55% of IT buyers expect AI-powered managed services to cost more. Only 37% expect prices to fall.
IDC's Tom Collins lays out a 90-day framework for contract renewal: audit consumption first, benchmark against market pricing next, then build the case with evidence, not goodwill.
59% of enterprises now revisit their planning decisions at least monthly, according to IDC's own research. A year-long plan can't keep pace with that.
Join Laurie Buczek, IDC's Group VP of Market & Business Intelligence, to explore what separates a 2027 plan that survives
Oil near $100. A ceasefire that broke down. IT budgets that weren't built for either.
IDC's Stephen Minton has an updated read on where things stand. We've moved from the risk of a short, sharp shock to something more gradual: inflation dragging on activity over a longer period.
CEO scrutiny of AI platform decisions is rising. IDC research confirms it. When the stakes are that high, the intelligence behind those decisions needs to hold up in any room.
IDC Quanta delivers answers grounded in 60 years of IDC analyst-led research, cited by publication
Picture this: an analyst built a model projecting 16% growth, then IDC Quanta checked it against the real forecast, 12.1%, in under a minute, with the source attached.
IDC's Joe Bradley built the architecture behind that: an MCP server plus a purpose-built Claude plugin, so
