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Investment Research Services
AN IDC ACCESS SERVICE
• Published Research
• Address Key Investment Issues
• Receive Customized Service
• Technology Coverage Areas
• Trusted by Wall Street

IDC is the premier global market intelligence and advisory firm in the information technology and telecommunications industries. Investment Research Services (IRS) is IDC's exclusive research offering for the financial services community. With over 1,000 analysts worldwide, the IRS service leverages IDC's unparalleled knowledge base, both globally and locally, to provide timely and comprehensive quantitative and qualitative market intelligence.


Address Key Investment Issues


Our global market intelligence provides you with the information needed to make successful investment decisions.


Buy Side

  • Gain proprietary company insight
  • Quantify market potential and historical sales
  • Identify investment risks and opportunities


Commercial Banks

  • Gain customer and sales insight
  • Quantify market opportunities
  • Understand global industry segments and trends
  • Identify lending risks


Equity Research

  • Gain quantitative market and company intelligence
  • Facilitate channel checks
  • Identify proprietary issues
  • Quantify market forecasts and growth rates


Investment Banks

  • Understand new markets
  • Clarify complex product portfolios
  • Identify buy-side and sell-side opportunities
  • Provide unbiased industry quantification


Venture Capital and Private Equity

  • Develop deal flow
  • Understand emerging market segments and customer demand
  • Identify risks
  • Create exit strategies


Receive Customized Service


IDC's IRS service is designed to save time and provide the answers you need when you need them. You receive a personal, responsive, and rich experience that addresses your investment research needs. The following are key elements of IDC's IRS service:


Dedicated Analyst-Account Manager

The dedicated Analyst-Account Manager acts as the single point of contact for all IDC information requests. He or she is chartered with understanding the client's research requirements and leveraging the IDC resources best suited to fulfilling immediate and long-term research needs.


Research Analyst Inquiry Support

Through the dedicated Analyst-Account Manager, clients have access to more than 1,000 research analysts in over 110 countries. This access enables clients to tap into the expertise of industry and market experts and obtain strategic and tactical advice on specific markets, companies, technologies, and products.


www.idc.com

IDC's personalized Internet site allows instant access to the most up-to-date information anytime, anywhere.


Inquiry Hours

IDC clients receive a pool of inquiry hours. These inquiry hours may be applied toward research analyst support, the purchase of additional IDC products, consulting services, and/or onsite analyst presentations.


Events

IDC events cover the hottest trends shaping the IT and communications industries. IDC clients receive invitations to participate in conferences, breakfast briefings, telebriefings, Web conferences, and other IDC events held throughout the year.


Technology Coverage Areas



Technology Research Views

  • Business services
  • Channels
  • Components and peripherals
  • Computer systems
  • Consumer devices
  • Electronic manufacturing services
  • Infrastructure software
  • IT overview
  • IT services
  • IT support and integration
  • Networking
  • Security and business continuity services
  • Semiconductors
  • Small business
  • Software application development and deployment
  • Software application and information access
  • Storage
  • Telecommunications


Vertical Market Research

  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Financial services
  • Resources and construction
  • Process manufacturing
  • Discrete manufacturing
  • Communications and media
  • Transportation/transportation services
  • Utilities
  • Retail
  • Wholesale
  • Professional services
  • Personal and other services
  • Healthcare/life sciences
  • Education
  • Government


Trusted by Wall Street


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