At the beginning of each year, global analytical firms publish forecasts on IT industry trends for the next 12 months. These days, such forecasts seem especially fascinating, since the year 2020 has changed so many things in our lives and introduced an element of surprise. Today, let's look at what IDC analysts envisage for 2021 in terms of digitalization * . (Spoiler alert: budgets on the digital transformation of business practices, products, and organizations will keep growing steadily, defying the challenges that arise from the Covid-19 pandemic).