IDC Research Types
Analyst
Analyst Profile
Provides complete background information on an IDC analyst. Each profile provides a biography, a notable quotation, a frequently asked question relevant to the particular analyst's focus, and a list of research authored by that analyst.
Team Profile
Lists the analyst members of a topical team. Outlines general areas of coverage and any specialties.
Briefs
Flash
Provides rapid IDC insight and analysis about a significant industry event or conference, merger or acquisition, product announcement, or other fast-breaking news affecting the IT market.
Forecast Update
Provides a short, quick look at an updated forecast and the changed assumptions behind the update. It updates a market forecast published in the same calendar year, identifies changed and key forecast assumptions, and highlights actions for participants to consider in light of the changes.
IDC Insight
Provides coverage and analysis of an industry event, new product or service, or a company announcement or development.
Update
Provides brief overview coverage of what is happening in a market.
Vendor Profiles
Provides a concise, hard-hitting profile of an emerging vendor. A profile will highlight new players and technologies and the potential paradigm shifts or disruptions a vendor represents.
Daily Graphics
Daily Graphic
Illustrates IDC's keen analysis of major market trends in downloadable PowerPoints. Available as a free download the day it appears, an IDC Daily Graphic provides valuable material for speeches and strategic planning.
Event Proceedings
Event Proceeding
Provides published slides, audio, and other materials from IDC and Insights Web conferences, briefings, forums, or other events.
Events
Conference
Delivers dependable, relevant, and high-impact data and insight to help organizations make sound business and technology decisions. eBusiness executives, IT professionals, IT suppliers, and services suppliers benefit from the strategic insight and networking opportunities IDC conferences offer. Generally, all presentation slides are available online, and for most conferences, streaming audio of key discussions is available as well.
Web Conference
Focuses on significant trends and paradigm shifts. Each Web conference will provide attendees with leading-edge market information that will enable them to make smart business decisions. For those unable to attend in person or those wishing to review the content presented, these synchronized multimedia presentations are available online.
IDC DecisionScapes
IDC FutureScape
Serves as a framework for IT/tech professionals' IT strategy and planning for the next one to three years. It lists IDC's top 10 worldwide technology trends for the coming one to three years in a given research area and includes related drivers, projected IT/business strategy impact, and guidance.
IDC MarketScape
Helps IT/tech professionals develop a short list of suitable suppliers when selecting a vendor. Provides an unbiased assessment of tech suppliers in terms of offerings, strategy, capabilities, and other important factors in a given technology area.
IDC MaturityScape
Describes five stages of "maturity" or capability for a particular technology area, helps IT/tech professionals understand where their organizations fit within those stages, and provides guidance on key components for planning successful improvements to a tech initiative.
IDC MaturityScape Benchmark
Helps IT/tech professionals to benchmark their maturity against peers, develop a business case for a tech initiative, and build consensus about where critical IT investments should be made. Presents quantitative research results that show the market distribution for a given tech initiative across the five stages of maturity presented in the related IDC MaturityScape. Shows the results and components of particularly successful initiatives.
IDC PeerScape
Gives IT/tech professionals insight into best practices (and practices to avoid) by providing specific use case examples implemented by peers. Identifies practices that have the most impact on the success of a tech or business initiative, and provides actionable guidance for each practice.
IDC PlanScape
Helps IT/tech professionals to justify and plan a business and/or technology investment or opportunity by exploring why, what, who, and how (these are also the main section headings). Presents key players, critical success factors, risks, and actions to consider for a designated technology and/or business management area.
IDC TechScape
Helps IT/tech professionals with developing IT strategic plans and evaluating emerging technologies in terms of their risk to the business. Shows the adoption curve and risk levels over time for a specific emerging technology. Sorts technologies into three "adoption model" categories (transformational, incremental, opportunistic) to help tech leaders determine the potential impact for their organization.
IDC Links
IDC Link
Provides timely context and insight around important market trends and events in a short opinion piece. IDC Links provide IDC's point of view on:
- Financial announcements
- Product announcements
- Mergers and acquisitions or divestitures
- Events
- Response to news
Insights-only Research
Best Practices
Correlates the use of specific practices and superior performance as indicated by an analysis of the benchmarking database. Highlights any significant differences between industries. Conclusions provide a set of process priorities for improving a business case and advice on how to overcome change management issues.
Business Strategy
Helps buyers to assess their business strategies and/or associated business processes, especially as they relate to the use of technology.
Methods and Practices
Provides a step-by-step description of a method or methods that can be applied. As appropriate, the report may compare the benefits and drawbacks of several methods.
Perspective
Presents an article written by an Insights analyst on a topic of special interest to a target audience. This information has generally already appeared in an industry publication and is repackaged for display on the Insights Web site.
Vendor Assessment
Helps buyers select the right IT supplier. The report helps buyers understand the various providers of a technology by providing analysis on market landscape, vendor profiles, vendor market share, and vendor assessments.
Pivot Tables
Pivot Table
Presents an interactive spreadsheet tool for analyzing trends and activities in a specific market segment. These tables are available only through an annual subscription service.
Predictions
Top 10 Predictions
Provides bold, well-conceived market predictions grounded in solid methodologies, primary research, and analyst experience. Lays out a clear road map to understanding major market opportunities and trends.
Presentations
IDC Presentation
Provides the latest, select CIS forecast data, primary research survey findings, and critical IDC analyst opinion in a succinct, easy-to-digest PowerPoint format.
IDC Survey
Presents a hypothesis about what is happening in the market backed by the results of a demand-side or supply-side survey. The focus is on interpreting and analyzing the survey results and providing a strong point of view along with actionable advice.
IDC Survey Spotlight
Answers a timely question and provides a strong opinion backed by IDC survey data. This is a quick nugget of information that is presented in two concise PowerPoint slides.
Insights Presentation
Provides an easy-to-use format to post on the Web presentations that were previously delivered at public forums (such as conferences and events) or for internal client meetings and client presentations. It may not come as part of a consulting/custom engagement.
Market Analysis Perspective
Delivers a concise current state view of a market and insight into the impact of future trends. Business executives, product managers, and MI/AR professionals can use this information when looking to understand buyers' perspectives and market impacts.
Press Releases
Press Release
Announces significant corporate news, such as key hirings or promotions, performance milestones, event highlights, or speaking engagements.
Product Information
Fact Sheet
Describes a research product. Usually details the major areas of coverage and deliverables, and outlines key questions and competitive market conditions that the research will address. Includes links to all published research for a research product.
Studies
Competitive Analysis
Provides a detailed accounting and review of a vendor's programs, processes, products, service, satisfaction, and/or strategy in a target market. This knowledge helps clients reduce their risk of losing market share or enhance their position over the competition.
Customer Needs and Strategies
Focuses on the important decisions that business and IT professionals make every day.
Industry Developments and Models
Provides a detailed assessment of a specific target market's expansion pattern. This analysis helps clients develop and deploy the right mix of value-add products, programs, or services to support their sales and/or partnering efforts.
Market Analysis
Provides an in-depth examination of the dynamics and future of a single market or a group of related markets. The Market Analysis is where we will typically present our forecasts and assumptions, using a key forecast assumptions table.
Market Forecast
Provides the future of a single market or a group of related markets. It presents a new or updated market forecast, including key drivers and assumptions used in the forecast.
Market Share
Provides data on market size, regional allocations, and platform splits as well as a summary of vendor shares for the most recently completed period (year, quarter).
Special Study
Provides a onetime study produced by a research group that is not published as a deliverable under a subscription service.
Survey
Provides a study and interpretation of the results of a demand- or supply-side survey.
Taxonomy
Highlights and emphasizes how IDC tracks the market while also making it easier for customers to find and identify IDC Taxonomy documents.
Technology Assessment
Provides an analysis of the intricacies of an emerging or established technology or the technologies contained within a specific product.
Vendor Needs and Strategies
Provides an in-depth analysis of a company, a small group of companies, a division of a company focused on a particular market, or a best practice that the company exemplifies.
This IDC Survey presents the results of IDC's Enterprise IT Infrastructure Survey. Completed in December 2020, the Enterprise IT Infrastructure Survey, 4Q20, examines end-users' planned 2021 IT spend for server, storage, ...
As the economy recovers in 2021 and beyond, organizations in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) region will consolidate their automation and intelligence gains from 2020 and build them into the core of their digital strategies. Insight-driven ...
This IDC Survey provides insights into the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) results from IDC Insight’s Worldwide Sustainability, Health and Safety survey conducted in 2020 for utilities, oil and gas, and mining companies operating the ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights the organization's technology priorities for success of the business.
"During the COVID-19 crisis, organizations shifted cybersecurity priorities and budgets to business operations and crisis management. ...
This report looks at the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) results of IDC's 2020 Asia/Pacific Future of Work Employee Survey, focusing on technology and how it relates to the changing workspace and workforce.
This study also examines ...
This IDC Market Presentation examines the latest business sentiment among IT professionals in Europe regarding the role of sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles in day-to-day business operations and in ...
本調査レポートは、IDCが2021年1月に国内企業ユーザーに対して実施した「2021年 企業ネットワークサービス利用動向調査」の調査結果を分析したものである。本調査レポートで分析した主な項目は、以下の通りである。
- 新型コロナウイルス感染症(COVID-19)の感染拡大の影響
- 在宅勤務/Web会議用のIT環境と品質
- 外部データセンター/クラウドの利用
- インターネットトラフィックの増加
- インターネット活用のためのセキュリティゲートウェイ
- 拠点WAN回線の選定とWANの課題
- SD-WAN、およびネットワークと他システムの連携
- コールセンターの運用
This IDC Market Presentation provides a detailed analysis of the worldwide solid state drive (SSD) market and competitive landscape for CY 4Q20. Significant market dynamics, trends, and events are summarized and evaluated. In addition, SSD ...
This IDC Survey presents results from the German segment of IDC's European Internet of Things (IoT) Decision-Maker Survey. This survey assesses current and planned deployments of IoT projects, including benefits and challenges, impact of ...
This IDC Market Presentation, which was given on February 16, 2021, summarizes the hard disk drive (HDD) market results for CY 4Q20. Significant market dynamics, trends, and events are summarized and evaluated in this presentation. Numerous ...
This IDC Presentation gives an overview of the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) personal computing device (PCD) market qualitative analysis for 3Q20, including a historical analysis and forecast by region and country. This includes ...
This IDC Survey examines CIO priorities and views on digital transformation (DX) and associated challenges across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) region. One of its aims is to provide a greater understanding of the strategic and ...
The Turkey CIO Perspectives on DX: January 2021 View survey was conducted in December 2020. The document addresses the results of IDC’s survey of CIOs across vertical markets in Turkey on the priorities and challenges of digital transformation ...
This IDC Market Presentation features digital resiliency, which refers to the ability of an organization to rapidly adapt to business disruptions by leveraging digital capabilities to not only restore business operations but also capitalize ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight looks at the importance of decarbonization to decision makers and to what extend it is becoming an integral part of their business strategies. Decarbonization has become a key sustainability topic for many organizations ...
This IDC Survey details results from IDC's 2020 U.S. Smart Home Survey, which was fielded in July. The survey asked respondents questions regarding consumer adoption of and attitudes toward a variety of ...
This IDC Market Presentation discusses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) security services and the implications of these effects as we head into 2021. This presentation draws on results from IDC's 2020 ...
2020년 2분기 국내 PC 출하량은 145만대로 전년 대비 46.3%의 큰 폭으로 성장하였다. 사회적 거리두기의 일환으로 2020년 4월부터 본격화 된 온라인 수업은 가정 내 PC 보급율을 높였으며, 기업의 재택 근무는 노트북의 선제적인 도입을 가져왔다.
공공과 교육 부문의 출하량도 전년 대비 두자리수의 증가를 하였으며, 교육 부문의 노트북 비중은 41.0%로 크게 증가하였다. 또한, 2020년 하반기부터 시행되는 ...
This IDC Survey Snapshot highlights data gleaned from IDC's 2021 Professional Services for Enterprise Private Cellular/5G/Mobile Networks Study. IDC surveyed 500 enterprises globally to understand their readiness and ...
2020년 2분기 국내 프린터∙복합기 시장의 출하량은 전체 406,700대로 지난해 같은 기간 대비 1.6% 성장하였다. 사용자별 시장 중 컨수머 영역은 1분기 개학 연기로 일부 지연되었던 소비자 구매가 회복되고, 온라인 개학으로 인한 신규 수요가 발생하면서 지난해보다 11.5% 증가한 186,000대를 기록하였다.
제품별로 잉크젯은 코로나 이후 급작스럽게 발생한 공급 이슈가 점차 안정화되어 20년 2분기는 ...
2020년 3분기 국내 PC 출하량은 119만대로 전년 대비 16.1% 성장하였다. 전년 동기 윈도우 10 마이그레이션의 특수에도 불구하고, 시장이 성장할 수 있었던 이유는 온라인 수업, 홈엔터테인먼트, 재택근무, 그리고 교육 부문의 노트북 도입이 확대되었기 때문이다.
커머셜 PC는 언제 어디서나 연결되고, 소통 가능하여 직원들의 업무 생산성을 제고할 수 있는 기기로 포지셔닝되어야 할 것이다. 그 결과, 휴대성, ...
2020년 3분기 국내 프린터·복합기 시장은 감염병 재확산과 함께 소비자의 언택트 (Untact) 활동을 위한 IT 기기 소비 촉진이 빠르게 증가하면서 전체 496,500대 출하로 전년 동기 대비 큰 폭의 성장 (52.7%) 을 기록하였다.
잉크젯 시장은 20년 3분기 지난해 같은 기간 대비 87.5% 성장한 239,600대를 출하하였다. 중국과 동남아시아를 중심으로 있는 잉크젯 제조 허브가 코로나 사태로 급증하는 ...
국내 프린터·복합기 시장의 2019년 3분기 출하량은 전체 358,000대로 지난해 같은 기간 대비 1.6% 소폭 증가하였다. 잉크젯은 탱크 타입 제품의 최초 역성장으로 인해 지난해 같은 기간 대비 7.5% 감소를 보인 반면 레이저는 탱크타입 제품군의 대체재인 엔트리급 레이저 제품군의 수요 확대로 19년 3분기 전년 대비 두 자릿수 성장을 보였다. 한편, 복합기 내 A3 제품군은 기업의 출력량 감소에도 불구하고 5% 내외의 ...
2020년 상반기 국내 IP 시장은 전년 동기대비 19.9% 하락한 2,950대를 출하했으며 매출은 32.0% 하락한 약 339억원 규모를 형성했다. 캐드 시장은 조달 및 대규모 입찰 일정이 연기되고 건설산업 규모 축소에 따라 전년 동기 대비 15.3% 감소한 910대를 출하했다.
국내 문서스캐너 시장의 출하량은 전년 동기대비 22.0% 감소하며 매출은 약 155억 원으로 집계되었다. 대규모 입찰을 통해 시장유지에 ...
2019년 하반기 국내 LFP 시장은 전년 동기대비 5.2% 하락하여 전체 3,040대를 출하했으며 매출은 14.5% 감소한 약 376억원 규모를 형성했다. 캐드 시장은 공공기관의 입찰이 연말에 집중되며 전년 동기대비 1.6% 성장하며 그 규모를 유지한 약 1,050여대를 출하했다.
국내 문서스캐너 시장의 출하량은 17,000대로 전년 동기대비 32.6% 증가하였으며, 매출은 155억원으로 집계되었다. 휴대가 ...