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 Market Perspective analyzes data and trends for the skills and competence market (i.e., the market of acquiring, matching, and developing skills in an organization) in the Nordics. ICT skills are assets that organizations throughout ...
This IDC Market Note provides commentary and analysis of the new venture between Vodafone Business and IBM, announced on January 17, 2019, and is based on an in-depth briefing from executives from Vodafone Business and IBM driving the venture.
"The ...
This IDC Market Perspective analyzes and reviews Ricoh's announcement on January 17 of its Dynamic Workplace Intelligence (DWI) initiative and the latest set of A3 color MFPs that incorporate this platform.
"Ricoh's Dynamic Workplace ...
This IDC Perspective describes the qualities of the agile managerial mindset that enables frontline employees to adapt to quickly changing market conditions while remaining true to the objectives, practices, and policies of their organization. ...
This IDC Market Note summarizes the learnings from a visit that IDC made in October 2018 to a large, European-based high-tech company that has used a consulting and IT services partner, Accenture, to help accelerate its digital-enabled business ...
本調査レポートは、2019年～2024年に世界および国内のデータセンターファシリティ市場で予測される10項目の主要な動向を、Predictions（予測）としてまとめたものである。米国において発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Datacenter 2019 Predictions（IDC #US42582518、2018年10月発行）』の内容を基に、国内市場の特性を考慮して一部変更を加えた。
DX拡大によって、データセンターに求められる要件は大きく変わりつつある。「メガクラウドプロバイダー向けのハイパースケールデータセンターの新設が進むと同時に、エッジIT向けの分散小型データセンターのニーズも高まる可能性が出てきた。複雑化するハイブリッドインフラを効率良く運用するための新たなモデルが必要となる」と、IDC ...
This IDC Vendor Profile evaluates Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant) — a global professional services company. This document looks at Cognizant's current capabilities, company strategy, and target markets as well as the company's ...
This IDC Market Note discusses AcctTwo's acquisition of Leap the Pond and how the alignment of both firms is complementary but also brings broader finance and accounting delivery capabilities to the forefront.
本調査レポートでは、プリント／ドキュメントソリューション市場における2019年～2022年の変化を予測し、ITバイヤーが認識すべき10項目の予測（Predictions）としてまとめた。このレポートは、米国にて発行された『IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions 2019 Predictions（IDC #US44385518、2018年10月発行）』の内容を基にしており、国内市場の状況を考慮して一部変更を加えている。
2019年、デジタルトランスフォーメーション（DX）は、引き続きプリント／ドキュメントソリューション市場に影響を与え続ける。ITバイヤーには、生産性向上に向けてプリント環境の価値向上に積極的にDXを活用する姿勢が求められる。IDC ...
This IDC study provides practical advice for companies that are looking to put in place improved governance practices across IT and operational technology functions, answering the who, what, why, and how to plan for what that governance ...
This IDC Presentation outlines a regional view of the IDC FutureScape for worldwide services in 2019. This IDC FutureScape identifies the 10 most impactful predictions that will shape IT services buyer road maps in the next five years. Each ...
数字化转型（DX）通过新的产品或服务、创新的商业模式和更深层次的业务关系持续推动着价值、增长和竞争优势的创造。大多数企业成功转型的主要威胁仍是其IT部门未能从内部业务流程的后勤提供者转变为能在人员、事物和数据之间为数字化业务流动提供动力的核心引擎。类似于服务器机房和机柜，无论在企业所有的，还是托管或云服务提供商所有的数据中心和边缘设施中，数字化转型正在发生。从现在开始到2023年，CIO们及其团队将会面对下列数据中心的发展：
- 预测1：到2021年的时候，保护产生于边缘区的离散数据的需求，将驱使30%的在中国的企业在多个数据中心基础设施上建立和运行数据仓库；
- 预测2：在2020年，60%的在中国的企业的新数字化业务将是一种综合型的工作负载，它们需要通过安全和可信的方式与第三方的数据和分析资源进行互联
- 预测3：在未来三年，50%的在中国的企业将接受软件定义分支和网络的解决方案，这样的解决方案可以使企业的应用安全和灵活的在云，数据中心和边缘之间切换；
- 预测4：到2022年，50%的在中国的企业的数据中心的能耗是现在的三倍，才能满足高能耗的加速计算系统的需求
- 预测5：到2022年年底，40%的在中国的企业的数据中心IT设施将利用嵌入式AI功能，拥有自主运转和控制的能力
- 预测6：到2022年，30%的在中国的企业在边缘位置和附近数据中心IT设施上的花费将两倍于核心数据中心IT设施的花费，这样才能更高效的把数字化服务提供给本地的人和物。
- 预测7：到2023年，40%的在中国的企业将使用灵活和低成本的IT消费模式，这种模式基于由硬件提供商和数据中心服务商联合运营的，集中式IT设施
- 预测8：在2021年，25%的在中国的企业将从集中式的大型数据中心转移到现代化的，更适宜的本地小型数据中心，来支持计算和数据敏感型的应用；
- 预测9：2020年以后，大多数在中国的企业将会投资部署可以承载创新型业务的专有云平台，而不是对现有数据中心进行现代化改造
- 预测10：到2022年，30%的在中国的企业从数据中心服务商购买的将不仅是基础的网络连接和基础设施服务，更多的是高级的设施管理和优化服务
未来的五年，以下列出的7个驱动力将对数据中心的发展产生最大的影响：
- 数字化转型的新篇章：技术驱动的转型正在改变商业和社会
- 创新的竞赛：变革、交付和运营的速度拉开了佼佼者和幸存者的距离
- 平台，平台，平台：行业创新规模的竞争
- 感知，计算，激励：将数据化为价值
- 风险的新特性：创新需要对安全和风险管理有新的思考
- 自主性的萌芽：学会与AI共存
- 新旧迭代：将旧世界重新融入数字化世界
基于全球数据中心市场2019年的十大预测，结合中国市场的实际情况，IDC发布了全球数据中心市场2019年的十大预测-中国启示，对十大预测对中国市场的影响进行了分析。
"中国的数据中心市场在网络经济异军突起，云计算、大数据、物联网、人工智能、机器学习等新技术驱动网络空间从人人互联向万物互联发展，数字化、智能化、网络化，边缘化服务将越来越普及的环境下保持着快速发展。现代化，智能，软件定义和边缘数据中心将成为未来几年中国数据中心发展的方向。中国企业也应该更加合理和广泛的借助外部资源，包括传统的服务提供商和新型的服务提供商来提高数据中心的运行效率，更好和更快的满足业务和客户的需求。"数据中心市场研究经理李昭表示。
...This IDC Market Note includes news about printer vendors that occurred in December 2019.
This IDC Market Perspective examines an approach for implementation of intelligent automation solutions and discusses the drivers and challenges in the adoption and rollout of intelligent automation solutions in the Nordics.
Automation ...
This IDC Market Perspective highlights key insights shared at the December 2018 IDC Strategic Alliances Leadership Council. The council focused on creating value, addressing customers' business requirements through an effective ecosystem ...
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 Market Perspective summarizes and updates the trends around cloud infrastructure as a service in Latin America. This report includes the developments and dynamics across Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.
The ...
This IDC Market Note provides an overview of ECi's acquisition of Print Audit, a device and print management solutions provider. This document also discusses the impact this acquisition will have on ECi's offerings and business moving forward.
...This IDC Market Note discusses Mitel's strategy and product portfolio presented at the Mitel Next Americas 2018 event held in early October 2018. It summarizes IDC's opinion on information and strategy discussed during the event, highlights ...
This IDC Perspective provides a step-by-step approach to leading IT transformation (ITX). The document elucidates the conditions for building an effective IT transformation support structure, lays out the management issues related to developing ...
This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes the United States–based colocation and interconnection provider, Flexential. It provides an overview of the company and its financials, services portfolio, and business strategy and IDC's outlook and advice.
...本調査レポートは、米国IDCが2018年7月に発表した、2017年（暦年）の世界サービス市場における売上額トップ10ベンダーのランキングとそのシェア（米ドルベース）に基づき、同市場における上位ベンダーおよび国内主要サービスベンダーのポジショニングを分析し、国内サービスベンダーに対する提言を加えたものである。
多くの国内サービスベンダーでは、今なお国内市場への依存度の高い状況が続いている。「国内サービスベンダーはサービス拡充のため買収やパートナーシップも視野に入れる必要があるが、まず自社のサービスポートフォリオの現状と将来像を明確に可視化し、相手の選定においては広く世界中に目を向けるべきである。加えて、アジア太平洋地域（日本を除く）では市場動向や需要が国によって大きく異なることに留意すべきである」と、IDC ...
This IDC Market Perspective presents an overview of the datacenter cooling market, including a taxonomy of the most prominent heat collection and rejection technologies currently utilized in the Western European market. It also presents ...
This IDC Market Note summarizes key points presented at Capgemini's annual Global Analyst and Advisor Day in September 2018. The group provided a window into how it has reorganized its go-to-market strategy to make it both easier to do business ...
This IDC Market Note provides a snapshot of key highlights and announcements in services from Juniper Networks' analyst summit held at NXTWORK 2018.
"Enterprises are struggling to optimize IT systems management in a multicloud world, ...