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、各種クライアントデバイス（PC、携帯電話、ウェアラブルデバイス、AR/VRなど）に関して今後の見通しをまとめた調査レポート『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Connected Devices and Consumer DX 2021 Predictions IDC（IDC #US46920320、2020年10月発行）』に関し、内容を抄訳した上で実現時期や組織へのインパクトなどの点に対し、日本国内事情の現状に基づいた変更を加えたものである。
なお、本調査レポートでは主に以下のテクノロジー／テーマについて扱っている。
- AR/VR
- ウェアラブルデバイス
- ノートブックPC
- スマートフォン
- AI（Artificial ...
本プレゼンテーションは、Future of Connectedness市場における2021年～2026年の10項目の予測（Predictions）をまとめたものである。本プレゼンテーションに先立って発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Connectedness 2021 Predictions（IDC #US46921520、2020年10月発行）』の内容を基に、国内市場の状況を考慮して一部変更を加えた。なお、本プレゼンテーション内の数値は断りなく使用されている場合は世界市場の数値を示しており、国内市場の数値には国内市場であることを明記している。
消費者と企業のいずれにおいてもデジタルな関係への依存度が高まる中で、そこで求められるユビキタスで信頼性が高く、シームレスで広汎なネットワークがFuture ...
本調査レポートは、沖電気工業（OKI）が発表した、ネクストノーマルで加速するコンタクトセンターのデジタル化を実現するサービス「CTstage Cloud」の提供開始に関する調査について報告する。併せて、デジタル化の進行によってコンタクトセンターに求められる機能や役割の変化について考察する。「今後、IPコンタクトセンターシステム市場では、オペレーターの働き方改革やBCPへの対応などを背景にクラウド製品が市場全体の成長を牽引する。ユーザー企業は、コンタクトセンターシステムの導入／リプレイスの際の選択肢としてクラウド型コンタクトセンターサービスを検討すべきである」と、IDC ...
本調査レポートは、各種クライアントデバイス（PC、携帯電話、ウェアラブルデバイス、AR/VRなど）に関して今後の見通しをまとめた調査レポート『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Connected Devices and Consumer DX 2020 Predictions（IDC #US45587319、2019年10月発行）』に関し、内容を抄訳した上で実現時期や組織へのインパクトなどの点に対し、日本国内事情の現状に基づいた変更を加えたものである。
なお、本調査レポートでは主に以下のテクノロジー／テーマについて扱っている。
- AR/VR
- ウェアラブルデバイス
- ノートブックPC
- スマートフォン
- AI（Artificial ...
本調査レポート（プレゼンテーション）で、IDC Japan コミュニケーションズのグループマネージャーである草野 賢一は、世界と国内のネットワークサービスとモビリティ市場において、2020年～2025年に発生する主要な10項目の予測（Predictions）について議論する。このPredictionsでは、国内ネットワークサービスとモビリティ市場において起こりつつある変革について分析を行っている。
今年の「IDC FutureScape」では以下に挙げるトピックを中心に取り上げる。
- 2025年までに、5Gサービスを提供する国内MNOの75％が、固定VPNの有力な代替案として、ネットワークスライシングを活用した企業WAN向け5Gコネクティビティを提供するようになる。
- 2024年までに、国内の50％の企業は、固定、セルラー、LPWANおよびWi-Fiの4つすべてのネットワーク接続技術を活用するようになる。特にセルラーとLPWANの企業ネットワークでの受容性は大きく高まる。
- 多様な企業のユースケースに機敏に対応するために、50％の国内通信事業者は、2024年までにネットワーク構築と運用にDevSecOpsモデルを取り入れ、その実現をサポートするチームとプロセスを構築する。
- エッジコンピューティングおよび仮想化によって、2024年までに国内で提供する企業向けネットワークサービスの50％はクラウドホスト型の従量課金モデルにシフトする。QoSは向上し、新しいサービスの展開が加速する。
- プライバシーに関する配慮がいっそう重要になるため、2023年までに国内マネージドセキュリティサービスプロバイダーの売上の35％は、セキュリティ機能をクラウドやネットワーク接続、IoTサービスなど他のサービスに統合することでもたらされるようになる。
なお、本プレゼンテーション内の数値は断りなく使用されている場合は世界市場の数値を示しており、国内市場の数値には国内市場であることを明記している。
...本調査レポートは、情報サービス業を除く国内企業で働く課長レベル以上で、デジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）の意思決定に関わる人を対象として、IDCが2019年6月に実施した「国内Future Enterpriseの成熟度ステージ調査」の結果を、定量的に評価してステージ分類を行い、分析を加えたものである。Future Enterpriseおよびその特性別のステージ分類の結果は、国内企業が自社のDXの取り組みのベンチマークを実施する際にリファレンスとして活用されることを想定している。また、国内企業がDXを実現しFuture ...
本Conference: Tech SupplierはIDC Japanソフトウェア＆セキュリティ シニアマーケットアナリストである草地 慎太郎による講演の内容をプレゼンテーションスライドと音声ファイルによって提供するものである。
2025年に向けたIT業界の人材不足が叫ばれているが、データ活用領域での人材不足とそれによる低生産性は、2025年を待つまでもなく今日現在の深刻な企業の課題となっている。一方で、予測分析やAI（Artificial Intelligence：人工知能）による自動化の進展は、データ活用の生産性が企業のビジネスに与えるインパクトを大きくしている。本セッションでは、DX ...