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.
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
本プレゼンテーションは、国内ユニファイドコミュニケーション（UC）／コレボレーティブワークスペース／CRM（Customer Relationship Management）アプリケーション／EA（Enterprise Applications）ソフトウェア市場に関連する2019年の市場動向、各市場セグメントの動向、および2020年～2024年の予測を提供する。IDCでは、国内UC／コラボレーション／CRMアプリケーション／EAソフトウェア市場の調査レポートを年間情報提供サービスとして提供している。このサービスでは、国内の企業向けアプリケーションに関連する市場を定義し、各市場の動向と市場規模を調査、分析して報告する。
...本調査レポートは、2020年8月にシスコシステムズ（以下、シスコ）が発表した、新型コロナ感染症（COVID-19）環境下におけるハイブリッドな働き方に対応した、ホステッドプライベートクラウドサービスによる新たな企業音声システム向けサービスについて概要を報告し、COVID-19の感染拡大下における企業音声システムの課題について考察する。
本調査レポートは、国内ユニファイドコミュニケーション（UC）／コラボレーティブワークスペース市場の2019年のベンダー売上額実績に基づく市場シェアの分析を提供している。IDCでは、同市場を「IPテレフォニー市場」「IPコンファレンスシステム市場」「IPコンタクトセンターシステム市場」「コラボレーティブワークスペース市場」の4つの大分類ソリューションセグメントに分類して、市場を分析し予測を行っている。2019年の国内UC／コラボレーティブワークスペース市場は、ベストオブブリードタイプの専業クラウドサービスベンダーが好調であり、ハードウェア販売を中心とするベンダーが低調となる二極化が加速した。「国内UC／コラボレーティブワークスペース市場に参入するITサプライヤーは、今後の成長のために、テレワークに遅れが見られる中小企業向け働き方改革を軸にしたコラボレーティブワークスペースの提供、AI/RPAによるデジタルアシスタンスの提供、およびベストオブブリードサービス提供の戦略検討が必要である」と、IDC ...
本調査レポートは、国内ユニファイドコミュニケーション（UC）／コラボレーティブワークスペース市場の2019年の実績と2020年～2024年の市場予測を提供している。IDCでは、同市場を「IPテレフォニー市場」「IPコンファレンスシステム市場」「IPコンタクトセンターシステム市場」「コラボレーティブワークスペース市場」の4つのソリューションセグメントに分類して、市場規模を分析し予測を行っている。新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の感染拡大は同市場にも影響を及ぼし、本調査レポートで用いる市場予測では、2020年3月末時点におけるCOVID-19の影響および見通しを考慮している。2019年の同市場は、働き方改革の企業での進展、音声通信基盤とIPコンタクトセンターシステムの大型案件の受注などによって堅調に市場が拡大した。「国内UC／コラボレーティブワークスペース市場が今後も成長していくために、ITサプライヤーは中小企業の在宅勤務促進に向けたクラウドサービス／サポートの提供が重要であり、またAIによるコンタクトセンターやナレッジワーカーに対するインテリジェントサポートを訴求ポイントにした新たなワークスペース提案方法を検討すべきである」と、IDC ...
本プレゼンテーションは、国内ユニファイドコミュニケーション（UC）／コラボレーション／CRM（Customer Relationship Management）アプリケーション／EA（Enterprise Applications）ソフトウェア市場に関連する2018年の市場動向、各市場セグメントの動向、および2019年～2023年の予測を提供する。IDCでは、国内UC／コラボレーション／CRMアプリケーション／EAソフトウェア市場の調査レポートを年間情報提供サービスとして提供している。このサービスでは、国内の企業向けアプリケーションに関連する市場を定義し、各市場の動向と市場規模を調査、分析して報告する。
...本調査レポートは、国内コラボレーティブワークスペース市場の2018年の実績と2019年～2023年の予測を提供している。2018年の同市場は、2019年4月に施行開始された働き方改革関連法に関連する、企業の従業員生産性向上に関連して「デジタル空間上の働く場所」を提供するためのアプリケーションとして成長した。
「国内コラボレーティブワークスペース市場は、労働人口減少対策、働き方改革対応、CX/EX向上の観点から企業にとって重要なIT市場である。ITサプライヤーは、働き方改革に即したクラウド型統合デジタルワークスペースの提供、CRM／AIプラットフォームとの連携、およびCX/EXを訴求ポイントにした新たなワークスペース提案方法を指向すべきである」と、IDC ...