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.
当前，伴随全球数字化转型进程的进一步加快，人工智能、云计算、物联网、工业互联网的大规模快速发展，全球网络安全产业持续焕发蓬勃生机，数字信任成为各国逐步开始关心且重视的话题。作为全球网络安全投资第二大国，中国也在外部威胁、政策调整、技术进步等驱动力的作用下持续加大对网络安全产业的投资。本报告对中国网络安全市场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：
预测一：到2023年，由于传统VPN远程访问解决方案的缺陷在大量居家办公（WFH）场景中暴露出来，针对现代软件定义安全接入解决方案的预算将翻四倍。
预测二：到2025年，为减少受限员工所面临的安全复杂性，企业安全投资的55%将用于统一的生态系统和平台框架的建设。
预测三：到2024年，在进行了数十亿美元的收购之后，全球三大公共云提供商中的两家将跻身前五大托管安全服务（MSS）提供商之列。
预测四：到2025年，将有80%的首席信任官要求技术供应商整合安全和风险能力以衡量公司的信任度，其中包括供应商关系和员工声誉。
预测五：到2023年，企业和其供应链之间的集体风险管理要求将迫使50%的第三方风险和安全服务提供商采用先进的分析工具。
预测六：到2023年，50%的G20国家/地区的隐私法规将要求社交媒体提供商提供删除有关16岁以下的儿童内容和数据的选项。
预测七：到2021年，10%的组织将利用员工生产力软件来监管和优化居家办公员工的数字工作流程。
预测八：到2022年，全球的医疗提供商、保险提供商和技术供应商联盟将采用一种数字身份框架，该框架将基于分布式账本技术来建立"联系人跟踪"应用程序。
预测九：到2023年，将有30%的组织获得监管认证，证明其基于AI和ML的算法系统是道德（无偏见和歧视）且透明的。
预测十：到2023年，35%的大型组织需要通过展示内部组织结构和流程以及在财务报表中公开报告结果的方式来体现其社会责任举措。
...该报告分析了2019年中国软件定义计算软件市场的规模，发展趋势和主要厂商的表现。
软件定义计算软件市场包括了虚拟化，云系统软件和容器基础架构软件三个市场，是建立云平台最重要的基础架构软件。2019年中国软件定义计算软件市场的市场规模达到9.2亿美元，未来五年的复合增长率仍将保持在19.0%。这个市场保持高速增长的原因主要来自于以下几个原因：中国虚拟化市场仍然有增长的空间；云平台成为新一代的IT基础架构，政府和企业在持续投资建设云平台；云原生理念的发展和传统行业的落地促使容器软件市场出现爆发式增长。另外未来5G的发展也会带动市场对于这个领域的投资。
IDC企业级系统和软件研究部高级研究经理李昭表示："虚拟化软件市场增长放缓，以云系统和容器基础架构软件为代表的新兴市场将成为未来软件定义计算软件市场增长的主要驱动力。由于疫情的影响，企业可能会因为业务的负增长而减少或延迟对新项目和现代化建设的投资，从而减缓软件定义计算软件的增长。但新冠疫情的发生也将使企业意识到保持企业敏捷性的重要性，并加大对数字技术的投入，以保持业务的连续性，灵活面对危机。"
...根据《IDC全球半年度人工智能系统支出指南，2H19》——跟踪范围为人工智能在行业和用例层面的软件、硬件、服务和落地案例——到2020年，全球范围的企业预计将投资501亿美元于人工智能解决方案。预计到2024年，中国人工智能市场规模将达到119亿美金，2019-2024年复合增长率达23.0%。
在本研究中，IDC全球分析师团队描述了影响IT和业务决策者负责该项支出并有效利用相关解决方案的主要驱动因素，并给出了2021-2026年有关人工智能自主性项目的十大预测。
每一个预测都是基于它的影响（投入和复杂度）和时间范围评估。该研究还为IT和业务决策者在人工智能领域的战略制定、修改和资源配置的投入提供了指导。
此报告在全球的基础之上，提供了中国人工智能市场2021-2026的十大预测：
- 预测1：到2023年，在金融，医疗，政府和其他受监管的公共部门中，超过15%的以消费者为中心的AI决策系统将引入解释其分析和决策过程的相关规定。
- 预测2：到2021年，超过50%的组织将在呼入电话处理环境中增加AI功能。
- 预测3：到2024年，45%的重复工作任务将通过使用由 ...
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。”
...本报告直观展示了以工业互联网平台为核心的中国智能制造市场的构成与格局，包括智能工厂工业应用、网络设备、服务、车间应用、劳动力增强型应用、工业云、工业互联网平台、云平台等，同时本报告也对市场发展、主要厂商策略、生态建设进行了总结。
IDC最新发布的《中国内容分发网络（CDN）服务市场解读，2019》（2020年8月发布）报告显示，2019年，中国内容分发网络（CDN）服务市场规模达到33.2亿美元，同比增长31.7%。其中，OTT（over-the-top）视频市场规模达到10.5亿美元，同比增长35.5%；在线游戏市场规模达到9.6亿美元，同比增长37.1%；电子商务市场规模达到7.8亿美元，同比增长31.3%；网络、电子邮件和数据市场规模达到5.3亿美元，同比增长17.6%。此报告以2019年全年的数据为基础，主要介绍了中国内容分发网络（CDN）服务市场市场规模、未来五年市场规模预测、竞争格局和行业动态，同时也对市场的驱动因素和阻碍因素进行了分析，为服务商提供可行性建议。
IDC企业级研究部研究经理诸葛兰表示： ...