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 Share study provides LFP data collected directly from vendors, which forms the basis for this study's 2018 market sizing. Western Europe comprises Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, ...
This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to provide an assessment of several providers participating in the worldwide support services market. IDC MarketScape is an evaluation based on a comprehensive framework and a set of parameters ...
This IDC study provides an assessment of the capabilities and business strategies of 11 vendors in the worldwide enterprise WLAN market for 2019.
"The enterprise WLAN industry is at an exciting time: Connectivity has never been more ...
The IDC Pivot Table on the worldwide mobile phone and tablet application processor market shares provides 2Q19 data for application processors in mobile phones and tablets:
- Market size in units
- Vendor shares in units
- Market ...
This IDC Market Presentation provides a summary of the current state of the Kenyan ICT market. It draws on sources including IDC's Black Book, Telecommunications Services Database, and annual CIO Survey. It leverages market analysis by IDC ...
ASG Technologies hosted its third annual customer conference, EVOLVE19, on October 21-23, 2019, in Dallas, Texas. With the theme of "see the future," ASG previewed its latest developments in content services with the new cloud-based digital ...
This IDC study explores how a more modern healthcare IT infrastructure will accelerate digital transformation and deliver value to HCOs. It also provides a road map for HCOs to follow on their respective journeys to migrate legacy applications ...
This IDC Market Perspective describes how IDC's Customer Insights and Analysis group evaluates the worldwide security market opportunity, providing market forecasts from IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide for 2018–2023 and ...
This IDC Market Perspective provides a preliminary unit shipment range for worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) units by HDD drive class and estimated supplier market share for 3Q19.
"HDD unit shipments were quite strong in 3Q19, not only ...
This IDC Perspective provides a current overview of the IoT connectivity management landscape, including a discussion of key market trends and profiles of 18 companies that offer connectivity management solutions.
"As IoT deployments ...
本調査レポートでは、ストレージネットワーキングインフラの主要コンポーネントであり、エンタープライズストレージシステムのFC-SAN環境やFICON-SAN環境で利用されるファイバーチャネル（FC）スイッチの国内市場実績と予測を取り上げる。
国内エンタープライズストレージシステム市場では、ストレージインフラの支出モデルの変化やSoftware-Defined Storage、ハイパーコンバージドインフラストラクチャなどの台頭に伴い、ストレージネットワーキングインフラに対する支出が大きく変動している。IDC ...
本調査レポートでは、国内情報保護管理／ガバナンス市場を分析し、2019年～2023年の予測を行っている。国内情報セキュリティ市場では、エンドポイントセキュリティやネットワークセキュリティといった外部脅威対策への投資が優先され、データ保護やデータ管理に対するガバナンス強化対策への投資優先度は低い。だが、EU GDPRやCCPAなど海外でのデータプライバシー法は、データ主権に基づいた法規制になりつつあり、プライバシーデータ保護に対して厳格化されている。国内においては、2020年に個人情報保護法の見直しが検討されており、その中には報告義務を課すことや削除権を認めることなどが含まれる。また、米国政府調達における管理すべき重要情報（CUI）の保護に対する政府以外の企業や組織に適用されるセキュリティ対策基準「NIST ...
This IDC study analyzes the hard disk drive component market for the period from 2019 to 2023.
"The demand for critical HDD components has declined over the past decade — yet, by 2023, HDD market and industry dynamics will cause HDD ...
本調査レポートは、国内エンタープライズストレージシステム市場の2019年上半期の実績に基づいて、2019年～2023年の予測のアップデートを行っている。実績、予測共に支出額と出荷容量の観点から分析している。
IDC Japan エンタープライズインフラストラクチャのシニアマーケットアナリストである加藤 慎也は「大型更新案件による市場成長の一方で、オールフラッシュアレイはいっそう普及し、2019年～2023年の予測期間を通して3つのアレイタイプの中で最も大きなシェアになる。この背景には、NVMeやストレージクラスメモリなどの登場に加え、容量単価の高いオールフラッシュアレイの柔軟な導入を支援する多様な支出モデルの普及があると考えている。ストレージベンダーは、適切な支出モデルによって高付加価値な新技術を提供することで、潜在需要を獲得できる」と分析している。
...This IDC Perspective provides a step-by-step guide for CIOs who seek to develop and enhance their effectiveness in communicating about cybersecurity to senior executives and boards of directors. This study provides time- and experience-tested ...
本IDC研究报告主要阐述2018年中国UTM市场的规模、厂商份额、技术发展变化等内容。
"未来，最终用户将更注重安全检测、防御、响应的可视性、准确性和及时性。综合多种能力的统一威胁管理产品将作为政府、企业进行外部安全防御和内部业务安全建设的基础，持续发挥重要作用。UTM亟需智能联动终端系统、云系统中的其他安全产品（如：终端检测与响应、安全运营中心等）进行立体布防，全面解决政府、企业所面临的安全问题。"——IDC中国IT安全市场分析师王一汀表示。
This IDC Market Note collates input from IDC analysts from the Enterprise Communications, Networking, and Infrastructure Services teams to provide our view on how NTT Ltd. is planning to execute its growth strategy in its core areas. NTT ...
On October 14, 2019, Sophos received an offer from Thoma Bravo, a U.S. private equity group to acquire all Sophos shares at US$7.40/share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $3.9 billion. The board of directors of Sophos has ...
This IDC Market Note reviews the key takeaways from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Print Forum 2019. This is the third event of its kind and was held in Bangkok, Thailand on September 17–20, 2019. The forum was attended ...
This IDC Market Analysis Perspective (MAP) provides detailed information on the Western European PC gaming market. It addresses key trends and market dynamics in the region, shifts in the competitive landscape, and market forecasts. Advice ...
Acronis may threaten traditional endpoint security vendors that tailor their products for small and midsize businesses by arming its thousands of partners with an integrated cyberprotection platform that tightly couples its backup and recovery ...