{"id":5793,"date":"2021-09-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?post_type=sf_press_release&p=5793"},"modified":"2021-09-20T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:00:00","slug":"idc-salesforce-economy-2021","status":"publish","type":"sf_press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/in\/news\/press-releases\/2021\/09\/20\/idc-salesforce-economy-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Finds Salesforce Economy Will Create 9.3 Million Jobs and $1.6 Trillion in New Business Revenues by 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editor’s Note: For the latest data from IDC, please\u00a0go here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce partner ecosystem on track to grow to nearly six times the size of Salesforce itself by 2026<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 September 20, 2021 <\/strong><\/strong>\u2014 Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced a new study<\/a> from IDC that finds Salesforce and its ecosystem of partners will create 9.3 million new jobs and $1.6 trillion in new business revenues worldwide by 2026. The study also finds that Salesforce is driving immense growth for its partner ecosystem, which will make $6.19 for every $1 Salesforce makes by 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Building digital HQs helps solve for urgent transformation needs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IDC forecasts1<\/sup> that cloud-related technologies will account for 27% of digital transformation IT spending this year, growing to 37% in 2026, as businesses focus on establishing digital HQs to deliver customer and employee success from anywhere. Remote work, contactless customer engagement, and sustainability efforts are becoming more prevalent than ever, and IDC expects this trend will only continue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“IDC forecasts that cloud-related technologies will account for 27% of digital transformation IT spending this year, growing to 37% in 2026”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As more companies build out digital HQs to support an increasingly remote workforce, Salesforce technologies have helped its customers adjust to uncertainty \u2013 enabling remote work and remote contact with customers, and making it possible to develop new products in weeks, not months2<\/sup> . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IDC also conducted a survey of 525 enterprises across eight countries on cloud deployment and the benefits and challenges of cloud computing. Of the 74% of survey respondents who say their organizations have a formal digital transformation strategy, 97% rate cloud computing as important to that strategy. The survey also found that Salesforce solutions have enabled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n