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最新发布的《中国人工智能软件及应用（2020上半年）跟踪》报告显示，2020上半年中国机器学习开发平台市场规模达1. 4亿美元。机器学习市场作为AI市场重要的子市场之一，未来五年内仍将增长迅速。re:Invent 2020最新发布的Amazon SageMaker新特性将能够使得开发人员和数据科学家准备、构建、训练、部署和管理机器学习模型的整个流程更具自动化和易用性。
人工智能已经在行业企业全面渗透，企业内部在初步体验到降本增效、创新业务价值的同时，也促进了整个社会智能化水平的提升。大数据、人工智能作为新基建的重要组成部分，也正受到行业用户的持续关注。阿里巴巴集团2020年云栖大会延续了去年的 “数智” 主题，依托于云升级各项核心技术，挖掘优势业务场景，帮助用户以及合作伙伴实现数据智能。
在当今全球的各类赛事中，网络安全保障已经成为重要的组成部分。为了避免平昌冬奥会网络安全事件的再次发生，北京冬奥组委首次选择网络安全厂商作为北京 2022 年冬奥会和冬残奥会官方赞助商。这一举措再次印证了在数字化时代，网络安全威胁无处不在，构建数字信任的相关举措将渗透到各行各业，无处不在。
中国人工智能进入了新技术融合、行业用户更关注应用落地的发展阶段：行业企业内部为了创新业务引入了多种新技术，不仅局限于单点AI能力，也逐步融入了HPC、机器人、5G等新兴技术。NVIDIA在2019 年一方面继续全面升级图形、AI& HPC等多领域技术能力，另一方面也逐步加强了其在中国的产业生态构建，从广泛的加速硬件选择逐步拓展到软件和应用层面的技术布局。
2019年腾讯云北京产品生态峰会对外展示了腾讯云在大数据和专有云产品、人工智能产品、云原生产品等方面的创新协作生态，分享了腾讯云在其不同产品上的合作伙伴实践案例，体现了腾讯云对合作伙伴生态建设的重视和战略思考。
IDC全球人工智能技术支出指南显示，2019年16.4%的AI软件部署在云端，而到2023 年，这一比例将达到41.7%。可以说AI云服务市场增长潜力巨大。而云服务厂商也逐渐成为AI创新的重要主体。AWS对AI的投资起步早，且应用实践广泛覆盖多个行业。2020年，AWS全球将继续重度投资机器学习及AI，同时也通过AWS Outposts, AWS Local Zones以及AWS WaveLength等多项新发布扩展部署能力。
2019阿里云广东峰会对外展示了阿里云在广东省政府、工业、金融、零售和能源交通等方面的解决方案能力、合作进展和取得成绩，分享了阿里云在广东省不同行业的实践案例，体现了阿里云结合当地产业特色，利用新型云计算基础设施促进数字化转型升级的战略思考。
安永亚太区块链峰会对外展示了安永在区块链领域取得的成绩、技术进展以及战略规划，解释了区块链技术如何帮助企业提质降本增效、建设可信体系、构建平台经济，分享了安永区块链在不同行业的落地案例，展现了区块链技术对中国及全球企业数字化转型的价值。
中国政府在推进“健康中国”建设中，推出了“健康城市”“健康乡村”再向下细化到“健康企业”相关政策，泛社会化医疗健康服务体系正在建立。 “健康中国”将以健康数据为基本管理工具，区块链技术则成为健康数据管理的关键技术，未来发展中区块链也有望成为分布式医疗健康信息系统建立的关键支撑技术。
中共中央政治局10月24日下午就区块链技术发展现状和趋势进行第十八次集体学习，要把区块链作为核心技术自主创新的重要突破口，明确主攻方向，加大投入力度，着力攻克一批关键核心技术，加快推动区块链技术和产业创新发展。
IDC认为，本次集体学习给区块链技术定了基调，表现出中国发展区块链技术的决心，对澄清市场认知、推动技术落地有巨大作用，也为产业带来了重大发展机遇。
在最近3年的中国人工智能市场规模中，包括芯片、服务器、存储在内的算力层一直占据超60%的市场份额。华为在2018年发布全栈全场景AI的基础上，2019年发布智能计算产业战略，加大算力层投资力度，并从合作生态、开发者生态入手构建普惠AI。
不仅是华为，2019年以来已有众多巨头厂商大力投资人工智能，发展合作伙伴培养开发者，为用户提供优惠的价格推进普惠AI。可以预见，接下来的2-5年，中国人工智能市场格局、竞争焦点将发生新一轮转变。
人工智能的发展在经过近5年的探索后，已经开始渗透到各行各业。未来产业智能化，需要的是将AI能力融入到每个业务环节。阿里巴巴集团云栖大会2019年第一次提出要聚焦AI，深研算法，深挖效率，深入产业，联合生态伙伴实现数据智能。
当前，全球各行各业都在如火如荼地进行着以第三平台技术为基础的数字化转型。IDC认为，全球企业已经进入到数字化转型的倍增创新阶段，预计到2022年，全球企业数字化转型将进入到智能创新阶段。与此同时，新技术、新兴系统作为数字化转型的推动力也带来了许多网络安全的相关问题，网络攻击的广泛性、多样性、隐蔽性进一步加强，全球企业面临着严峻的网络威胁态势。在此背景下，2019年华为全连接大会（HUAWEI CONNECT）于9月18日在中国上海举办。其中，“打造全面的AI安全与隐私保障体系”和“云安全专场”论坛与业界专业人士共同探讨了如何建立万物互联时代的智能主动安全防御体系。华为致力于构建最安全的产品与服务，其网络安全战略成为其全球化发展的重要组成部分。
...阿里巴巴集团于近日以20亿美元全资收购网易考拉，该交易可视为2019年中国互联网行业最重要的一笔收购。随着交易的完成，中国跨境电商市场重新洗牌，广义上的互联网行业也将受到重用影响。
随着人工智能、大数据、云计算等新兴技术和传统汽车行业的融合和发展，汽车行业智能化发展不断加速。依托于不断的技术研发投入以及与整车厂的合作实践，腾讯在智能网联汽车领域硕果累累。在2019年8月26日中国国际智能产业博览会上，腾讯携手长安汽车对外展示了具备微信车载版功能的梧桐TINNOVE系统、腾讯智慧门店等一系列智能化建设成果。
2019年8月29日-31日, 世界人工智能大会 (WAIC)在上海召开，人工智能领域科技公司悉数亮相，分享创新成果与进展。8月31日，在由京东集团主办的以 “” 为主题的分论坛上，京东宣布智能供应链入选国家新一代人工智能开放创新平台，并展示了以NeuHub为主要载体的AI技术能力以及在零售、市政、医疗、客服领域的应用。
近年来，金融科技市场经历了投融资大规模集中爆发的高光时刻，成为众多金融机构和大型科技公司（BigTech）趋之若鹜的风口。科技驱动创新是未来全球金融竞争的关键所在，中国人民银行继2017年成立金融科技委员会之后，于2019年8月22日再度印发《金融科技（FinTech）发展规划（2019-2021年）》，充分凸显中国对于金融科技领域的积极关注和大力支持。
当今社会，网络空间已经成为陆海空天之外的第五维空间。5G、云计算、人工智能等新技术在不断推动社会发展的同时也带来了许多安全问题，网络风险和威胁伴随新时代、新技术的发展与日俱增，网络安全已经直接关系到人身安全、机构安全、城市安全和国家安全。在此背景下，2019年8月21日，北京网络安全大会在北京国家会议中心召开，会议以“聚合应变，内生安全”为主题，与世界各地专家共同探讨了网络安全的热门话题和未来发展趋势。
目前，伴随虚拟空间与物理空间的融合、新兴IT系统和新技术的发展，全球网络安全攻防形势愈发严峻。网络安全已从单纯的信息安全扩展到国家安全、社会安全、经济安全、个人安全等多个领域，这些领域共同推动了“大安全”时代的到来。在这样的背景下，第七届互联网安全大会（以下简称“ISC 2019”）于2019年8月19日在北京雁栖湖召开。本次大会以“应对网络战、共建大生态、同筑大安全”为主题，讨论了全球网络安全的新形势和新发展。