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.
IDC中国研究经理郭越表示：“国家5G建设在2019年又取得了新的进展，基站覆盖率又达到前所未有的高度，移动网络升级带来的周边需求也在随之增加；IPv6在2019年底正式耗尽，将开启IP地址管理与分配的新篇章；更重要的是DDI设备之所以被视为安全卫士，拥有强大的技术力量，多元化的功能融合才能担当起“守护者”这么重要的角色。”
2020年的疫情给科技、生活的方方面面都带来了巨大影响，各行各业都不同程度地加速了数字化进程，以提高线上经营的能力和对市场变化灵活反应的能力。疫情为金融机构带来挑战的同时，同样也带来了通过加大科技投入、深化数字化转型来实现弯道超车的机会。本报告结合中国金融服务行业的技术热点及金融业务发展状况，给出2021-2025年间最重要的10条预测，并分别阐述外部驱动因素、对IT及业务的影响、对金融机构技术选型的建议等，希望对中国的金融服务行业深化数字化转型起到一定的指导作用。
...- 预测1：到2021年，中国政府将继续加大对网络信息监控能力的投入，致力于解决社会工程、社会欺骗、虚假新闻和其他数字宣传等问题。
- 预测2：到2023年，75%的中国政府机构将开始引入更加完善的用户信息和流程自动化能力，以实现实时处理公民服务。
- 预测3：到2024年，40%的中国政府机构将通过AI赋能的技术来招募、培训和留用关键人员，增强员工未来的工作能力。
- 预测4：到2024年，70%的中国政府机构将投资于集成化、云网监控、统一身份认证管理以及其他工具来推进多云环境中无缝部署服务。
- 预测5：到2022年，35% ...
视频监控系统作为物联网应用的重要组成，不仅应用范围广、部署规模大，已经被广泛应用于预防和打击犯罪、交通违章、移动执法、园区与楼宇安防等领域。此外，随着视频监控系统应用的深入，视频监控系统已从传统的安防功能向业务应用渗透，视频监控系统正在成为支撑企业数字化运营的重要手段。视频监控系统安全防护与传统IT安全防护不同，存在一系列新的潜在安全风险，视频监控系统也正在成为网络攻击的新目标。
IDC 在本次研究中对视频监控系统主要的建设者和使用者行业进行了深入访谈，了解企业客户在视频监控系统部署和使用中的安全痛点和最佳实践，并结合中国视频监控系统安全市场发展特色，从技术买家的视角给出建议。同时，IDC ...
本报告总结了医院网络安全防护体系建设过程中面临的常见挑战，以及若干与之相关的实践案例和指导建议，供同行业其他医院网络安全管理者借鉴。
IDC中国区研究经理赵卫京表示： "医疗信息化应用在本次新冠肺炎疫情防控过程中发挥了巨大的作用，然而，我国医疗行业目前的网络安全建设投入仍然较低，众多医院不完善的安全防护体系并不足以应对越来越频繁和复杂的网络威胁。随着网络安全法、等级保护2.0、个人信息保护法等与医疗行业密切相关的法律法规陆续实施，国家对于网络安全的监管和违规处罚力度日益增强，同时，勒索病毒、数据泄露、网页篡改等网络威胁事件时有发生，给医疗系统和医院信誉带来越来越直接和严重的负面影响，我国医疗行业对网络安全的重视程度正在逐年提升，疫情防控常态化更是进一步巩固了这一市场趋势。"
...IDC中国区研究经理赵卫京表示："金融科技发展规划（2019–2021年）的出台进一步推动了金融行业数字化转型的发展进程。新兴技术的不断发展与成熟在为金融行业的蓬勃发展提供强大助力的同时，也带来了诸多新的网络安全风险和挑战。在满足国家、行业对金融企业网络安全建设合规要求的基础上，根据自身业务特点和信息化建设所处阶段，部署和应用针对性的网络安全解决方案，建立健全网络安全管理制度，对企业整体网络安全态势进行综合防控，保障金融行业网络安全、数据安全、业务安全等，是每一个金融企业持续努力的方向。"
...本文总结了最终用户在建设智慧城市安全运营中心时所遇到的常见挑战，介绍了与之相关的若干实践、案例，并总结了相关经验供读者借鉴。
IDC 中国区市场分析师王一汀表示："在数字化转型进程不断加深的时代，智慧城市的建设成为了科技革命下新技术、新服务、新模式发展的重要产物，智慧城市安全运营中心则成为了保障智慧城市稳定运行的重要载体。目前，全国众多用户在建设智慧城市安全运营中心时面临着"安全孤岛"、产品与服务独立建设、人才缺口不断扩大等诸多问题。未来，最终用户在建设安全运营中心时，需要将安全左移、规划前置，增强顶层设计规划能力。与此同时，提高安全能力的多元化水平，增强安全运营中心及周边的教育服务水平，从技术、服务、人才等多个方向发力，持续提升自身的主动安全、动态安全能力。"
...IDC认为，数据的机密性、完整性和可用性是数据安全保护策略的重要组成部分，也是长期控制目标。企业需要深入了解数据资产被成功攻击的概率以及由此造成的影响，并通过建立数据的发现、分类、监控、存储、加密及销毁等安全管理框架防范威胁事件的发生。
IDC中国区研究经理赵卫京表示："PB（Petabyte）级的数据系统部署在许多组织中已经很常见，很多数据经常被复制、共享和存储在多个资源库中。随着数据价值的增加，对数据的保护需求也在增加，同时，虚拟化基础设施、云计算的采用以及越来越多移动设备的加入使得企业数据日益分散、可见性和控制力降低，数据安全保护的难度不断增加。IDC认为，数据发现和分类分级能够帮助企业梳理最关键数据驻留在何处以及谁有权访问它，是实现有效数据安全防护的两个先决条件。同时，企业也应清醒地意识到，单纯从技术维度防护数据安全是远远不够的，数据的全生命周期安全防护需要技术、制度和人员等多个维度全面配合，并执行严格的监管。"
...伴随人工智能、大数据、云计算等新兴技术的蓬勃发展，"智慧+行业"成为全球各国所关注的重点发展方向。其中，智慧城市便成为新兴技术与传统行业、应用场景相结合的产物。与此同时，万物互联时代下的安全隐患也层出不穷，智慧城市安全建设变得更加至关重要。
IDC 在本次研究中对中国重点技术服务供应商、最终客户进行了深入访谈，了解全国各地智慧城市安全运营中心的建设模式、建设痛点、建设内容和最佳实践。同时，IDC结合中国网络安全市场发展特色，从技术提供商和技术买家的不同视角给出建议。IDC ...
IDC 创新者是指年营业额低于$100M、有创新性技术或突破性商业模式的新兴厂商。本次 IDC 创新者研究对北京金睛云华科技有限公司（金睛云华）、北京中睿天下信息技术有限公司（中睿天下）、东巽科技（北京）有限公司（东巽科技）的APT检测与响应解决方案进行了全面调研。
“伴随全球各国数字化转型进程的进一步加快，全球网络威胁形势愈发严峻，高级可持续性威胁（APT）事件层出不穷，网络空间的安全能力已经成为全球各国综合实力的重要体现。目前，中国APT检测与防御解决方案市场还处于快速成长期，众多创新型厂商从APT攻击的不同阶段入手，运用人工智能、大数据等新兴技术来帮助用户解决APT攻击的问题。未来，中国APT检测与防御技术还需要进一步增强对完整攻击链的检测、追溯和反制能力、提升方案的整体协同联动性。同时，市场还需要综合型安全厂商与专业领域创新型厂商通力合作，形成优势互补的循环生态，帮助最终用户解决实际的安全威胁问题。”——IDC ...