IDC Predictions Provide a Blueprint and Key Building Blocks for Becoming a Digital Native Enterprise

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 31, 2017 – International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced its worldwide information technology (IT) industry predictions for 2018 and beyond. The predictions were published in a new IDC FutureScape report and presented in a live Web conference hosted by Chief Analyst Frank Gens. IDC has spent the past ten years chronicling the emergence and evolution of the 3rd Platform, built on cloud, mobile, big data/analytics, and social technologies and further enabled by Innovation Accelerators such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). Over the past several years, IDC has focused on the digital transformation (DX) that enterprises must undergo as they adopt these technologies and the DX economy that is emerging from the innovative use of these technologies. Today, the 3rd Platform story is well into its second chapter and moving into full stride, unleashing "multiplied innovation" through platforms, open innovation ecosystems, massive data sharing and modernization, hyper-agile application deployment technologies, an expanding digital developer population, the blockchain-fueled rise of digital trust, richer artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services, deeper human/digital interfaces, and a much more diverse cloud services world.