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.
数字政府作为数字中国的重要组成部分,是构建高水平社会主义市场经济体制的重要支撑,是践行四个全面战略布局和五大新发展理念的重要抓手,是建设社会主义现代化国家的必经途径。从政策角度出发,十九届四中全会强调要创新行政方式,提高行政效能,建设人民满意的服务型政府;十九届五中全会强调推动国家治理体系和治理能力的现代化,而建设数字政府成为了这一理念实践过程中的重要抓手与引擎。截至2020年12月,全国已有15个省级行政单位提出了数字政府相关的规划,且规划主体正由省级政府向市级政府扩展,多层次的数字政府建设正渐渐拉开帷幕。从技术角度出发,大数据、区块链、云计算、人工智能等新兴信息技术不断融合创新,全面支撑数字政府的建设,科技全方面赋能的趋势逐步凸显。从市场规模角度出发,到2024年,数字政府相关的建设中仅IT解决方案的市场规模便会达到249亿人民币,市场前景广阔,未来可期。由此可见,数字政府建设正蓄势待发,。
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IDC最新发布的《中国人工智能软件及应用(2020上半年)跟踪》报告显示,2020上半年中国机器学习开发平台市场规模达1. 4亿美元。机器学习市场作为AI市场重要的子市场之一,未来五年内仍将增长迅速。re:Invent 2020最新发布的Amazon SageMaker新特性将能够使得开发人员和数据科学家准备、构建、训练、部署和管理机器学习模型的整个流程更具自动化和易用性。
中国的智慧城市建设驱动力依旧遵循国家政策驱动、地方经济与产业发展带动为主、区域辐射与带动作用不断强化的宏观驱动因素;中国智慧城市的建设存在数据汇集与共享能力有待加强、业务处理流程优化空间大、城市全域感知能力有待加强的微观发展诉求。
IDC政府行业与智慧城市研究组研究经理詹墨磊表示:在全球视角下,中国的智慧城市建设在2019年已经达到了1,600亿元人民币,在国家层次排序里面位居第二位,仅次于美国。2020年,在全球疫情肆虐的情况下,中国提出的新基建、新型城镇化等系列政策,在稳定了中国疫情蔓延态势的同时,也在逐渐恢复国家经济与产业发展。未来,中国智慧城市建设进程将在"十四五"规划周期中进一步提速。从未来发展趋势上看,公共安全一直以来都是中国智慧城市建设的重点领域,未来在后疫情时代以及社会和谐发展的总体背景作用下,依旧会是智慧城市建设的主要内容之一;交通智慧化建设在交通强国战略、新基建等政策的叠加作用下,将会在智慧城市建设中占据越来越多的市场空间,未来的发展潜力巨大;应急管理、生态环境、智慧社区等细分场景的智慧化建设虽然起步较晚,但是在疫情的影响、生态文明建设的加强以及基层治理等政策要素的驱动下,在未来3-5年会有较大的增速以及广阔的市场空间。
...本报告包括四个部分,第一部分分析了中国数据中心服务市场的整体规模、行业与区域分布和市场发展动态;第二部分分析了中国数据中心服务市场的竞争格局和主要数据中心服务商发展动态;第三部分对中国数据中心服务市场进行了预测,并分析了该市场相关的驱动和阻碍因素;第四部分提出了一些简单建议,旨在为数据中心服务商提供决策参考。
“中国数据中心服务作为数字化战略的重要基础设施,得到了市场和政策的双重推动。企业数字化转型、新冠疫情刺激云计算发展、以及新技术带来的数据量激增增加了对数据中心服务的需求。互联网和金融行业仍是2019年数据中心服务市场增长的最强劲动力,而政府、制造业、零售业等其他行业需求也增长明显。市场对节能环保、成本优化、效率提升和合理规划等方面的要求,使得中国数据中心服务商正从注重基础设施能力深入到绿色高效、智能运维、混合云管理等综合能力提升上。中国数据中心服务市场将迎来一个从重视数量到重视质量的发展阶段。”——IDC中国云和服务研究组高级研究经理刘丽辉表示。
...在今天的中国市场中,“数据中台”、“AI中台”概念已深入人心,也有很多行业用户对此概念存疑。IDC认为,无论是“数据中台”还是“现代数据平台”,亦或是“数据使能”、“数字化平台”等概念,核心都是帮助企业提升数字化/数据化水平,促进数据智能化应用的落地。升级之处在于,“数字化平台”强调微服务的架构来提高数据复用能力,强调降低技术门槛来促成数据自助式服务。
IDC中国助理研究总监卢言霞表示:“今天的数字化建设已经向着数据智能更进一步,但绝大部分企业仍处在市场营销智能化或客户关系管理智能化等单个环节的数据智能阶段,离规模化数据智能还有很大距离。综合过去十年中先行者的经验与教训,要推进数智化,需要行业用户在引入外部最佳数据平台的同时,从流程、人才、战略角度入手练好内功,建立强效机制促进业务部门与数字化部门的协同,不断提升数据服务能力、达成规模化智能。
...开源技术是人工智能市场发展的重要驱动力,从最早的开源框架、算法模型,到今天端到端的人工智能应用解决方案,再到开发语言,以及底层的开发平台,人工智能应用开发已不再是简单的训练算法模型,而更重要的是打造端到端的AI技术栈。本报告分析了从算力选择到训练推理框架再到算法的市场趋势及用户份额,并为如何划定目标用户群体、扩张市场份额提供参考。
IDC中国助理研究总监卢言霞表示:“近2年,越来越多的传统企业开始进行智能化升级,或者加大内部AI研发力量的投入,为AI框架应用带来新的机会。有计划或者新发布开源框架的企业,可以从选定高潜力的应用场景、推出能够落地到生产环境的算法模型、软硬一体技术栈高度优化、寻找新兴用户这四个方面着手获得更高市场份额。”
...该IDC厂商概况介绍并评估了微软公司在中国的现代数据平台战略、提供的产品组合、解决方案以及典型案例。微软公司面向数据智能化趋势,为企业提供灵活、具备一致性体验的数据平台解决方案,并将行业智能化转型实践积累带给客户,帮助企业充分实现数据智能。
当前大数据技术的创新速度已经领先于市场需求,一方面技术提供商在不断突破创新,另一方面行业用户还困在大数据应用如何带来价值的起步阶段。不同行业不同数字化阶段的用户,对于技术能力、工程能力以及产品之外的生态互补能力需求均有不同的侧重点。在此背景下,IDC启动了这一厂商评估研究,以期不断理清大数据落地现状、挑战,为行业参与者如何深化数据智能提供参考。
IDC中国助理研究总监卢言霞表示:"推动大数据平台的建设,核心即深化数字化业务战略及执行。大数据平台建设能取得的成就与数字化转型能实现的高度呈正相关,要推动数字化转型首先需要建立协同的组织架构与流程:1)建立自上而下的战略,由核心高管推动落地;2)建立真正能够推动数字化的组织架构,3)建立高度认可、全员积极推动的数据文化;4)建立业务与技术部门的有效协同机制。"
...本篇市场笔记记录了第四范式2020年“万物赋能,商业生花”新品发布会及算法交流会上的主要内容,并分析了第四范式此次发布的四项新品与独家前瞻算法布局。
本报告论述了中国医疗大数据解决方案的市场份额,分析了医疗大数据的发展趋势,医疗大数据解决方案市场的竞争态势,并对领先厂商2019年的市场表现给予了分析评价,可供医院在选择医疗大数据解决方案供应商时参考。
"经过多年发展,医疗大数据逐步显示出价值,医疗大数据解决方案厂商经过多年探索,也在逐步建立帮助医院产生价值产出的解决方案。专业性医疗大数据解决方案的厂商和综合性医疗信息化厂商都做了标杆大数据项目,获得医院认可。预计未来三到五年中,医疗大数据解决方案将会在更多医院部署和发挥价值,预计未来五到十年,医疗大数据解决方案平台将逐步成熟,逐步成为医院的标准产品工具,并支持人工智能产品的发展。医疗大数据厂商将会建立起来多种业务模式,建立起来综合性的商业模式的厂商将会逐步取得领先,专业性医疗大数据厂商与综合性医疗信息化厂商将呈现又合作又竞争的关系。"——IDC中国行业研究与咨询服务部高级研究经理肖宏亮表示。
...“中国重症医学在中国的发展已经有十多年的时间,获得了巨大的进步,重症医学在今年的抗击新冠肺炎疫情中发挥了巨大作用,其作用和价值也引起重视。预计未来十年中,重症医学医护工作者、床位数、医疗设备等资源都将大幅增长,成为健康中国目标实现的关键能力。重症医学信息系统以及新兴信息化技术应用能够整合医疗设备、流程和人才技能,成为重症医学发展的充分条件之一。重症医学信息系统从2015年左右开始发展,将经历信息化、数字化和智能化的发展阶段,形成超级数字化和广泛智能化的特征。重症医学信息系统的开发和建设需要信息化厂商既要具有重症医学专业技术能力,又要具有医院信息化建设综合能力,且需要具备大数据、人工智能等新兴信息化技术能力,才能开发出支撑重症临床和重症科研的合格产品。医院在选择重症医学信息系统产品及厂商时需要评估厂商所具备的能力,选择适合医院发展特点需求的厂商,进而选择优秀的重症医学信息系统产品,支撑医院重症医学科发展壮大,并实现提高疾病治疗水平的目标,为健康中国发展贡献力量。”IDC ...
本IDC PeerScape探讨了医疗机构建立医疗大数据项目中关于选题、数据标准、数据归集、数据治理与分析、数据应用等关键步骤的最佳实践,可以供医疗机构建立大数据项目时参考,也可以供医疗大数据厂商在开发和建立医疗大数据解决方案时参考。
"医疗大数据虽然丰富,但是其价值还没有得到有效利用。如何有效利用医疗大数据价值,不仅仅需要建立先进而有效的数据归集、治理和分析技术平台,而且需要在大数据价值和可用性评估、数据标准建立、大数据持续性应用等方面相配合,建立起大数据持续发挥价值的应用模式。唯此,大数据项目才能获得长期的生命力,才能够持续获得投入和持续产出价值,形成正向循环,不仅发挥出大数据价值,而且为医疗实践提供源源不断的数据价值。希望医疗机构在建立大数据应用时能够从本报告的最佳实践和相关成功案例中获得启示和借鉴。"——IDC ...
对话式人工智能市场是中国人工智能市场的重要细分市场之一。IDC观察到,随着业务需求驱动,越来越多的行业用户把对话式AI能力嵌入到了业务流程中,提供对话式人工智能能力的厂商也扩展到更多的互联网公司以及AI初创公司。小样本学习/跨领域迁移学习、多模态融合、拟人度更高的语音合成、语义理解、分析推理、NL2SQL等能力成为技术供应商布局的重点技术方向。
IDC人工智能高级分析师程荫表示:“对话式人工智能市场近两年来得到了快速发展,多渠道的智能客服应用已日趋成熟,未来企业级市场会把对话式AI的能力逐步引入智能营销领域,并融合多种AI技术发展如视频客服、人机协同、多模态数字人等产品。技术供应商需要找准对话式人工智能技术突破点,探索新的应用模式,完善生态体系建设。”
...机械制造、电子制造业有很大AI应用潜力,如生产车间预测性防护、工业质检/分拣等场景。工业质检作为中国人工智能市场中制造业应用落地较为成熟的一个场景之一,在制造业向自动化、智能化升级的趋势下,已呈现爆发式增长趋势。传统人工检测手段效率低下、产品质量无法保障,在缺陷判别上存在个体与个体间的差异,并且由于检查员视力疲劳等因素,很多产品的微小瑕疵并不能被高效识别。另外,随着人口红利的消失,用工难问题显现,目前每天产品线上进行人工检测的工人数量超350万人,但因工资低、工作枯燥,愿意从事人工质检的工人愈来愈少。由此,融入AI技术的工业质检应运而生。本研究分析了中国工业质检市场生态、市场份额、主要厂商、典型用户应用现状,可以为技术供应商制定市场策略作参考。
“2019年,中国工业质检软件和服务市场规模已达到1.07亿美元,以百度智能云、创新奇智、华为云、阿里云为代表的AI技术供应商占据了近42%的市场份额,这些AI技术供应商和设备厂商、解决方案商、系统集成商、服务提供商一起向用户提供了较为完备的AI工业质检解决方案。未来AI工业质检应用会进一步成熟,并将带领制造业、泛工业领域的自动化、智能化转型。”——IDC中国高级分析师程荫表示。
...本报告描述了6月份发生在北京新发地的新冠肺炎疫情的防控情况,记录了新兴信息技术尤其是大数据和人工智能技术在疫情防控中所发挥的作用,以及疫情防控的管理组织是如何使用大数据技术开展防控的管理的机制。报告可供中国其他城市和全球范围内其他国家在疫情防控中参考,也可供有志于参与疫情防控的新兴技术企业参考。
“北京新发地疫情防控中以大数据和人工技术为支撑开展高风险感染者筛查、追踪、检测等各项防控工作,防控得力,在短短一个月之内就迅速控制住了这一轮新冠肺炎疫情。在当前新冠肺炎疫情在一些国家和地区仍没有获得有效控制的背景下,此次疫情防控中的做法和经验值得借鉴。建议政府或者城市卫生管理或者疾控管理部门协调通信、交通、社区等部门,组织建立防疫大数据,利用大数据以及人工智能技术支持开展各种疫情管控措施,同时将部分大数据开放给商业公司,支持商业公司利用人工智能技术加入到防疫工作中,建立全社会的防疫机制,这样才能更快更有效地控制新冠肺炎疫情。”——IDC ...
本篇市场看法记录了英伟达2020年GTC上的主要发布内容,并分析了英伟达提供的硬件产品、软件工具,所建立的市场生态以及在中国市场的地位。
IDC中国助理研究总监卢言霞表示:“英伟达GPU算力近年来不断提升、突破,一直是人工智能技术应用落地的重要驱动力。在本次GTC上,英伟达发布安培架构A100 GPU,在算力方面再度取得重大突破。对于构建人工智能的企业来说,部署AI基础设施软件栈始终存在挑战——IT基础设施团队不熟悉数据科学家所需的堆栈,无法轻松进行优化,而数据科学家团队的专长也不在基础设施层面。英伟达一直致力于为客户提供端到端的AI基础设施软件栈,本次GTC中在AI软件方面宣布Spark3.0支持GPU加速,推出推荐系统开发框架Merlin,多模态对话AI服务框架Jarvis,再次完善了英伟达的AI软件生态。同时推出EGX,赋能边缘AI。整体上,英伟达已经建立了全面的加速计算生态,竞争壁垒高筑,作为AI加速计算的主要力量,仍将保持较高增长潜力。”
...本 IDC 报告研究了中国医疗行业 IT 市场的现状和未来发展趋势,研究领域主要涵盖医疗服务、医疗保障和医药流通三大领域,分析了中国医疗改革的主要措施、行业发展趋势、新兴信息化技术及其支撑的医疗数字化转型的发展,并重点分析了医疗行业各类主要医疗应用软件解决方案市场的发展情况和趋势,提供了对整个医疗行业 IT支出和主要医疗应用软件解决方案的市场规模预测,以及一些新技术应用市场规模预测。
“政府持续的医药卫生改革、医疗数字化转型升级发展及其所带动的医疗信息系统架构升级和新兴信息化技术应用是医疗IT发展的三大推动力。医疗信息化经过二十年的发展,在抗击新冠肺炎疫情中展现出巨大作用,医疗数字化转型正成为发展潮流。预计从 ...
通过 AI 技术的引入,传统RPA 更好地实现了端到端的流程自动化、智能化。近两年随着人工智能技术在中国的发展,RPA公司引起了中国投资界的热烈关注。中国RPA市场具备较强增长动力,IDC预计,2023年,中国RPA软件市场规模将达到10.2亿美元,2018-2023年复合增长率为64%。中国RPA软件市场的主要玩家主要是国外知名跨国公司以及中国本土RPA及AI企业。金融、制造、零售、电信、政府/公共事业等各行业已经开始积极采用RPA技术,并已在特定业务场景流程中进行POC或在1-2个功能领域部署RPA应用。未来技术供应商需要帮助行业用户在RPA技能、业务流程识别及用例拓展上给予支持帮助,抓住行业的潜在市场机会。
“近年来,中国RPA市场呈现爆发趋势,中国拥有RPA和AI科技的企业都在积极布局RPA技术,这将极大促进中国RPA市场的发展与成熟,技术供应商应构建拥有自主知识产权的RPA软件平台,逐步将自动化和人工智能组件集成化、平台化,开放云原生架构,注重平台的易用性及业务场景的搭建与创新,通过合作伙伴网络的建立实现生态系统的拓展,抓住中国RPA崛起的风口,形成竞争优势”——IDC高级分析师程荫表示。
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