IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2024 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2024 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2025, 70% of Enterprises Will Form Strategic Ties to Cloud Providers for GenAI Platforms, Developer Tools, and Infrastructure, Requiring New Corporate Controls for Data and Cost Governance

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• Prediction 2: By 2024, 23% Of Organizations Will Implement Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms with AI to Enforce Continuous Compliance with Cloud Security Posture Management Features

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• Prediction 3: By 2025, 50% of Enterprises Will Break with the Public Cloud Migration Trend and Primarily Deploy HPC On Premises, at a Managed Services Provider or at a Colocation Provider

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• Prediction 4: By 2027, 85% of the G2000 Will Rely on Cloud Providers and Connectivity Partners for Zero-Touch Provisioning and Zero Trust Security at the Edge, Reducing the Burden on IT Staff by 2x

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• Prediction 5: By 2025, 65% of the G2000 Will Engage in Multicloud Through Partner Ecosystems That Provide Valued Services, Application Development, and Integration from the Distributed Cloud to the Edge

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• Prediction 6: By 2026, Two-Thirds of Cloud Applications Will Use AI, Leaving 80% of Global Organizations to Struggle with Finding Enough Skilled AI Professionals to Continually Manage and Update Them

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• Prediction 7: By 2028, Owing to Growing Power Scarcity and Sustainability Mandates, 60% of Datacenters Will Adopt Fit-for-Purpose Solutions Such as Custom Silicon, Liquid Cooling, Microgrids, and Ruggedization

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• Prediction 8: By 2026, 50% of G2000 Companies Will Expand Their FinOps Scope to Identify New Cost Optimization Opportunities by Adding SaaS Management Platform Tools and Capabilities

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• Prediction 9: GenAI Will Reinvent Refactoring of Legacy Apps, with Enterprises Utilizing GenAI Tools and Cloud Service Provider Platforms to Initiate and Execute 75% of Code Conversion and Development Tasks by 2027

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• Prediction 10: Over the Next 12 Months, CIOs Will Direct 35% of Their IaaS Data Storage Budgets Toward Solutions for Data Sovereignty to Achieve Regulatory Compliance

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Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• AI Everywhere — Generative AI Takes the Spotlight

• The Drive to Automate — Maximizing Efficiency and New Opportunities

• Cybersecurity and Risk — Building Resilience Against Multiplying Threats

• The Digital Business Imperative — Competitiveness and Outcomes

• Everything as a Service Intensifies — Transforming Models to Drive Change

• Shifting Tech Regulatory Landscape — Navigating Risk and Opportunity

• Operationalization of ESG — Measuring and Implementing Sustainability

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