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Global DX Spending to Reach $1.18 trillion in 2019, says IDC

Global DX Spending to Reach $1.18 trillion in 2019, says IDC Image Credit: IDC

IDC forecasts that global digital transformation (DX) spending to reach $1.18 trillion in 2019, an increase of 17.9% over 2018. Enterprises around the world are making significant investments in the technologies and services that enable the DX of their business models, products and services, and organizations, says IDC.

The two industries that will invest the most in digital transformation in 2019 are discrete manufacturing ($221.6 billion) and process manufacturing ($124.5 billion). For both industries, the top DX spending priority is smart manufacturing, supported by significant investments in autonomic operations, manufacturing operations, and quality. Retail will be the next largest industry in 2019, followed closely by transportation and professional services. 

The DX use cases – discretely funded efforts that support a program objective – that will see the largest investment across all industries in 2019 will be autonomic operations ($52 billion), robotic manufacturing ($45 billion), freight management ($41 billion), and root cause ($35 billion). Other use cases that will see investments in excess of $20 billion in 2019 include self-healing assets and augmented maintenance, intelligent and predictive grid management for electricity, and quality and compliance. The use cases that will experience the greatest spending growth over the 2018-2022 forecast period are virtualized labs (108.6% CAGR), digital visualization (53.5% CAGR), and augmented design management (43.9% CAGR).

The United States and China will be the two largest geographic markets for DX spending, delivering more than half the worldwide total in 2019. 

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