IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Industry Ecosystems 2024 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Industry Ecosystems 2024 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2025, 40% of Global Organizations Will Have a Digital Platform in Place for Ecosystem Operation, Driving a 10% Higher Data Capitalization Rate Than Those That Do Not Take This Approach

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: By 2027, Seamless Integration of Augmented Reality into Omni-Experiences Will Lead to a 15% Improvement in Customer Support Satisfaction and a 15% Rise in Virtual Teamwork Productivity

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By 2026, 50% of Global 2000 Organizations Will Co-Invest in Ecosystem-Specific AI LLM Tuning to Increase Operational Efficiency by 25% Speed Co-Innovation by 50%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 4: By 2025, 75% of Service Providers Will Offer GenAI Tools, Data Models, and Other Services for Simulation and Offer Advisory on Which Industry Ecosystem Partners to Work With Per Initiative

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 5: By 2028, 75% of Global Organizations Will Build Customer Digital Twins and Share With Their Ecosystem Partners for 30% More Successful Product Launches and Faster Delivery of Products and Services

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 6: By the End of 2026, 45% of the Software Developers of Data Spaces Will Use AI and Low-Code/No-Code Tools to Improve Quality and Reduce Time to Design, Engineer, and Develop Compliant Code by 15%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 7: By 2028, G8 Countries Will Pass New Regulation Governing Decentralized Ecosystems That Mandates Common Accreditation, Liability, and Privacy Standards to Reduce Co-Innovation and Data Sharing Risks

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 8: By 2027, 50% of Global Organizations Will Invest in Predictive Analytics, Simulation, and GenAI for Environmental Sustainability and to Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce CO2 Emissions by 25%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 9: By 2025, 25% of CIOs Will Also Have the Role of Chief Ecosystem Officer, Orchestrating IT and Business Across Their Ecosystem to Meet Customer Needs and Lower the Cost of Ecosystem Participation by 25%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 10: By 2027, 80% of Global 2000 Organizations Will Embed GenAI Capabilities Through Open APIs Within Their Data Sharing Architectures to Improve Ingestion and Speed of Data Access by 50%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• AI Everywhere — Generative AI Takes the Spotlight

• The Drive to Automate — Maximizing Efficiency and New Opportunities

• Global Supply Chain Resiliency — Push for Diversification

• The Digital Business Imperative — Competitiveness and Outcomes

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

• Dynamic Work and Skills Requirements — New Work Mode Era

• Operationalization of ESG — Measuring and Implementing Sustainability

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