IDC Web Conference, 21 September 2017: Which Home Video Game Console Are Americans Most Likely to Buy This Holiday Season – and Why?

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [WC Header 2017] IDC Invites You to Attend an IDC Web Conference Which Home Video Game Console Are Americans Most Likely to Buy This Holiday Season - and Why? Lewis Ward, Research Director, Gaming and AR/VR September 21, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time In this IDC Web conference, Gaming and AR/VR Research Director Lewis Ward will use fresh survey data of gamers in the United States to outline which home video game console system is likely to be the top seller in fourth quarter of 2017. There's a lot of buzz around Microsoft's potent Xbox One X, Nintendo's innovative Switch, and Sony's VR-ready PS4 Pro today, but there will be only one sales champion crowned this holiday season! Questions to be addressed in the presentation include: - What decision factors are top of mind among likely console buyers? - Through which distribution/retail channels do likely hardware buyers already buy games? - Will total home console hardware sales rise or fall versus 2016? [Register Now Button]( After submitting the completed registration information, you will receive an email with a link and instructions for when and how to access the live presentation. Reminder emails will be sent one day and one hour prior to the event. If you have difficulty registering, please send an email to webconferences@idc.com. Please be sure to provide all the pertinent event information. If you are unable to attend on the specified date and time, an on-demand replay of the Web conference will be available for six months after the event at the On24 URL above. The Web conference presentation and an audio file will also be available for download on IDC.com. After logging in to your IDC.com account, search on the Web conference title or event number and then click on the title to open the document. The presentation and audio file will be available on the full document page within a day or two after the event. [Upcoming Banner] September 7, 2017 Hierarchy of Marketing Metrics - Measuring Marketing Success Like a CFO Marketing departments are under considerable pressure to be accountable. As customer engagement converts to digital, B2B revenue becomes increasingly dependent on marketing success. But how should company executives measure the value of marketing investment? IDC's Kathleen Schaub, Vice President of IDC's CMO Advisory and Customer Experience Practices, presents some of the marketing measurement practices that CFOs and leading CMOs find most useful. [Register Now Button]( September 12, 2017 Market Trends in Public Cloud Storage In this IDC Web conference, Andrew Smith and Deepak Mohan will discuss the latest trends in the enterprise storage market, including the ongoing migration to public cloud IaaS storage and the impact this is having on the competitive storage software market. The presentation will include data highlights from the most recent the IDC Storage Software and Cloud Services Qview. [Register Now Button]( September 14, 2017 Archiving and eDiscovery Survey 2017: Tech-Enabled Information Governance Archiving and eDiscovery solutions make up the core of your customer's information governance strategy. These solutions enable the governance and management of increasingly complex and highly regulated volumes of enterprise data. In this IDC Web conference, compliance analyst Angela Gelnaw and storage analyst Andrew Smith explore how deployment and pricing models are evolving to meet the needs of today's cloud-oriented enterprises and assess the impact these changes will have on the competitive landscape and leading solutions within the market. [Register Now Button]( September 28, 2017 IoT Talks: IDC's 2017 Global IoT Decision Maker Survey Launch This IDC Web Conference offers the first look at results from the 5th annual global Internet of Things (IoT) decision-maker survey. IDC's Vernon Turner and Carrie MacGillivray will discuss highlights from the survey as they relate to the changing market for IT vendors and service providers. [Register Now Button]( [On-Demand Banner] Consumer Digital Transformation Readiness: Are Consumers "Ready" for DX Experiences? Research Director Greg Ireland presents IDC's recent forecast of consumer digital transformation (DX) readiness, which profiles of different consumer "readiness" segments and sizes the market of U.S. consumers that are "ready" for transformative experiences. [View On-Demand Button]( State of the Market Q2 2017: IT Spending Review and Outlook IDC's Stephen Minton reviews the latest IT spending data and leading economic indicators for IT buyer behavior, alongside updated market sizing and forecasts from the IDC Worldwide Black Book and Semiannual IT Spending Guide. [View On-Demand Button]( Payments, Emerging Markets and Financial Inclusion James Wester of IDC Financial Insights looks at the challenges of Financial Inclusion - connecting consumers who lack access to traditional banking to basic payment and financial services. [View On-Demand Button]( IoT Mid-Year Review: A Rapid Fire Market Update For A Market That's On Fire Vernon Turner and Carrie MacGillivray review what is happening in several key areas of the Internet of Things (IoT), including: IT and OT convergence, the race for connectivity, the ongoing IoT platform wars, and the emergence of IoT Business Models matched to specific IoT use cases. [View On-Demand Button]( The Importance of Smarter Datacenters In this IDC Web conference, Research Director Jennifer Cooke explores the building blocks of smarter datacenters and the importance of adopting these technologies to support IT and digital transformation initiatives. [View On-Demand Button]( China ICT Market: Trends, Complexity, Potential IDC China Research Director Chris Dong explains what China has become over the past two decades, identifying where the ICT market opportunities are growing and why is it important to acknowledge and support national initiatives. He also explains how to navigate the complexities of China's markets, how to build sustainable growth in various technology and industry areas, and whom to partner with to win new customers, both in China and with China. [View On-Demand Button]( [FTAF 1]( [WC Footer 2017] This email was sent to: {EMAIL} This email was sent by: IDC 5 Speen Street Framingham, MA 01701 We respect your right to privacy - [view our policy]( [Update Profile]( | [One-Click Unsubscribe](