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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS
IoT, cognitive computing, robotics and
3D printing to accelerate digital
transformation
IDC expects the economy to deal in a big way with the services, but is fundamentally changing the way
digital transformation (DX) the coming year, even be- they interact with their broader ecosystem as well,
lieves that it will lead to the formation of a "DX Econo- the experts pointed out: “This year’s services predic-
my", since it is becoming a competitive requirement to tions deep-dive into the impact of 3rd Platform tech-
support changes to business operations and customer nologies and innovation accelerators such as IoT
experiences. While 2016 is shaping up to be the banner and Next-Gen Security. As a result, more focus on
year for ‘Digital Transformation’ (DX) to take root in governance between the IT organization and the
many Asia Pacific organizations, IDC expects innova- lines of business (LOB) is demanded to ensure risk,
tion accelerators like IoT, cognitive computing, robotics supplier choices, fail-over, innovation, and agile de-
and 3D printing to accelerate this transformation in velopment is understood between both parties, and
years to come. At least that is what the research firm the value of integration, management and security is
highlighted in its IT Services Predictions for 2016 re- brought to the forefront.
cently.
The DX-Economy will be primarily code driven
Over the next two years, two-thirds of the 2,000 globally by developers. The ability of organizations to grow
leading CEOs are expected to make digital transfor- and compete in the marketplace increasingly de-
mation the focus of their growth strategy. IDC believes pends on its ability to innovate. This in turn is deter-
the proportion of companies with advanced transfor- mined by the size of the software development team
mation strategy and corresponding implementations to and their abilities - looking at it this way - increasing-
double by the end of this decade. The upheavals of the ly transforming businesses to software companies.
digital transformation will then be felt across industries. IDC believes that companies implementing digitiza-
tion projects will more than double their capacities in
The drivers of the digital transformation will be the fol- the development until 2018. The developer will deal
lowing: almost exclusively with the digital transformation.
Progressive adoption of 3rd Platform technolo- Data will be equally important in the DX-
gies in the region not only drives demand for related Economy. Without large amounts of data, which
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IoT, cognitive computing, robotics and
3D printing to accelerate digital
transformation
IDC expects the economy to deal in a big way with the services, but is fundamentally changing the way
digital transformation (DX) the coming year, even be- they interact with their broader ecosystem as well,
lieves that it will lead to the formation of a "DX Econo- the experts pointed out: “This year’s services predic-
my", since it is becoming a competitive requirement to tions deep-dive into the impact of 3rd Platform tech-
support changes to business operations and customer nologies and innovation accelerators such as IoT
experiences. While 2016 is shaping up to be the banner and Next-Gen Security. As a result, more focus on
year for ‘Digital Transformation’ (DX) to take root in governance between the IT organization and the
many Asia Pacific organizations, IDC expects innova- lines of business (LOB) is demanded to ensure risk,
tion accelerators like IoT, cognitive computing, robotics supplier choices, fail-over, innovation, and agile de-
and 3D printing to accelerate this transformation in velopment is understood between both parties, and
years to come. At least that is what the research firm the value of integration, management and security is
highlighted in its IT Services Predictions for 2016 re- brought to the forefront.
cently.
The DX-Economy will be primarily code driven
Over the next two years, two-thirds of the 2,000 globally by developers. The ability of organizations to grow
leading CEOs are expected to make digital transfor- and compete in the marketplace increasingly de-
mation the focus of their growth strategy. IDC believes pends on its ability to innovate. This in turn is deter-
the proportion of companies with advanced transfor- mined by the size of the software development team
mation strategy and corresponding implementations to and their abilities - looking at it this way - increasing-
double by the end of this decade. The upheavals of the ly transforming businesses to software companies.
digital transformation will then be felt across industries. IDC believes that companies implementing digitiza-
tion projects will more than double their capacities in
The drivers of the digital transformation will be the fol- the development until 2018. The developer will deal
lowing: almost exclusively with the digital transformation.
Progressive adoption of 3rd Platform technolo- Data will be equally important in the DX-
gies in the region not only drives demand for related Economy. Without large amounts of data, which
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