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.
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This IDC Market Perspective discusses the case study of Coca-Cola European Partners as an example of how "safe return to office" technologies can support large organizations in resuming onsite operations.
"The protracted health crisis ...
This IDC Perspective discusses the state-of-the-art Future of Intelligence in Latin America and the role played by artificial intelligence in defining organizations able to harness the power of their data-driven culture, employee data literacy, ...
This Market Note focuses on IDC's viewpoints on the path ahead for the healthcare organizations in India. As these organizations have firm plan to increase their IT spend in 2021, it is essential to channelize these investments, technologies ...
This IDC Perspective captures several key announcements made at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2020 that are critical for the public sector, including remarks made by Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, and Sandy Carter, vice president ...
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This IDC Perspective identifies 10 major trends that we believe will impact life science companies in 2021.
"The industry has responded rapidly to the COVID-19 pandemic by driving an exponential growth in digitally disruptive technologies ...
This IDC study presents a vendor assessment of digital finance and accounting business process services (BPS) focusing on the use of digital levers to deliver these services and drive greater cost and process efficiencies, reduce total cost ...
This IDC Perspective addresses the challenge of inflexible work environments in organizations and their detriment to productivity, worker creativity, and ultimately business value. This study defines intelligent digital workspaces as a framework ...
This IDC TechScape discusses technologies that are essential to enable innovation through a retail commerce platform and to execute commerce everywhere business models efficiently and effectively. The study aims to help senior executives ...
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of the potential impact on the digital market of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the U.K. and Europe. The key elements of the deal and their effects on ICT spending are discussed, ...
This IDC study on artificial intelligence maturity is intended to offer a systematic and rigorous approach for organizations to assess their competency and maturity. To help financial institutions evaluate current artificial intelligence ...
This IDC Perspective looks at the continuing impact on, and implications for, the supply chain as a consequence of global disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"2020 was a challenging year for global supply chains, and we learned ...
Pacific Basin's transformation journey is motivated by its aspiration to become a more agile, intelligent, and automated enterprise. These goals are driven by the company's need to grow faster, distance itself from competition, and build ...
This IDC Perspective discusses IT-OT integration and its impact on O&G companies. European oil players that have already accomplished IT- OT integration have started to realize the business value the integrated business model brings ...
This IDC PlanScape is a follow-on to the IDC MaturityScape and IDC MaturityScape Benchmark documents for print and document management that outlined the stages and dimensions of print and document management maturity and assessed where organizations ...
This IDC Perspective discusses the steps for moving employees back to the office, which is and will be complex organizational change initiative, not simply a senior management directive to return to the physical workplace. Because the COVID-19 ...
This IDC Perspective discusses the IT-OT integration and its impact on enterprises. European industrial players that have already accomplished IT-OT integration have started to realize the business value the integrated business model brings ...
This IDC Perspective looks at key developments and news in the European healthcare provider industry in 3Q20.
"The third quarter of 2020 saw a rise in investments toward the definition of new digital front-door engagement tools for ...
This IDC TechScape examines technologies that are essential for safely reopening and managing office spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and have the potential to evolve in the coming years. It provides a visual representation of the process ...
This IDC Market Note summarizes noteworthy developments in the European AI systems marketplace in 4Q20 as selected by IDC's European AI practice members.
"Sentiment toward AI technology spending improved significantly in the final ...
This IDC Perspective explores the applications-related complexities that enterprises face in their cloud adoption journey. Digital transformation and modernization of IT are strategic business objectives that are underpinned by a multicloud ...
This IDC FutureScape details the top 10 predictions and their Asia/Pacific implications for the future of digital innovation in 2021 and beyond.
Fueled by meteoric market changes and accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading Asia/Pacific ...
This IDC FutureScape discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of the 2021 Worldwide Future of Digital Infrastructure Predictions. Each prediction is presented based on timeline projection, cost/complexity assessment, ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the 2021 worldwide Future of Intelligence 2021 predictions' impact on India. Each prediction is presented based on timeline projection, complexity assessment, and organizational impact on the mainstream market. ...
This IDC FutureScape provides IDC's top 10 predictions for the 2021 CIO agenda. These predictions provide a strategic context, which will enable CIOs to lead their organizations through the journey to recovery and in the next normal over ...
According to IDC’s 2020 Supply Chain Survey, almost 75% of Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) manufacturers see the lack of supply chain visibility and resiliency as the top gaps that will likely be problematic for supply ...
This IDC FutureScape for IT/operational technology (OT) convergence shows the implications for Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ). The report shows the relative implications of each of the 10 predictions within IDC FutureScape: ...
This IDC FutureScape provides the Australian view of the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2021 Predictions (IDC #US46942020, October 2020). It delivers a ...
In 2020 and with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) manufacturing is one of the hardest-hit sectors because of challenges from both supply and demand uncertainties. Restrictions imposed on people and ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of the Worldwide IT Industry FutureScape for 2021. It provides an outlook view of the ICT industry as it relates to tech buyers' road maps, priorities, ...
This IDC FutureScape for Future of Operations (FoO) shows the implications for the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) region. The report shows the relative implication on each of the 10 predictions within IDC FutureScape: ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the New Zealand implications of the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry Awards, 2021 (IDC #US46942020). It delivers a detailed look at what is happening and what is expected to happen ...
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation 2021 Predictions (IDC #US46880818, ...
This IDC FutureScape presents IDC Financial Insights' view of the top 10 predictions for financial services as they apply to the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) region as banks, insurers, and capital market firms invest in technology ...
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview and an analysis of the learning services offerings of leading European service providers. The learning services market is in rapid development, and demand from customers on ability to grow ...
This IDC Market Perspective analyzes worldwide smart customer operations in the energy sector. It outlines customer care and billing; customer engagement; smart metering; digital transformation; emobility developments; and smart city initiatives ...
This IDC Presentation localizes the IDC Worldwide FutureScape 2021 statement to the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) region, which has seen the rapid adoption of print technology to augment traditional/analog workflows. APEJ will change ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Customer and Consumer 2021 Predictions ( IDC #US46909620, October 2020). As the region ...
This IDC FutureScape covers the global and regional outlook of Future of Work, as well as the top 10 predictions for 2021. Each prediction is presented based on timeline projection, cost and/or complexity assessment, and organizational impact ...
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of the EMEA oil and gas industry in 3Q20. It covers M&As, agreements, reorganizations, and major business developments; upstream, midstream, and downstream deals; global LNG contracts; ...
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of the Worldwide Small and Medium-Sized Business (SMB) FutureScape for 2021. This FutureScape piece delivers an outlook of the ICT industry ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2021 Predictions ( IDC #US46010920, October 2020). It provides an outlook view of the ...
The unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak is a worldwide crisis that does not spare any region on the planet. Various data sources, including the IDC COVID-19 Wave Survey, indicate that business sentiments in Asia/Pacific ...
根据IDC对全球GDP的分析，2018年时数字化服务和产品带来的GDP总值根据估算大概是13.5万亿美元，占全球GDP总值的17%，而到2023年，IDC预测超过50%的全球经济将由数字经济驱动，因此企业快速发展自己的数字创新能力将是一项建立核心竞争力的需求。本报告对中国数字创新2021年十大预测分别进行了阐述和解释说明。
十大预测内容如下：
- 预测1: 到2025年，四分之一的中国500强公司将成为软件生产商，从而实现数字化转型并保持其500强的地位。
- 预测2: ...
This IDC Vendor Profile examines and evaluates EPAM's evolution and the company's strategy to invest in related talent, technology, and acquisitions to meaningfully differentiate itself as it enables its customers build resilient internal ...
This IDC Perspective reviews the challenges that organizations face as they transition to the new work experience and presents a framework for addressing those challenges. As organizations accelerate and expand digital transformation (DX) ...
Besides the uncertainty stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, during 2021, the regional situation will have to deal with low interest rates, escalating U.S.–China trade friction, formation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...
This IDC study provides an analysis of the global and Korea Smart Cities in the digital transformation (DX) age, which discusses the response and development of Korea's Smart Cities based on the trends of Smart Cities globally. In addition, ...
This IDC Market Perspective considers some of the key technology trends that occurred in retail in Europe during 2020 — the strong expansion of ecommerce, the rising importance of logistics, and the rise of contactless in brick-and-mortar ...