IDC Reveals 2021 Worldwide Digital Transformation Predictions; 65% of Global GDP Digitalized by 2022, Driving Over $6.8 Trillion of Direct DX ...

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IDC Reveals 2021 Worldwide Digital Transformation Predictions; 65% of Global
      GDP Digitalized by 2022, Driving Over $6.8 Trillion of Direct DX Investments from
      2020 to 2023

                    Accelerated DX investments create economic gravity as
                    companies build on existing strategies and investments,
                    becoming digital-at-scale future enterprises

                    FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 29, 2020 – As the top
                    digital transformation (DX) market research firm in the
                    world, International Data Corporation (IDC) today unveiled
                    IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation 2021
                    Predictions (IDC #US46880818). According to the new report,
                    despite a global pandemic, direct digital transformation (DX)
                    investment is still growing at a compound annual growth
                    rate (CAGR) of 15.5% from 2020 to 2023 and is expected
                    to approach $6.8 trillion as companies build on existing
                    strategies and investments, becoming digital-at-scale future
                    enterprises.

                    In a webinar today, IDC analysts Bob Parker and Shawn
                    Fitzgerald discussed the key predictions that will impact CIOs
                    and IT professionals with regards to digital transformation
                    over the next one to five years and offered guidance for
                    managing the implications these predictions harbor for IT
                    investment priorities and implementation strategies. To
                    register for an on-demand replay of this webinar or any of the
                    IDC FutureScape webinars, please visit https://www.idc.com/
                    events/futurescape.

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                    The predictions from the IDC FutureScape for Worldwide
                    Digital Transformation are:

•   Prediction 1: Accelerated DX Investments Create Economic Gravity. The
    economy remains on course to its digital destiny with 65% of global GDP

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digitalized by 2022 and will drive over $6.8 trillion of direct DX investments
    from 2020 to 2023.
•   Prediction 2: Digital Organization Structures and Roadmaps Mature. By
    2023, 75% of organizations will have comprehensive digital transformation
    (DX) implementation roadmaps, up from 27% today, resulting in true
    transformation across all facets of business and society.
•   Prediction 3: Digital Management Systems Mature. By 2023, 60% of leaders
    in G2000 organizations will have shifted their management orientation from
    processes to outcomes, establishing more agile, innovative, and empathetic
    operating models.
•   Prediction 4: The Rise of the Digital Platform and Extended Ecosystems.
    By 2025, driven by volatile global conditions, 75% of business leaders will
    leverage digital platforms and ecosystem capabilities to adapt their value
    chains to new markets, industries, and ecosystems.
•   Prediction 5: A Digital First Approach. While "digital first" prevails in every
    experience, 60% of enterprises will invest heavily in digitalizing employee
    experience in 2021, transforming the relationship between employers and
    employees.
•   Prediction 6: Business Model Reinvention. By 2021, at least 30% of
    organizations will accelerate innovation to support business and operating
    model reinvention, fast-tracking transformation programs to future-proof their
    businesses.
•   Prediction 7: Sustainability and DX. By 2022, the majority of companies will
    realize greater value by combining digital and sustainability, giving rise to
    digitally-driven and sustainably-enabled projects as the de-facto standard.
•   Prediction 8: Digitally Native Cultures. To thrive in digital supremacy
    economy, 50% of enterprises will implement the organizational culture
    optimized for DX in 2025, based on customer-centric and data-driven.
•   Prediction 9: Accelerating Digital Experiences. By 2022, 70% of all
    organizations will have accelerated use of digital technologies, transforming
    existing business processes to drive customer engagement, employee
    productivity, and business resiliency.
•   Prediction 10: Business Innovation Platforms. By 2023, 60% of G2000
    companies will build their own business innovation platform to support
    innovation and growth in the new normal.

                    According to Shawn Fitzgerald,
                    research director, Worldwide
                    Digital Transformation Strategies,
                    "Organizations with new digital
                    business models at their core
                    that are successfully executing
                    their enterprise-wide strategies
                    on digital platforms are well
                    positioned for continued success

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in the digital platform economy.
Our 2021 digital transformation
predictions represent areas of
notable opportunity to differentiate
your own digital transformation
strategic efforts."

To learn more about this year's
IDC FutureScape reports and
webinars, please visit: https://
www.idc.com/events/futurescape.

For additional information
about these predictions or
to arrange a one-on-one
briefing, please contact Sarah
Murray at 781-378-2674 or
sarah@attunecommunications.com.
Reports are available to qualified
members of the media. For
information on purchasing
reports, contact insights@idc.com
; reporters should email
sarah@attunecommunications.com.

About IDC FutureScape

IDC FutureScape reports are used
to shape IT strategy and planning
for the enterprise by providing a
basic framework for evaluating IT
initiatives in terms of their value
to business strategy now and
in the foreseeable future. IDC's
FutureScapes are comprised
of a set of decision imperatives
designed to identify a range of
pending issues that CIOs and
senior technology professionals
will confront within a typical five-
year business planning cycle.

About IDC

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International Data Corporation
            (IDC) is the premier global
            provider of market intelligence,
            advisory services, and events
            for the information technology,
            telecommunications, and
            consumer technology markets.
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            worldwide, IDC offers global,
            regional, and local expertise
            on technology and industry
            opportunities and trends in over
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            insight helps IT professionals,
            business executives, and the
            investment community to make
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respective holders.

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For more information contact:
Sarah Murray
sarah@attunecommunications.com
781-378-2674
Michael Shirer
press@idc.com
508-935-4200

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