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 FutureScape presents the top 10 predictions and key drivers for the European IT industry over the next five years. It tracks the biggest IT stories of our time — the digitalization of enterprises, edge buildout, tech-driven innovation, ...
This IDC study provides the top 10 predictions and underlying drivers that we expect to impact SMBs in 2020 and beyond.
"Effective senior executives, business unit heads, and IT managers in small and midsize businesses worldwide will ...
This IDC study presents the worldwide education 2020 top 10 predictions.
"Education institutions today are constantly being confronted to rethink their future digital transformation strategies. online education competition, high-profile ...
This IDC study provides IDC's top 10 Smart City and Communities predictions for 2020.
"Regional and municipal governments are working hard to keep pace with technology advances and take advantage of new opportunities in the context ...
This IDC study provides IDC's top 10 predictions for digital transformation for 2020.
"Direct digital transformation (DX) investment is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5% from 2020 to 2023 and is expected to approach ...
This IDC study presents the top 10 predictions and key drivers for the IT industry for the next five years.
According to IDC Chief Analyst Frank Gens, "As more than half the global economy turns digital by 2023, a new species of enterprise ...
This IDC study provides a detailed analysis of how AI is being used for the management of government datacenters and some of the paths government agencies can explore if they are looking to leverage AI for this purpose, especially if they ...
This IDC PeerScape explores the enterprise cybersecurity budgeting process and the approaches taken by four CIOs across the airport, construction, hospitality, and commercial real estate industries. As this study shows, CIOs are increasingly ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Thailand implications of the Worldwide IT Industry FutureScape for 2019 (IDC #US44403818, October 2018). It provides an outlook view of the ICT industry ...
This IDC study describes the IDC MaturityScape for data excellence, a framework for identifying the stages, critical measures, outcomes, and actions required for IT organizations to effectively evolve to the data excellence as a critical ...
本IDC陈述报告描述了中国制造行业IT 2019年十大预测。报告为制造企业的高管提供了在未来的5年内制造业IT及其IT所支持的业务发展趋势，报告标识了这些预测发生作用的时间和受影响的业务领域，以及相应的复杂性和成本。每个预测包括IT对业务的影响和制造企业的行动指南。
2018年，中国制造业环境愈发复杂。在国际上面临着中美贸易摩擦、国际贸易保护主义升温等不稳定国际贸易形势；在国内面临着制造业成本上涨、企业资金压力大带来的挑战。在此纷繁复杂的环境下，2018年，数字化转型始终贯穿于制造业发展的始终，以人工智能、区块链、边缘技术等为代表的新兴技术日趋成熟、工业互联网生态如火如荼发展，制造业的发展也迎来了更多机遇。。
"进入2019年，中国制造业将面临更多挑战。制造业的高质量发展被中央经济工作会议列为19年重要工作的首位。得益于"中国制造2025"、"互联网+"、"工业4.0"等政策的持续推动，中国制造业升级将进入全新的阶段。受数字化转型先驱者的带动，越来越多的制造企业加入了数字转型的浪潮中来。以区块链和人工智能为中心的平台生态将实现企业的流程自动化，跨产业的协作将为企业缩减成本。为了提高速度、敏捷性、效率和创新，越来越多的制造企业将进行广泛的重建，将数据位于流程的中心。制造工厂的工人将通过增强现实/虚拟现实（AR/VR）、智能应用程序和协作机器人武装起来，提高生产效率并改善工作环境。IDC认为，以数字为中心、以平台为依托、跨产业的协作将助力中国制造业向高质量发展突破。"——IDC中国制造业高级研究经理张兰英表示。
...This IDC study provides IDC's top 10 predictions for the China 2019 CIO Agenda. These predictions provide a strategic context that will enable CIOs to lead their organizations through a period of multiplied innovation and disruption over ...
This IDC Presentation is the Indonesia regionalization of the Worldwide IT Industry FutureScape for 2019. This IDC FutureScape provides an outlook view of the ICT industry as it relates to tech buyers' road map, priorities, and requirements ...
This IDC Presentation outlines the implications for Europe of IDC's worldwide top 10 predictions for the retail industry in 2019, with a key focus on some key regional perspectives that need to be addressed by all stakeholders in the industry ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Malaysia implications of the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2019 Predictions (IDC #US44403818, October 2018). It provides ...
本プレゼンテーションは、米国において発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide SMB 2019 Predictions（IDC #US43439619、2018年10月発行）』の内容を基に、国内SMB（Small and Medium-sized Business：中堅中小企業、従業員規模999人以下の企業） ...
本プレゼンテーションは、セキュリティ市場の中長期的な動向について10項目の予測（Predictions）をまとめたものである。米国において発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Security Products and Services 2019 Predictions（IDC #US44388118、2018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。
ITシステムはオンプレミス環境からクラウド環境へとシフトすることでオンプレミス環境とクラウド環境が混在するハイブリッド環境が進展し、ハイブリッド環境に対応したセキュリティ対策が必要となっている。また、セキュリティ対策の対象範囲は、ITからOT（Operational ...
本プレゼンテーションは、2019年～2024年にCIO（Chief Information Officer）が対処すべき10項目の予測（Predictions）をまとめたものである。米国にて発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2019 Predictions（IDC #US44390218、2018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。
さまざまな技術、市場、エコシステムによる掛け算のイノベーションが経済成長を牽引する中、デジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）の取り組みは指数的に拡大し、企業は自らを再定義する必要に迫られている。国内市場においてもDXに向けた取り組みは定着した。大手金融機関、保険会社、製造業などで成長戦略の推進に向け取り組みが加速し、CDO（最高デジタル責任者）やDX専任部門も増加している。その中で、ビッグデータやAIに適応したデジタルプラットフォームの構築、アジャイルやDevOpsのプラクティスの展開など、IT部門自身にも大きな変革が求められており、CIOの果たす役割は重要である。ところが、現実にはレガシーシステムの保守や運用などDXの取り組みとは矛盾しがちなミッションも抱える。CIOやIT部門のKPIを大きく変更するには他の幹部の納得と連携が必須であること、また、先端技術に対応した人材の確保や育成も難易度は高く、IT部門の変革は容易ではない。しかし、「会社を知り、技術を知り、組織と人材の全社最適を牽引し、DX時代のIT変革でリーダーシップを発揮し得るのは、CIOを置いて他にはいない。そのためにも、自身およびIT部門の役割を自ら再定義し、いち早く変革を成し遂げるべき」と、IDC ...
本プレゼンテーションは、Future of Work（働き方の未来）市場における2019年～2024年の10項目の予測（Predictions）をまとめたものである。本調査レポートに先立って発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Work 2019 Predictions（IDC #EMEA44255218、2018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。
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This IDC FutureScape study covers global and regional perspectives of the analytics and artificial intelligence (AAI) industry along with the top 10 predictions for 2019. Each prediction is presented based on the timeline projection, complexity ...
本調査レポート（プレゼンテーション）は、世界および国内クラウド市場を分析し、今後、ITバイヤーが留意すべき主要な10項目の展望（Predictions）と、各展望に関わる提言を提示している。なお、本調査レポートは、世界のクラウド市場のPredictionsの内容を基に国内市場の特性を反映しまとめている。
国内市場では、複数のクラウドを利用するマルチクラウドは一般化している。しかし、多くの企業はクラウドの適材適所による個別導入に留まることが多く、ITシステムのサイロ化を助長している。また、企業はデジタルビジネスに対応するため、クラウドネイティブアーキテクチャの採用やアプリケーションのライフサイクルに渡った自動化を進める必要がある。「企業はデジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）を推進するイニシアティブとしてクラウドCoE（Center ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of the Worldwide CIO Agenda FutureScape for 2019. It provides an outlook view of the CIO agenda as it relates to CIOs/IT executives' road map, priorities, ...
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) regionalization of the Worldwide IT Industry FutureScape for 2019. It provides an outlook view of the ICT industry as it relates to tech buyers' road maps, priorities, ...
本プレゼンテーションは、世界と国内のIT市場において、2019年から2024年の間に起こるITに関する主要な10項目の予測（Predictions）について議論する。世界市場については『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2019 Predictions (Japanese)（IDC #JPJ44382718、2018年12月発行）』において詳述しており、本プレゼンテーションでは、国内市場のPredictionsにおいて、世界市場からの変更点に焦点を合わせて論じている。
第3のプラットフォームが「試行」段階から「イノベーションの拡大」へと移る中、世界の企業はデジタルの活用を戦略的な優先項目の上位に置き、どのように自社のビジネスを変革、イノベートするかを考えている。使われる技術も、分散型クラウド、エッジAI、ハイパーアジャイルなアプリテクノロジー／アーキテクチャ、AIを利用した音声UIなどさまざまに進化を遂げている。国内企業もこれに追随し、自らを変革し、競争に打ち勝っていかなくてはならない。IDC ...
本調査レポートは、今後5年間のIT業界の10項目のPredictionsと主な促進要因を取り上げる。
IDCのチーフアナリストであるFrank Gensは、「デジタルイノベーションを取り巻く業界、そして世界経済のおいて、再調整と統合が急速に進むことから、企業幹部は、速いペースでイノベーションが拡大する世界に合わせて組織を全力で改革しなければならない。つまり、分散型クラウドインフラストラクチャ、パブリッククラウドソフトウェアのスタック、アジャイルでクラウドネイティブなアプリケーションの開発とデプロイメント、新しいユーザーインターフェースとしてのAI、セキュリティと信頼に対する全方位型のアプローチの大規模な展開などの実現を目指して、ITを再構築するということである」と述べている。
本調査レポートは、『IDC ...