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.
IDC에서 국내 빅데이터 및 분석 리서치를 담당하고 있는 최승근 수석연구원은 "COVID-19 팬데믹을 겪으며 기업은 디지털 트랜스포메이션(DX)의 중요성뿐 아니라 AI 및 빅데이터 분석 신기술을 활용한 디지털 기반 비대면 기술의 필수성에 대해 그 어느 때보다도 깊이 인식하게 되었다. 조직은 디지털 혁신을 가속화하기 위해 클라우드 도입 및 데이터 분석 플랫폼 인프라를 강화하고, 포스트 코로나 시대를 준비함에 있어 비즈니스 ...
This IDC study presents the vendor share of the Japan big data and analytics (BDA) software market based on its performance in 2019. IDC divides the BDA software market into three major submarkets, which are further divided into 16 functional ...
本調査レポートは、国内の産業を、17区分の企業と、中央官庁、地方自治体、教育、消費者の4区分の非企業の計21の産業分野に分類し、それぞれの分野の第3のプラットフォーム支出額実績（2019年）と予測（2020年～2024年）を報告する。また、同市場を5つの従業員規模に分けて分析し、産業分野別および従業員規模別の第3のプラットフォーム支出額の予測データを提供する。本調査レポートで用いる市場予測では、2020年11月時点における新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の影響および見通しを考慮している。IDC ...
This IDC Market Share discusses trends and vendor dynamics in the public cloud market in Western Europe.
"Public cloud is growing in double digits in Western Europe with the most important cloud providers delivering all types of public ...
"The European intelligent process automation software market will grow at a CAGR of 16.7% over the next five years, with growth particularly strong in labor-centric automation," said Neil Ward-Dutton, vice president, IDC European AI and ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for government. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for government. ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for healthcare. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for healthcare. ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for utilities. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for utilities. ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for manufacturing. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's 2020 Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for oil and gas. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for ...
The EPM applications forecast in this study concludes the following:
- The total European market accounts for 8.1% of the total enterprise resource management (ERM) spend in the region for 2019, and it is expected to reach $2 billion ...
This IDC Market Share summarizes dynamics in the European Big Data and Analytics software market for 2019. This It lists the largest vendors and highlights the trends and significant developments in the market in the year.
"The BDA ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for securities and investment services. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for retail. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for retail. ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for banking. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for Banking. ...
본 보고서에서는 지속적인 디지털 혁신을 주도하고 있는 국내 하이퍼컨버지드 시스템 시장을 전망한다. 전통적인 IT인프라 시스템에 비해 향상된 가상화 리소스 운영 역량으로 IT서비스의 유연성 및 민첩성을 강화함으로써 프로젝트 투자 비용 절감 및 구성원의 생산성 확대 효과로 차세대 시스템으로 주목 받고 있다.
국내 IT인프라 시장 리서치를 담당하고 있는 김민철 책임연구원은 "하이퍼컨버지드 시스템은 최근 VDI 혹은 ...
本調査レポートは、国内コンピューティング／ネットワークインフラストラクチャソフトウェア市場をサーバーオペレーティングシステム市場、Software-Defined Computeソフトウェア市場、バーチャルクライアントコンピューティング市場、アベイラビリティ／クラスタリングソフトウェア市場、ネットワークインフラストラクチャソフトウェア市場に分類し、2019年のベンダーシェアを提供している。
IDC Japan ソフトウェア＆セキュリティのグループマネージャーである入谷 ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for insurance. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for insurance. ...
本报告论述了中国医疗大数据解决方案的市场份额，分析了医疗大数据的发展趋势，医疗大数据解决方案市场的竞争态势，并对领先厂商2019年的市场表现给予了分析评价，可供医院在选择医疗大数据解决方案供应商时参考。
"经过多年发展，医疗大数据逐步显示出价值，医疗大数据解决方案厂商经过多年探索，也在逐步建立帮助医院产生价值产出的解决方案。专业性医疗大数据解决方案的厂商和综合性医疗信息化厂商都做了标杆大数据项目，获得医院认可。预计未来三到五年中，医疗大数据解决方案将会在更多医院部署和发挥价值，预计未来五到十年，医疗大数据解决方案平台将逐步成熟，逐步成为医院的标准产品工具，并支持人工智能产品的发展。医疗大数据厂商将会建立起来多种业务模式，建立起来综合性的商业模式的厂商将会逐步取得领先，专业性医疗大数据厂商与综合性医疗信息化厂商将呈现又合作又竞争的关系。"——IDC中国行业研究与咨询服务部高级研究经理肖宏亮表示。
...“中国重症医学在中国的发展已经有十多年的时间，获得了巨大的进步，重症医学在今年的抗击新冠肺炎疫情中发挥了巨大作用，其作用和价值也引起重视。预计未来十年中，重症医学医护工作者、床位数、医疗设备等资源都将大幅增长，成为健康中国目标实现的关键能力。重症医学信息系统以及新兴信息化技术应用能够整合医疗设备、流程和人才技能，成为重症医学发展的充分条件之一。重症医学信息系统从2015年左右开始发展，将经历信息化、数字化和智能化的发展阶段，形成超级数字化和广泛智能化的特征。重症医学信息系统的开发和建设需要信息化厂商既要具有重症医学专业技术能力，又要具有医院信息化建设综合能力，且需要具备大数据、人工智能等新兴信息化技术能力，才能开发出支撑重症临床和重症科研的合格产品。医院在选择重症医学信息系统产品及厂商时需要评估厂商所具备的能力，选择适合医院发展特点需求的厂商，进而选择优秀的重症医学信息系统产品，支撑医院重症医学科发展壮大，并实现提高疾病治疗水平的目标，为健康中国发展贡献力量。”IDC ...
This IDC study presents the forecast of the market for 2019–2024. The study includes a breakdown of the market by three geographic regions and by public cloud versus on-premises/other software deployment methods. It also includes a discussion ...
本調査レポートは国内アナリティクス／AIソフトウェア市場の2019年の実績と2020年～2024年の予測を提供している。新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の感染拡大は国内経済に影響を与え、経済影響による企業のIT投資にもインパクトがあると考えられる。国内アナリティクス／AIソフトウェア市場についてもCOVID-19の影響を受けると予測しており、本調査レポートで用いる市場予測では、2020年4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。IDC ...
The market forecasts used in this study take into consideration the impact and outlook of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of the end of March 2020. The AI systems market grew more than 50% YoY in 2019 because of active DX efforts ...
This IDC study presents the historical view of the worldwide BDA software market for 2014–2019 and the forecast of the market for 2020–2024. The study includes a breakdown of the market by 14 subsegments, 3 geographic regions, and public ...
This IDC study provides an update on the worldwide public cloud infrastructure as a service market forecast for 2020–2024.
"Resilience, recovery, and flexibility have emerged as top priorities for enterprise IT buyers, as COVID-19 ...
This IDC study describes the size and growth of IT professionals by role and region for 2018–2023. The document includes our forecast across 40 different job roles and an analysis of some of the key factors influencing IT professional employment ...
This IDC study examines the market share of software-defined compute software vendors in 2019 as well as the market forces that influenced their performances.
"Server virtualization continues to be the standard model of compute, while ...
This IDC study highlights the shares of the largest vendors in the worldwide Big Data and analytics software market for the calendar year 2019. This document also highlights the trends and significant developments in the market.
The ...
本調査レポートは、国内BDAソフトウェア市場の2019年の実績に基づくベンダー別シェアを提供している。BDAソフトウェア市場に含まれる3つの中分類市場と、これらの中分類市場に含まれる16のサブ市場セグメントのうち、一部の市場を除いた13市場の情報を主に提供している。2019年のBDAソフトウェア市場は、10月の消費税率の変更、2020年に予定されていた大規模イベントに向けたビジネスの変化を捕捉する需要が高くなったと考えられ、好調に推移した。IDC Japanのグループディレクターである眞鍋 ...
This IDC study provides historical data as well as a forecast (2020–2024) for the worldwide file- and object-based storage market. The forecast and historical data focuses on end-user consumption of two main categories of the FOBS market: ...
This IDC study provides an overview of the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market. It provides the size and forecast segmented by deployment type and location. It is designed to be consumed by infrastructure suppliers that build platforms ...
This IDC study provides historical market share data (2018–2019) for the worldwide scale-out NAS and pure-play object storage provider in the enterprise storage systems market. The historical data illustrates top server vendor shares overall. ...
The "cloudification" of the telco edge and back-end IT systems will enable communications SPs to offer edge high bandwidth and low latency services to enterprises and industries as they adopt edge and Internet of Things (IoT) edge in their ...
This IDC study examines the growing appreciation of the critical importance of communication networks and wireless healthcare-based applications to more safely treat patients and to adopt novel public health measures to efficiently contain ...
本調査レポートは国内BDAテクノロジー／サービス市場の2019年の実績と2020年～2024年の予測を提供している。COVID-19の流行は国内経済に影響を与え、経済影響による企業のIT投資にもインパクトがあると考えられる。国内BDAテクノロジー／サービス市場についてもCOVID-19の影響を受けると予測しており、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。IDC Japanのグループディレクターの眞鍋 ...
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 ...
本調査レポートは、国内の産業を、17区分の企業と、中央官庁、地方自治体、教育、消費者の4区分の非企業の計21の産業分野に分類し、それぞれの分野の第3のプラットフォーム支出額実績（2019年）と予測（2020年～2024年）を報告する。また、同市場を5つの従業員規模に分けて分析し、産業分野別および従業員規模別の第3のプラットフォーム支出額の予測データを提供する。本調査レポートで用いる市場予測では、2020年3月末時点における新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の影響および見通しを考慮している。IDC ...
本調査レポートは、第3のプラットフォーム向けプロフェッショナルサービス市場の2019年の実績と、2020年～2024年の市場予測を4つの主要技術分野別（クラウド向け、ビジネスアナリティクス（BA）向け、エンタープライズモビリティ向け、ソーシャルビジネス向け）にまとめたものである。本調査レポートで用いる市場予測では、2020年3月末時点における新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の影響および見通しを考慮している。2019年の国内第3のプラットフォーム向けプロフェッショナルサービス市場は、主要技術分野すべてで高い成長を遂げた。企業におけるDXイニシアティブの範囲が拡大し、より大規模な変革型案件が拡大する中で、技術分野間の重複領域も拡大傾向にあり、コンサルティングとITプロフェッショナルサービスの融合と連携も進展している。IDC ...
This IDC study discusses our forecast for the worldwide massively parallel computing market for the 2019–2024 period.
"The advent of ultra-low latency, high-bandwidth connectivity enables the advancement of highly scalable architectures ...
This IDC study provides a brief overview of the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) converged systems market and vendor performance during 3Q19. It discusses market trends and assesses surveys to understand how converged systems adoption ...
This IDC study examines the growing impact of digital transformation (3rd Platform and innovation accelerators) on IT and business services markets. 3rd Platform technologies, the combination of pillar (cloud, big data/analytics, mobility, ...
This IDC Special Study reviews opportunities and challenges for vendors in the quickly evolving AI-powered visual search space. This document focuses on three key aspects: how the application of AI and machine learning is advancing visual ...
This IDC study sizes and forecasts the ICT spend by Canadian cannabis companies and looks at its market impact. It addresses a variety of key questions, including the following: What 2nd and 3rd Platform technologies will companies purchase ...
本調査レポートでは、国内ファイル／オブジェクトストレージ市場における支出額と出荷容量を4つのセグメントに区分して、2020年～2023年の予測を行っている。IDC Japan エンタープライズインフラストラクチャのグループディレクターである森山 正秋は、「ハイブリッドクラウド環境の普及が進むことで、スケールアウトファイル／オブジェクトストレージは、ストレージ単独での機能やサービスの提供能力から、ハイブリッドクラウド環境における機能やサービスの提供能力にユーザーの選定基準がシフトしていく」と分析している。
...This IDC Market Forecast study presents a view of BDA revenue in Nordics from historical year 2018 to the 2019–2023 forecast period.
"The Nordic market for Big Data and analytics software reached $1.8 billion in 2019, and it is expected ...
Dr. Chris Marshall, AVP for artificial intelligence (AI) in IDC Asia Pacific, notes that "Spending on AI software platforms continues strongly in the region with some signs of consolidation. Still the number of companies experimenting with ...
This IDC Market Share examines the Western Europe Big Data and analytics (BDA) software market for 2016 to 2018 and highlights the revenues and market shares of the leading vendors for 2018. It also shows an update for the first half of ...
This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview and definitions for enterprise infrastructure hardware. The definitions provided in this document represent the scope of IDC's enterprise infrastructure hardware research.
This taxonomy ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide and all of ...
This IDC study provides a detailed description of the methodology and taxonomy for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for manufacturing. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide 3rd Platform Spending Guide for ...