According to IDC’s June 2023 Future of Digital Infrastructure Sentiment
Survey, 77% of enterprises state that digital infrastructure is critical to
achieving business goals over the next two years. In IDC’s recent Cloud
Pulse Survey, 68% of respondents indicated that they expect to undergo a
near-major or major transformation of their IT or digital infrastructure
environment to support business strategies over the next five years.

At the same time, enterprises are facing macroeconomic headwinds and therefore must thoughtfully align their strategic IT and business priorities. Organizations cited their top 3 risk factors going
into 2023 as rising costs/inflationary pressures, labor shortages, and uncertain economic conditions(source: IDC’s 2023
Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 3). The same survey also highlighted the top technologies
believed to be immune regardless of economic pressures. These included security, IT infrastructure, operations
optimization initiatives, and end-user devices.