IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Enterprise Intelligence 2024 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Enterprise Intelligence 2024 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2027, Enterprise Intelligence Leaders Will Replace Their Homegrown Decisioning Solutions with Those Built on Commercial Decision Intelligence Platforms, Accelerating Their Decision Velocity by 2x

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• IT Impact

• Business Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: By 2025, One-Third of G100 Companies Will Adopt Unified Platforms That Provide Best-of-Breed Functionality Across Two or More Planes of Enterprise Intelligence Technology Architecture

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• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By 2026, More than 80% of Generative AI Use Cases in Enterprises Will Leverage Customized, Specialized AI Models Rather Than Generic Foundation Models Offered via Public APIs

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• IT Impact

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• Prediction 4: To Mitigate New Risks Created by the Pervasive Use of Generative AI by Their Workforces, by the End of 2025, 60% of Large Enterprises Will Mandate Formal Data Literacy and Responsible AI Training

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• Prediction 5: By 2024, 60% of Enterprises Will Implement FinOps on Data Plane Technologies, Adopt Cost-Effective Alternatives, and Demand Proactive Control of Resource Consumption from Their Technology Vendors

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• Prediction 6: By 2025, 40% of G500 Organizations Will Incorporate Dynamic and Real-Time Data in AI Applications via Event Streaming, Providing Better Context for Decision-Making and Prompt Engineering

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• Prediction 7: By 2027, 75% of G500 Organizations That Are Investing in HPC Will Face Costly Delays Due to Severe Skill Shortages Because of a Dearth of Trained Workers and Insufficient Upskilling Initiatives

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• Prediction 8: By 2026, 60% of Leading Enterprise Intelligence Companies Will Have Identified Data Products, and 15% Will Have Attributed Business Value to the Products with a Data Valuation Methodology

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• Prediction 9: By 2026, 80% of G2000 Will Rely on Data Marketplace and Data Clean Room Technologies to Infuse External (Partner) Data Essential to Analytics, Operations, and/or AI Model Development and Execution

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• IT Impact

• Business Impact

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• Prediction 10: By 2025, 60% of "Leading" Enterprise Intelligence Organizations Will Use AI-Driven Planning Tools in Their ESG Initiatives to Maintain Competitive Advantage to Attract Socially Conscious Workers

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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

• Dynamic Work and Skills Requirements — New Work Mode Era

• Shifting Tech Regulatory Landscape — Navigating Risk and Opportunity

• Operationalization of ESG — Measuring and Implementing Sustainability

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