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.
本报告对中国互联网信息流市场做了系统梳理，涉及信息流市场定义、市场发展环境、产业链构成、典型信息流产品分析、未来展望等内容，并从内容、技术、生态合作等方面提供了相应建议。
“信息流正成为中国互联网市场最重要的内容分发模式，将在5G时代迅速扩展到所有的互联网产品形态，并向万物互联的物联网平台迁移。下一阶段的竞争将成为内容、技术、生态力量的综合比拼。”——IDC中国互联网行业研究经理薛宇表示。
从“互联网+”到“智能+”，政府主导的政策变化的背后，是人们生产和生活方式的又一次迭代，是技术发展的必然趋势。工业互联网是面向工业智能化发展的关键基础设施，是新一代信息技术和制造业深度融合形成的新兴业态和应用模式。本篇报告分析了“智能+”发展的挑战、工业互联网的价值以及实际应用的案例。
“工业互联网是产品服务数据化的前提、是连接获取数据的手段、是分析挖掘价值的工具、是管理控制实施的途径以及商业模式改变的基石。随着技术的不断演进发展和不同参与方的加入，工业互联网将不断赋能“智能+”，助力中国制造向高质量水平发展。”——IDC中国制造业高级研究经理张兰英表示。
...云专业服务是指在企业云环境下提供的咨询、迁移、建设、应用开发有关的IT服务，包含云咨询服务、云迁移服务、云开发服务及云建设服务四大服务分类，对应IT服务定义里的IT咨询服务、系统集成服务、网络咨询与集成服务及定制化软件开发服务。本报告追踪了云专业服务市场的宏观市场趋势、细分市场概况、技术驱动及主要行业用户特点，给出典型厂商的动态，并提出未来发展趋势预测。
"随着云计算在行业中的深度应用，行业客户对于云专业服务的诉求越来越多，更依赖于云专业服务商提供的专业交付以及带来的先进行业经验。云专业服务商作为企业在数字化转型中重要的合作伙伴，在技术、成本优化、人员等多个方面为客户提供最优性价比的上云及用云支持，助力企业转型，深入行业变革。"——IDC云和服务市场高级分析师聂楠表示。
...随着企业数字化转型的深入，领先的企业已经开始尝试利用DevOps的理念和模式，来帮助企业实现快速交付和变更系统，以便于快速响应企业对于市场的变化、用户的需求。相比于传统软件模式，公有云服务模式成为企业快速实践DevOps的优先选择。IDC研究了中国市场上的主流厂商，选取了7家典型的DevOps云厂商进行重点研究。本报告分别从现有能力和未来战略维度两个层面对厂商进行评估，为技术买家进行产品选型提供参考。
“企业互联网和移动业务的迅速发展，对企业自身系统的研发效率和迭代速度带来挑战，DevOps市场需求显现。但企业普遍对如何选择DevOps工具和如何开展DevOps实践没有清晰的认知，一站式的公有云DevOps服务成为中小企业和部分大型企业快速实践DevOps的优先选择。同时，云厂商也在不断吸引和转化自身云平台的用户使用其DevOps服务，对外也在不断加强宣传教育工作进行市场培育。预计，未来1–2年DevOps云的企业级用户和个人开发者数量将呈现高速增长态势。”——IDC中国软件市场分析师王楠表示。
...本报告分析了中国生命科学发展的基本概况，阐述了生命科学行业发展与其采用信息化技术的应用场景，分析了2018–2023年生命科学IT支出预测，供生命科学应用软件厂商和相关服务厂商以及IT基础设施厂商、新兴信息化技术厂商参考，也可供生命科学企业在制定发展策略时参考。
“最近一些年中，新兴信息化技术极大地促进了生命科学的研究和开发，生物医学大数据正在建立起来，云计算为生命科学发展提供了计算力支持和管理超大规模数据的能力，人工智能技术则加速了生命科学研究方法改进，生物医药对于特定疾病的针对性治疗功能将越来越强大，转化医学在临床中的比例将越来越高，生命科学研究与开发也促使药品的生产制造与流通模式发生改进，这些都将加速生命科学IT支出规模的扩大。预计未来几年中，生命科学研究与开发的应用软件将会加速发展，大数据、云计算、人工智能等新兴技术将会被加速采用。”——IDC中国行业研究与咨询服务部高级研究经理肖宏亮表示。
...本文引用并介绍了云计算在银行、保险、证券和互联网金融等金融子行业的落地应用，归纳总结了在云架构、云灾备和云开发运维等三个领域的常见挑战，通过案例分享和和经验总结的方式，希望能给金融机构提供清晰的路径规划和指导，避开误区和陷阱，助力金融机构的云建设之路。
IDC中国金融行业研究市场分析师朱佳怡表示：“金融行业是信息化程度最高的行业之一，走过了电子化、互联网化和数字化的时代，金融行业也是监管要求最为严格的行业之一，监管部门在自主可控性、数据安全性和业务连续性方面出台了多项监管措施。无论是IT架构的转型，还是灾备、开发运维的转型，金融机构都需要打破金融业信息化建设的传统思维习惯，分析自身发展状况，进行长远的战略规划和技术选型，采用日趋成熟、切合自身业务实际的技术框架，参考同行业内真实案例，逐步推进改革，在保证业务稳妥发展和满足监管合规的前提下进行创新尝试，寻找适合自身发展的转型之路，建立数字金融生态。”
...本报告通过案头资料研究，以及对行业独立软件开发商、系统集成商、IT产品厂商及最终用户的直接访谈，得出对于中国银行业IT解决方案市场未来五年发展趋势的整体判断，旨在为银行机构以及IT服务商提供参考。
“金融是一国的经济命脉所在，如何在监管和创新之间寻找平衡将是破局的关键。当下，技术革命浪潮再一次席卷全球，云计算、大数据、人工智能、区块链等技术成为新宠，作为金融行业中的支柱产业，银行业的数字化建设需要多方共同努力，一方面监管层要适当把握政策节奏，对金融科技既要鼓励又要审慎，另一方面银行主体需要强化改革意愿，以自身需求主动驱动变革而非被动接受软件系统厂商的技术和产品迭代，最终形成监管、银行、服务厂商三方良性的需求响应循环生态。”——IDC中国金融行业研究部高级分析师任辰羽表示。
...本报告通过对公有云服务提供商、内容分发网络（CDN）专业服务提供商等的直接访谈，以及二手资料研究，分析了CDN服务市场的发展动态和竞争格局，对CDN服务市场的主要服务商进行了研究，并对该领域市场发展提出了一些建议，旨在为公有云服务提供商以及CDN服务商提供参考。
"中国CDN服务市场伴随着互联网时代的成长，把握住难得机遇，得到蓬勃发展。早期进场的传统专业CDN服务提供商积极创新技术，深耕行业场景，布局合作生态；后期强势介入的公有云服务厂商将CDN业务与其公有云业务结合，形成更大的服务优势；双方一起塑造了目前中国的CDN服务市场格局。2018年中国CDN服务市场在政策、资本和云计算产业等多重利好因素的驱动下实现了迅猛增长。在CDN服务市场的领先服务商中，公有云服务厂商占据多数名额，并达到了将近一半的市场份额。预计未来几年，传统专业CDN服务提供商和公有云服务厂商的竞争将会愈发白热化，双方需要把握住5G商用和边缘计算发展带来的业务增长机会，为企业提供真正有价值的增值服务，助力自身从竞争中胜出。"——IDC中国企业级研究部研究经理诸葛兰表示。
...物联网作为互联网的延伸，通过使用射频识别、红外感应、全球定位系统、激光扫描装置等技术将终端信息捕捉与采集设备进行网络互连，实现人与人、物与物、人与物的互连。物联网技术在保险行业更是有着广泛的前景，以及颠覆性的影响。积极布局物联网保险对于保险公司在未来3到5年尤为重要。虽然各行业都对物联网技术注入了大量的资源，但物联网的发展还是存在多方挑战，例如，物联网技术标准的统一、技术应用的成本效率以及安全威胁等。本篇报告旨在帮助保险公司在物联网技术实践之初或过程中，能够更加了解即将或正在面临的风险，帮助保险公司更好地规划物联网战略与计划，准确评估项目效益，降低风险。同时，本报告从物联网保险的场景机会展开，总结了物联网保险的数据价值与应用机会。通过建立物联网保险关键要素模型，为保险公司总结出在考虑和规划物联网保险项目与实施路线时需要思考的关键要素，最后为保险公司提出部署和实施物联网保险的三点建议。
“IDC的研究发现，预计到2023年中国物联网市场规模将达到2,613亿美元。对于保险市场来说，物联网保险将逐步取代互联网保险，物联网及延伸的技术将从根本上改变保险产品的运营及服务模式。抢占物联网保险先机的保险机构也将建立新的业务模式并获得新的利润增长机会。发展物联网保险，保险公司必须结合自身优势领域，对未来的挑战做好分析与应对，建立基于物联网保险关键要素模型的战略与实施计划。”IDC金融行业研究总监郑煜表示。
...近年来，金融科技市场经历了投融资大规模集中爆发的高光时刻，成为众多金融机构和大型科技公司（BigTech）趋之若鹜的风口。科技驱动创新是未来全球金融竞争的关键所在，中国人民银行继2017年成立金融科技委员会之后，于2019年8月22日再度印发《金融科技（FinTech）发展规划（2019-2021年）》，充分凸显中国对于金融科技领域的积极关注和大力支持。