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.
本篇IDC PeerScape报告通过案头资料研究及案例征集，总结出保险机构在移动化建设所面临的四大挑战，并提出了与之相对应的四大建议指导，希望通过实践案例分享的方式，展示步伐较为迅速、经验较为丰富的保险机构是如何进行移动化建设的。
“相较银行与证券两个行业，保险业对数字化转型和移动化建设重视度较低、建设步伐较慢。移动互联的发展为保险业带来了巨大的潜在市场与新兴的服务模式，疫情的来袭也加速了保险机构移动化建设。在客户愈发追求便捷、高效、智能体验的时代，拥有强劲移动化能力、拥有线上线下融合生态的保险机构将更具竞争力。”——IDC金融行业研究部市场分析师朱佳怡表示。
...本 IDC 报告研究了中国医疗行业 IT 市场的现状和未来发展趋势，研究领域主要涵盖医疗服务、医疗保障和医药流通三大领域，分析了中国医疗改革的主要措施、行业发展趋势、新兴信息化技术及其支撑的医疗数字化转型的发展，并重点分析了医疗行业各类主要医疗应用软件解决方案市场的发展情况和趋势，提供了对整个医疗行业 IT支出和主要医疗应用软件解决方案的市场规模预测，以及一些新技术应用市场规模预测。
“政府持续的医药卫生改革、医疗数字化转型升级发展及其所带动的医疗信息系统架构升级和新兴信息化技术应用是医疗IT发展的三大推动力。医疗信息化经过二十年的发展，在抗击新冠肺炎疫情中展现出巨大作用，医疗数字化转型正成为发展潮流。预计从 ...
2019年6月，中国发放5G牌照，2019年9月，中国三大运营商5G网络正式商用，未来的数年，中国电信行业将开启5G时代。
一方面，政府推动的5G网络建设正在加速，另外一方面，5G终端的快速普及，物联网新兴业务的爆发，将坚定运营商在5G网络投资上的决心，中国新一代通信基础设施的发展将在全球保持领先位置。
5G网络的新的特性，对通信网络架构产生革命性的影响。软件定义网络（SDN），网络功能虚拟化 （NFV），安全开发运营一体化（DevSecOps），容器等技术，将帮助运营商构建灵活、健壮、弹性的基础通信网络，但是，新技术的引用同样对运营商的运维能力和开发能力提出挑战。
泛在的网络将加速中国企业的数字化转型（DX）。移动网络和移动应用正在改变企业IT应用的方方面面，从员工连接和使用业务数据，到关键业务资产和基础设施上云，通信技术（CT）和信息技术（IT）的融合，将进一步加速中国企业的数字化转型，并引领中国数字经济的蓬勃发展。
在本研究中，IDC中国分析师团队结合IDC全球的研究成果，描绘下一代通信技术在未来五年对IT组织和业务的影响，并为采购决策者提出建议，并对2020-2025年中国电信行业的发展提出十大预测。
...数字化战略正在成为国家战略，数字中国、网络强国、智慧社会、新型基础设施、国家大数据战略等提及次数明显增加，而智慧城市和新型智慧城市既是这些核心国家数字战略的关键组成部分，也是5G、人工智能、物联网、大数据等新技术的"试验场"。
互联网和移动互联网不断渗透，C端对于线上支付、数字化服务、数字化营销等方式已经完全接受，而城市服务目前看来线上化占比相对较低，依然有大量的改进空间和市场机会存在，尤其在智慧交通、智慧园区、城市大数据平台、城市云因中心等领域。
在中国十年（2009-2019）的发展过程中，智慧城市建设投资规模大、政策驱动明显，但是建设效果并不理想，尤其是市民获得感并不强。这其中的一个关键点是连续运营能力差，更多的是项目制投资，而不是长期运营型投资；另一个关键点是不仅仅政府要进行智慧化投资，其他运营主体尤其是地产商等提供空间运营服务的角色需要数字化转型。
在价值层面，"惠民、强政、兴业"的价值主张并没有变化，其中数字产业发展和传统产业数字化转型是智慧城市建设过程中政府更关注的重点；此外，在美丽中国的政策引导下，环保和生态价值将成为智慧城市项目建设另一个价值关注点。
厂商视角上，越来越多的非传统ICT解决方案提供商开始进入这个市场，尤其是具备科技输出能力的大型企业，比如地产商、金融机构等。
IDC认为未来5年智慧城市市场的十大预测如下：
- 预测1：在2022年，10-20%的智慧城市物联网项目将难以推进，由于项目价值及关键绩效指标（KPI）定义不清、厂商交付内容不理解、不充分的投资和利益关键人的了解。
- 预测2：到2020年，20%的城市将使用复合型指标来评估城市情况，比如主动预警情况、移动即服务情况和个人关怀。
- 预测3：到2022年，为应对市民和组织意见，50%下一代的安全技术采购将被严格的政策规范预先限制。
- 预测4：由于公众对政府使用个人数据的不信任程度不断攀升，到2022年，50%的城市将发布数据伦理政策来定义何种数据可以被收集、使用和共享。
- 预测5：到2022年，30%的智慧城市数字孪生平台将用以应对海量资产、产品极其相互关系带来的复杂性。
- 预测6：到2022年10%的安全事件将来源于智慧城市物联网设备，驱动两位数的安全软件和员工培训的预算增加。
- 预测7：到2024年，60%的未开发城市和10%的现有城市将使用数字化空间规划能力和新的分区规则来助力分享经济的快速发展。
- 预测8：到2023年，80%的城市数据科学家无法被满足，将引起机器人流程自动化/人工智能（RPA/AI）原生系统的投资增加，这些系统将成倍地增加数据能力而不需要增加人数。
- 预测9：到2023年，1/3的智慧城市场景将被5G影响，70%一二线城市将使用5G技术实现实时犯罪中心，车到一切（V2X）连接和智慧场馆等规模化服务。
- 预测10：到2024年，25%的一线和二线城市使用5G ...
本报告是IDC FutureScape全球医疗健康行业2020年预测的中国启示，报告提供了2020-2025年间医疗健康行业技术发展路线图，包含10项健康行业发展前沿的预测并融合了针对中国市场的观点看法。每项预测都包括该预测内容成为市场“主流”的时间和复杂性评估，以及该预测对于IT方面的影响，并为技术买家提供了采用和部署这些技术的建议，可供中国医疗健康行业的各领域，如医疗、医保和医药等领域的医疗健康服务机构在制定发展战略和数字化转型策略中参考。
本报告是IDC FutureScape全球教育2020年预测的中国启示，报告提供了2020-2025年间教育行业技术发展路线图，包含10项教育行业发展前沿的预测并融合了针对中国教育行业的观点看法。每项预测都包括该预测内容成为市场“主流”的时间和复杂性评估，以及该预测对于IT方面的影响，并为技术买家提供了采用和部署这些技术的建议，可供中国教育机构和教育管理部门在制定发展战略和数字化转型策略中参考。
本次研究对中国数据中心服务市场进行了梳理，对2018年该市场的发展状况进行了比较详细的分析，其中包括：2018年市场发展现状，按服务类型和区域细分的市场规模，市场驱动和阻碍因素，对市场变化和热点的解读和分析等。此外，本报告还对未来五年（2019-2023年）中国数据中心服务市场的增长情况进行了预测。
"中国数据中心服务市场正处于由云计算、大数据、物联网和5G等新技术驱动的黄金发展期，将逐渐形成"核心+边缘"的发展格局，数据中心服务商一方面大力发展规模化、绿色化、智能化的超大规模数据中心，另一方面积极布局重点解决时延敏感需求的边缘数据中心。数据中心作为技术密集型产业代表，投资规模大、产业带动能力强，将持续受到地方政府和资本市场的关注。数据中心服务商需不断提升自身的技术能力和资源整合能力，积极拥抱云和边缘对该产业带来的变化，尽早布局产业互联网带来的发展机遇。" ...
本研究从连接类型和应用领域对2018年至2023年的中国物联网连接规模和增长速度进行了分析预测，并研究了中国物联网市场发展的主要驱动和阻碍因素，为技术服务提供商提出若干建议。
"在智能城市、智能制造、智能家居的推动下，智能抄表、安防监控、工业物联网、家用智能设备相关的物联网连接规模不断增长"，IDC中国研究经理卢春生认为，"未来，随着NB IoT、Lora、5G技术的进一步普及，连接技术将呈现出多元化发展的趋势。在石油、电力等要求网络广覆盖、低时延、高可靠的领域，公网与专网相结合将是长期发展趋势。"
...本文主要研究2018年DDI产品在中国市场的发展情况，研究显示中国的DDI市场依旧具有很大的开发潜力，主流行业为政府，金融，教育以及通信。
IDC中国研究经理郭越表示：“数字化融合性产品是当今智能、数字时代的大势所趋。如何更好地融合安全性、云功能、IPv6、5G、人工智能（AI）、边缘计算等热门IT趋势，也同样是DDI领域需要重点关注的理念。”
本报告通过对公有云服务提供商、内容分发网络（CDN）专业服务提供商等的直接访谈，以及二手资料研究，分析了CDN服务市场的发展动态和竞争格局，对CDN服务市场的主要服务商进行了研究，并对该领域市场发展提出了一些建议，旨在为公有云服务提供商以及CDN服务商提供参考。
"中国CDN服务市场伴随着互联网时代的成长，把握住难得机遇，得到蓬勃发展。早期进场的传统专业CDN服务提供商积极创新技术，深耕行业场景，布局合作生态；后期强势介入的公有云服务厂商将CDN业务与其公有云业务结合，形成更大的服务优势；双方一起塑造了目前中国的CDN服务市场格局。2018年中国CDN服务市场在政策、资本和云计算产业等多重利好因素的驱动下实现了迅猛增长。在CDN服务市场的领先服务商中，公有云服务厂商占据多数名额，并达到了将近一半的市场份额。预计未来几年，传统专业CDN服务提供商和公有云服务厂商的竞争将会愈发白热化，双方需要把握住5G商用和边缘计算发展带来的业务增长机会，为企业提供真正有价值的增值服务，助力自身从竞争中胜出。"——IDC中国企业级研究部研究经理诸葛兰表示。
...数字化转型（DX）目前已无处不在，它影响着世界上各个国家和地区的每一个产业。数字化转型提高了企业面临的门槛。双管齐下的方法和应急对付的时代已经过去。专注于单个技术或开箱即用的服务将不再提供必要的竞争优势。目前需要的是能够在领先及管理技术创新、同化、应用和退出的同时，为保证差异化竞争和业务连续性提供集成框架和工具的全面性方法。
数字化转型为CIO和IT部门提供了扩大其职权范围的独特机会，但是前提是，CIO和IT部门必须能够：
- 建立可信性
- 打造数字化能力
- 创建变革和协作文化
本IDC研究报告列举了IDC对2017年CIO议程的十大预测。依靠这些预测提供的战略性举措，CIO能够发挥关键作用，领导所在企业顺利度过不断加速的数字化转型时代。CIO及其他IT高管有潜力在这场史无前例的变革中寻找一条路径。如果他们拥抱并采取上述变革，资深IT领导人和IT部门将能够与业务部门精诚协作，并成为一股转型驱动力——从旧到新，从不稳定到稳定，从实验到运营。这些预测反映了IDC对未来36个月内IT部门将发生的10个重大变革的远见，并为资深IT高管如何制定其3年IT战略规划提出建议。
"在数字经济初现曙光之际，CIO们必须打造一支梦之队，以推动IT部门同时创新、整合和合并，"IDC ...