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.
本研究报告对中国私有云平台建设市场的整体及其细分市场的发展进行了分析和预测，包括市场现状， 市场的驱动和阻碍因素，重大市场变化，以及2019-2024年中国私有云平台建设市场的规模和增长率。
“私有云市场仍然表现出非常大的活力，云厂商和传统IT厂商都在不断挖掘新的应用场景和需求，推动新技术和产品的发展。因此私有云平台的建设也已从初期满足基础资源的需求转变为更好的为业务和创新服务。疫情的发生虽然对于经济和社会产生了巨大的影响，为企业未来的发展带来不确定因素，但是疫情同样会让企业更加认识到数字化的重要性，更敏捷的IT基础架构和数字化技术对于保证业务连续性的必要性，从而加速其进行数字化转型。”——IDC ...
中国政府已经明确提出政务云建设的省级集中策略，旨在综合有效利用云计算资源。这对于本地化云服务、专有云服务两种部署模式下产生的运营服务市场的进一步发展提供了良好的发展机遇。本报告将针对这两种部署模式下的云运营服务市场，为用户提供市场规模分析、市场挑战、行业趋势分析等。
IDC政府行业与智慧城市研究部研究经理詹墨磊表示：“政务云云服务的一体化运营模式的发展是政府数字化转型的大市场化发展的重要一步，不仅能够弥补政府内部相关专业人员数量和专业度的不足，也能够进一步释放政务云相关建设的市场化发展，是众多服务提供商需要不断强化的能力，也是市场的发展的重要机遇点。”
...本IDC研究报告对2020至2024年中国电子签约软件市场规模做了预测分析，揭示了中国电子签约软件市场的动态、关键驱动因素及发展趋势。本报告为IT厂商、最终用户、投资机构等提供了决策参考。
“当前，电子签约已经广泛应用于泛互联网、金融、人力资源、交通旅游、房地产、物流、教育等领域。进入2020年以来，受“疫情”的影响，企业线下业务开展受到限制，不得不寻求向线上业务模式转移的解决方案，这给电子签约产品带来了前所未有的市场需求。同时，人社部印发《人力资源社会保障部办公厅关于订立电子劳动合同有关问题的函》的指导意见，更是为电子签约的推广应用做了官方背书。中国电子签约软件市场的潜在发展空间巨大，未来市场规模仍将保持高速增长。”——IDC中国企业级软件研究部高级分析师王楠表示。
...本报告分析了中国电子签约软件市场的发展趋势和动态，列出了中国电子签约软件市场领先厂商的收入和市场份额，对当前中国电子签约软件市场的态势进行梳理和点评，并针对主要厂商进行了介绍和评价。
"当前，电子签约已经广泛应用于泛互联网、金融、人力资源、交通旅游、房地产、物流、教育等领域。进入2020年以来，受"疫情"的影响，企业线下业务开展受到限制，不得不寻求向线上业务模式转移的解决方案，给电子签约产品带来了前所未有的市场需求。同时，人社部印发《人力资源社会保障部办公厅关于订立电子劳动合同有关问题的函》的指导意见，更是为电子签约的推广应用做了官方背书。中国电子签约软件市场的潜在发展空间巨大，未来市场规模仍将保持高速增长。"——IDC中国企业级软件研究部高级分析师王楠表示。
...“2019年中国第三方云管理服务市场依然高歌猛进，云服务商加大云管理服务生态的培育力度、原有IT服务商集中力量开拓云管理服务市场、多云和混合云模式被广泛接受是该市场迅猛发展的主要驱动力。下一步，第三方云管理服务商将围绕深入理解云服务商的产品和工具、深入理解行业客户的业务和应用、不断提升云管理综合服务能力而发力。当前该市场仍处于充分竞争和快速发展时期，可观的市场增长潜力还在吸引越来越多的服务商进入，市场先进入者应把握住为时不多的窗口期，坚定业务发展战略，加大市场拓展力度，提升应对复杂化和多样化客户需求的综合服务能力，抢占并保持领导者地位。”——IDC中国企业级研究部高级研究经理刘丽辉表示。
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