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 Market Presentation studies the degree that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are prepared to compete in the post-pandemic economy in Canada through the lens of IDC's future enterprise conceptual framework. This document ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight analyzes the use of IoT solutions to help against COVID-19 by Canadian enterprises. It indicates which segments were most and least likely to be using IoT in this struggle, including by industries and organization ...
新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の感染拡大に伴う在宅勤務の増加などで、国内ユーザー企業はオフィスに関する多くの問題に直面した。そして、オフィスプリントベンダーは、こうした問題を解決するためのソリューション／サービスである「COVID-19対応ソリューション／サービス」を提供し始めた。本調査レポートでは、COVID-19対応ソリューション／サービスの分析を通して、IDCが「ネクストノーマル」と呼ぶCOVID-19収束後の社会で求められるソリューション／サービスについて考察する。IDC ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on Canadian enterprise IoT budgets for 2020 and 2021. It indicates which segments raised and lowered their IoT spending, with a particular focus on industries.
Konica Minolta and Ricoh both made notable announcements during the past week that have ramifications for the companies approach to the "next normal" in print. This IDC Link examines the impact of these moves.
Xero’s acquisition of Planday aligns to its strategy of supporting small and medium businesses (SMBs) through simplified business technology. The integration opportunities between workforce management, payroll and finance allows for business ...
Today's customers have high expectations for frictionless, immersive, and empathetic shopping and browsing experiences in the channel of their choice. To be competitive, brands must personalize interactions in fractions of a second at scale. ...
This IDC Market Presentation analyzes national recovery and resilience plans that leverage Next Generation EU and how resources will be allocated across the different investment areas to understand the impact of these plans on ICT spending ...
This IDC Perspective looks at the journey of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland as it modernizes its workplace. From addressing the mobility needs of its frontline clinicians to enabling remote working in ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping technology investment plans and accelerating the interest in consumption models for IT investment.
In February, IDC conducted a worldwide survey to understand ...
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation summarizes over two dozen local government initiatives. The experiences of these IT teams from the East Coast to the West Coast provide five key takeaways for Canadian cities and technology vendors. These ...
This IDC Market Presentation examines the European office market and presents a return-to-work forecast, answering the questions of how, where, and when people will return to work. The presentation also provides insight into the shift to ...
This IDC Survey is an update to previously published COVID-19 Impact: 2020 Canadian Consumer Behaviours and Services (IDC #CA46166220, July 2020). It presents the ...
This IDC Survey presents the results of IDC's European IoT Decision-Maker Survey 2020, focusing on some key differences across European vertical markets. This survey assesses the current and planned deployment of IoT projects, including ...
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 ...
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
The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in enterprises reassessing their technology priorities as they react to constantly changing environmental conditions and try to chart a course of action to resilience and recovery. This IDC Spotlight analyzes ...
Chorus reported December HY21 operating revenues of NZ$473m, down 2.1% from NZ$483m in HY20. A key driver was migration of customers from legacy copper services to alternative networks, particularly in non-Chorus UFB areas. Continued headwinds ...
本調査レポートは、2020年3月に商用サービスが始まったモバイル通信規格5Gと、5Gをエリア限定で運用するローカル5Gが、今後、法人市場にどのように導入されていくかを分析および予測するものである。ローカル5Gベンダーの戦略や5Gの国内経済効果についての分析も行った。「5Gでは多くのベンダーが顧客との共創や個別顧客を支援するタイプのビジネス（ネットワーク構築、マネージドサービスなど）を志向し、取り組みが似通ってしまいがちである。マネタイズの源泉としてネットワーク構築やマネージドサービスは分かりやすく確実であるが、これだけでは選ばれる決め手としては弱い。顧客に選ばれるベンダーになるには、中長期的に必要とされる他社と競合しにくいソリューション分野を、今から開拓する取り組みが不可欠である」とIDC ...
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 Forecast describes the size and growth of IT professionals' employment by role and region for 2019–2024. The document includes our forecast across 41 different job roles and an analysis of some of the key factors influencing ...
国内企業は、システムの運用最適化を図るため、クラウドサービスを適材適所に活用するようになってきた。この変化は、データ運用に複雑性が加わることを意味している。本調査レポートは、データ管理が複雑化している実態を調査し、潜在需要やユーザー企業への効果的な訴求方法を明確化することを目的にしている。クラウドサービスの利用が一般化し、クラウドとオンプレミスにシステムが分散することがデータ管理運用（データ保護、データセキュリティ、データ統合など）にどのような影響を与えているかを明らかにすると共に、新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）や個人情報保護法の改正などの社会変化の影響を含めて多角的な調査を実施している。課題意識やソリューション導入意欲の高いユーザーセグメントを見つけるため、分析の視点（クロス集計の軸）として、従業員規模、産業分野以外にも、クラウドサービスの利用社数、デジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）の取り組み歴などによる分析も行った。
...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 Perspective (video) provides IT leadership insights and challenges from IDC's IT Executive Program (IEP) clients and prospects from January 4 to February 16, 2021. Many leaders believe that as the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out, ...
本Web Conference Proceeding: Tech Supplierは、IDC Japanのグループディレクターである眞鍋 敬による講演の内容をプレゼンテーションスライドと音声ファイルによって提供するものである。
2020年は新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の影響によって、2019年以前には顕在化していなかった経済／ITに関する課題が浮き彫りになった。また今後の働き方、企業と顧客の関係は完全に元には戻らない「ネクストノーマル」時代への突入が予測される。IDCでは2021年以降、IT市場は緩やかな回復を予測しており、「ネクストノーマル」時代に向けた市場変化への準備を行うことがITサプライヤーの急務になっているとみている。本セッションでは、IT市場における「ネクストノーマル」時代を勝ち残るために必要なデータ活用／アナリティクスを議論する。
...本Web Conference Proceeding: Tech Supplierは、IDC Japanのリサーチバイスプレジデントである寄藤 幸治による講演の内容をプレゼンテーションスライドと音声ファイルによって提供するものである。
新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の世界的大流行（パンデミック）は、企業や社会のデジタル化を促進した。しかし一方で緊急の取り組みが多かったため、必ずしも全社規模でのデジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）、Future ...
本Web Conference Proceeding: Tech Supplierは、IDC Japan ソフトウェア＆セキュリティのリサーチマネージャーである登坂 恒夫による講演の内容をプレゼンテーションスライドと音声ファイルによって提供するものである。
新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の感染拡大による大規模な在宅勤務で企業ネットワークへのVPNアクセスが集中し、レスポンスの遅延など業務効率の劣化やVPNの脆弱性の問題が顕在化した。この在宅勤務への大規模移動は、2021年以降も継続されると思われ、VPNの問題を解決するために、インターネット回線から直接クラウドサービスを利用する企業が増えるとみられる。これによって境界防御が機能しなくなり、セキュリティ対策は複雑化する。本講演では、複雑化するセキュリティに対する新たな統合型セキュリティ戦略を説明すると共に、現状の課題を市場動向やユーザー調査を基に考察する。
...本Web Conference Proceeding: Tech Supplierは、IDC Japan ソフトウェア＆セキュリティのリサーチマネージャーである飯坂 暢子による講演の内容をプレゼンテーションスライドと音声ファイルによって提供するものである。
AI（Artificial Intelligence：人工知能）は業務プロセス／ワークフローの自動化を拡張する技術の一つとしてビジネス全体に浸透している。先駆的企業は自然言語処理、深層学習、音声／テキスト変換などAIツールを組織全体で活用、拡張することでAIの推論によるインサイトの有効活用に取り組んでいる。一方で後れを取る企業は組織／プロセス／データがサイロ化し、起こり得る市場の外部要因に素早く対応できなくなる。本講演では新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）が拍車をかけたビジネス環境の不確実性を機会と捉えて「ネクストノーマル」の創造にAIをどのように活用するのか、AIの市場動向を踏まえてITサプライヤーに提言する。
...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 ...
This IDC Market Presentation provides an overview of smartphones used for online education or home-based learning as schools were shut down in various countries across Asia/Pacific, with school closures lasting almost a year in many of these ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight focuses on a spectrum model that aligns workplace flexibility with workforce site strategy. As hybrid work models continue to evolve, organizations must focus on the intersection points of technology, processes, ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight analyzes the affects of the COVID-19 crisis on European IT buyer sentiment and business services spending. IDC conducts an IT buyer sentiment survey every two weeks to track how buyer sentiment and spending are ...
This IDC Web Conference unveils five critical pillars that must be considered if business growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is to be achieved in 2021. Relevance, affordability, accessibility, security, and trustworthiness are strategic imperatives ...
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 ...
This IDC Perspective (video) provides IT leadership insights and challenges from IDC's IT Executive Program (IEP) clients and prospects for the period from December 5 to December 21, 2020. As the economic changes brought about by the COVID-19 ...
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 ...
This IDC Web Conference focuses on PC revival in the age of COVID-19.
A funny thing happened on the way to the world shutting down. Consumers everywhere were either reminded of or realized the central role a PC plays in learning, ...
This IDC Web Conference focuses on whether Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S or Sony's PS5 console fared better in 4Q20, and why, especially in light of complicating factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the strong demand for Nintendo Switch ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight looks at the impact of COVID-19 on 5G investment sentiment in Europe for 2021. European organizations are still understandably grappling with the pandemic. The havoc inflicted upon the continent's economies as a ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take hold around the world, driving higher employee engagement is a key priority for CHROs, irrespective of geography or industry. In this spirit, the agreement between Workday and Peakon, for the latter's ...
This IDC Survey Spotlight analyzes European organizations' top requirements from IT services providers to be included as a standard part of contracts' terms and conditions.
This spotlight analyzes data from IDC'sCOVID-19 Impact Survey, ...
This IDC Web Conference highlights the key findings of a survey of U.S. enterprises. With 2020 in the rearview mirror, enterprises are eagerly looking ahead to 2021. Networking changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, but what ...