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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Product Information Management Applications for Commerce 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment

Heather Hershey — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC study comprehensively evaluates leading product information management (PIM) solutions for multichannel digital commerce. As the demand for accurate, engaging product content intensifies across B2B and B2C sectors, businesses must adopt advanced PIM systems to meet customer expectations, improve operational efficiency, and drive revenue. This assessment equips technology buyers with the critical insights necessary to identify the best-fit PIM solutions, considering scalability, flexibility, and integration capabilities, among other factors.

The document evaluates 19 vendors, analyzing their ability to deliver robust PIM capabilities such as content syndication, AI-driven analytics, and seamless integration with commerce systems. It also offers actionable guidance for buyers, focusing on scalability, data quality, and global market readiness. By reading this document, buyers gain a strategic framework to navigate the evolving PIM landscape and select a solution that enhances product storytelling, optimizes digital reach, and sustains competitive differentiation.

"Product information management has become a cornerstone of digital commerce, enabling brands to deliver the rich, accurate, and engaging product content that modern buyers demand," says Heather Hershey, director, Digital Commerce Strategy at IDC. "As digital channels proliferate and customer expectations rise, the PIM market continues to evolve, integrating advanced technologies such as AI to support seamless content syndication, personalization, and global scalability. Organizations that invest in robust PIM solutions are better equipped to optimize their digital presence, enhance customer trust, and drive revenue growth across both B2B and B2C ecosystems."

IDC MarketScape: U.S. Enterprise Medical Imaging 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment

Mutaz Shegewi — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC MarketScape evaluates vendors delivering U.S. enterprise medical imaging solutions for providers by assessing their strategies and capabilities. These solutions transcend traditional medical imaging systems by enabling seamless data sharing, intelligent automation, and operational scalability. Enterprise medical imaging platforms address critical healthcare initiatives such as precision diagnostics, value-based care, remote collaboration, and AI-powered imaging analytics to shift the focus from managing medical images to transforming how healthcare providers work with them to enhance clinical outcomes and operational efficiency.

"Enterprise medical imaging is being redefined by a transformative level of innovation that is happening now and will impact the future of U.S. healthcare," says Mutaz Shegewi, senior research director, IDC Health Insights. "The cloud, for example, is delivering enterprise medical imaging resiliency and scalability in unprecedented ways while AI is paving the way for more diagnostic precision and automated workflows to be infused, and this is all just the beginning. The future promises medical imaging ecosystems that are smarter, more connected, and fully integrated across care teams, modalities, entities, healthcare systems, and even vast geographies when combined with teleradiology, thanks to enterprise medical imaging. Providers who advance their enterprise medical imaging strategies through the right solutions will not just keep up but lead the charge into an era where medical imaging is the foundation of faster decisions, better care, and improved patient outcomes."

Success Factors for Cloud Professional Services, 2024

Erin Hichman — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation outlines key factors driving successful implementation of cloud services, based on feedback gathered from organizations that recently partnered with external services providers on cloud professional services initiatives. The IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides insights into organizations' intentions, measures of success, and roadblocks, based on data from IDC's 2024 DX Professional Services Survey and IDC's 2024 Worldwide Cloud Professional Services Client Study. It also explores impactful vendor attributes, expected outcomes, benefits achieved, and key stakeholders involved in cloud professional services.

AWS re:Invent 2024 Dedicated Cloud Roundup

Rob Tiffany — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

As you might expect, this year's AWS re:Invent conference focused heavily on AI and Amazon's infrastructure innovations in delivering accelerated computing. That being said, a number of dedicated cloud infrastructure announcements were made related to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, AWS Outposts, and AWS Dedicated Local Zones that are sure to drive value for enterprise customers that utilize those capabilities.

IDC Playbook for Tech Sales Leaders：2024年国内エンタープライズクライアント／クライアント仮想化市場－エンドポイントの革新

Hiroshi Shibutani — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、国内エンタープライズクライアント／クライアント仮想化市場の概況や動向、将来のトレンドの影響に関するインサイト、アカウント戦略の指針を簡潔にまとめたものである。ITサプライヤーのセールスリーダーとして活躍する多くの方々が、顧客の購買基準や市場動向の影響を明確にする際、活用できる情報が多く含まれる。

筑牢基座——《中国公有云服务提供商安全技术能力评估，2024》报告正式发布

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

北京，2024年12月12日——中国公有云市场经过多年的快速发展，已经积累了大量的云租户。随着全球网络攻击形式日益严峻，公有云服务提供商的安全技术能力已经变得越发的重要。IDC全球对云安全的调研显示，55.5%的云租户在过去两年中都发生过重大的安全事件。在攻击技术积极融合GenAI技术的趋势下，全球网络安全形势将会更为严峻。因此，公有云服务提供商的云安全能力的重要性不言而喻。同时，公有云平台的安全与否，不仅影响租户业务的安全，更是对公有云服务提供商的品誉有极大的影响。在此背景下，为了更清晰地呈现公有云服务提供商的安全能力，国际数据公司（IDC）于的日发布了《中国公有云服务提供商安全技术能力评估，2024 》（Doc# CHC52742224 ，2024年12月）报告，从公有云安全能力的角度出发，进行调研和技术评估，评估结果供最终用户首席安全官（CSO）/首席信息官（CIO）等相关从业人员参考。

C2G Market Analysis Perspective: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Public Cloud Services, 2024

Shouvik Nag, Daphne Chung — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This Market Analysis Perspective (MAP) provides an in-depth analysis of the state of the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) cloud market as of 2023–2024 and explains the vendor landscape of the public cloud services (PCS) market in the region. The report dives into the current cloud deployments in the region and details why private cloud is still preferred in certain scenarios. The report also discusses the drivers and challenges of public cloud services. This MAP is designed to provide clients with the opportunity to engage with IDC's cloud analysts on key issues impacting the current cloud market. It includes updates on:

Industry and market overview
Competitive landscape
Buying perspective
Future view of the market
Advice for the technology supplier

Public cloud providers are exploring new opportunities in APEJ thanks to the heterogenous nature of the market. Organizations in mature economies, such as Singapore, are mostly looking to modernize their current infrastructure, whereas organizations in emerging economies are looking to completely transform digitally. This presentation provides further insights into the cloud market in the region and impact of GenAI on cloud services. Finally, it provides key recommendations for the sales and marketing leaders of cloud SPs on what their overall market strategy should be.

Cable MVNOs Continue to See Subscriber and Revenue Growth in 3Q24; Boost Mobile Lost Subscribers But Shows Signs of Recovery with New Funding

Pahul Singh — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note examines the 3Q24 earnings that were released from October 31 to November 12, 2024, from the three U.S. cable companies that offer mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services as well as EchoStar’s Boost Mobile MVNO business.

Conversational AI: Horizontal Cloud AI Platforms Versus Point Solutions, or Both?

Gerry Murray — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight analyzes conversational AI (CAI). IDC expects to see the forces of innovation and consolidation actively shape the future of the CAI/GenAI industry and the architecture choices large enterprises make. 2025 may be a year of hybrid approaches, but IDC expects to see few challengers to incumbent platforms as preferred AI and agentic providers for large enterprises.

Dedicated and IaaS Cloud Cost Considerations

Penny Madsen — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight draws upon IDC’s 3Q24 Cloud Pulse Survey findings from October to look at the different requirements of cloud buyers for cloud cost and pricing and billing across on-premises and hosted dedicated cloud and infrastructure as a service.