IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Digital Innovation 2022 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Digital Innovation 2022 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2026, Enterprises that Successfully Generate Digital Innovation Will Derive Over 25% of Revenue from Digital Products, Services, and/or Experiences

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• Prediction 2: By 2022, Organizations that Allocate 50%+ of Their Software Development Projects to Customer-Facing Initiatives Will See Revenue Grow 15% Faster Compared with Those That Focus More on Internal Projects

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• Prediction 3: To Help Alleviate the Developer Skills Shortage, 55% of Organizations Will Use Cloud Marketplaces and Tech Start-Up Acquisitions as Their Most Important Approaches to Software Sourcing by 2024

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• Prediction 4: By 2024, Companies That Have Already Invested in Building a Developer Ecosystem Will Expand Their Customer Base by 25%

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• Prediction 5: Securing the Software Supply Chain Will Be a Core Competency Embraced by 75% of Large Digital Innovators by 2023

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• Prediction 6: By 2023, Traditional Distribution Models Crumble as 20% of Businesses in Some Sectors Use Technology to Go Direct to Customers, Seeking to Improve Customer Satisfaction and Product Development

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• Prediction 7: By 2026, 30% of Software Development Teams Will Be Focused on Turning Traditional Products into Outcomes as a Service

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• Prediction 8: Half of the Global 500 Will Have Insourced Software Development Significantly by 2025, Exacerbating the Software Engineering Skills Shortage and Fueling Interest in Software Development Efficiencies

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• Prediction 9: By 2024, 55% of Successful Digitally Innovative Products Will Be Built by Teams That Include People with Creative, Critical Thinking, Analysis, and Automation Skills as Well as Software Engineers

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• Prediction 10: By 2025, 75% of Newly Developed Applications Will Include Some Automatically Generated Code, Freeing up Humans to Focus on Development Tasks That Are Not Easily Automated

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Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• Pervasive Disruption Continues — Volatility, Opportunity, and Resilience

• Cybersecurity and Risk — The Threat Environment Just Keeps Scaling

• The Future Enterprise — Thriving in a Jungle of Agile Innovation

• Embracing Digital First — New Strategies for Complexity and Ubiquity

• Digital Ecosystem — Thriving in a Multiplatform World

• Workforce Outlook — Redefining Teams, Reinventing Models, and Rethinking Leadership

• Engagement Reimagined — From Responsive to Anticipatory

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