Chapter 3 Industry Perspective on the Global Datasphere Digital transformation and the resulting growth in data Growth in data is happening across all industries own datacenters, sometimes very massive ones. and geographies, but not all businesses are Industries are in various states of readiness and impacted in the same way. Some rely more on the need to take action to prepare for and capitalize on cloud, while others continue to rely more on their a new era of data growth. Introducing the DATa Readiness CONdition Index To characterize differences by different industries, IDC initiatives businesses must consider. The DATCON created the DATCON (DATa Readiness CONdition) index is a scale from 1 to 5, where 5 represents an index, the first index of its kind to evaluate how industry that is completely optimized and where 1 prepared various industries are for managing, represents an industry in critical condition with analyzing, and storing data. It also identifies gaps that respect to its readiness to manage and fully monetize need to be addressed and the most pressing the data it creates, captures, stores, and analyzes. Figure 16 illustrates the 1 to 5 DATCON index with descriptions that provide further characterization of each level. DATCON Index Figure 16 – Data Readiness Condition (DATCON) Levels Industry is Suppliers are A DX culture is A skilled workforce A strong vision 5 leading in DX synced and driven throughout is executing exists on what data Optimized healthy from the top advanced initiatives is needed, leveraged, and monetized Industry leading Vibrant Many DX initiatives Data management Good pulse on 4 in some areas of ecosystem owned and well under leveraging data Advanced digital budgeted at the control to fullest extent transformation highest level Industry on Decent Some C-level Corporate-owned Usually strong 3 par with the ecosystem with commitment visions and in one area of average similar visions rd Average initiatives in place 3 -platform technologies Industry is in Limited vision, There may be No C-level Most data never 2 catch-up mode though there some 3rd-platform commitment, monetized Needful are pockets of initiatives, but often a LOB action limited initiative Industry Disaggregated No vision for No leadership An impending disarray ecosystem rd 1 3 -platform within companies data tsunami with Critical technologies no survival plans Source: IDC’s Data Age 2025 study, sponsored by Seagate IDC White Paper I Doc# US44413318 I November 2018 The Digitization of the World – From Edge to Core I 20