across regions in 4Q23. GenAI is gaining traction across industries; banks are also looking at GenAI with a lot of interest, but most are still in their...

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