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.
本报告对中国互联网信息流市场做了系统梳理，涉及信息流市场定义、市场发展环境、产业链构成、典型信息流产品分析、未来展望等内容，并从内容、技术、生态合作等方面提供了相应建议。
“信息流正成为中国互联网市场最重要的内容分发模式，将在5G时代迅速扩展到所有的互联网产品形态，并向万物互联的物联网平台迁移。下一阶段的竞争将成为内容、技术、生态力量的综合比拼。”——IDC中国互联网行业研究经理薛宇表示。
物联网作为互联网的延伸，通过使用射频识别、红外感应、全球定位系统、激光扫描装置等技术将终端信息捕捉与采集设备进行网络互连，实现人与人、物与物、人与物的互连。物联网技术在保险行业更是有着广泛的前景，以及颠覆性的影响。积极布局物联网保险对于保险公司在未来3到5年尤为重要。虽然各行业都对物联网技术注入了大量的资源，但物联网的发展还是存在多方挑战，例如，物联网技术标准的统一、技术应用的成本效率以及安全威胁等。本篇报告旨在帮助保险公司在物联网技术实践之初或过程中，能够更加了解即将或正在面临的风险，帮助保险公司更好地规划物联网战略与计划，准确评估项目效益，降低风险。同时，本报告从物联网保险的场景机会展开，总结了物联网保险的数据价值与应用机会。通过建立物联网保险关键要素模型，为保险公司总结出在考虑和规划物联网保险项目与实施路线时需要思考的关键要素，最后为保险公司提出部署和实施物联网保险的三点建议。
“IDC的研究发现，预计到2023年中国物联网市场规模将达到2,613亿美元。对于保险市场来说，物联网保险将逐步取代互联网保险，物联网及延伸的技术将从根本上改变保险产品的运营及服务模式。抢占物联网保险先机的保险机构也将建立新的业务模式并获得新的利润增长机会。发展物联网保险，保险公司必须结合自身优势领域，对未来的挑战做好分析与应对，建立基于物联网保险关键要素模型的战略与实施计划。”IDC金融行业研究总监郑煜表示。
...本报告介绍了中国数据即服务市场进展、数据即服务价值链、数据即服务与数据货币化、数据即服务生态体系以及各子市场中的主要玩家，包括AI数据即服务厂商、大数据服务提供商及数据中间商，未来发展前景与趋势和对数据提供商的建议，供技术买家参考。
IDC中国研究经理刘迪认为：“中国数据即服务市场是一个具有潜力但受政策影响较大的市场。无论是数据提供商还是数据集市，高质量的稀缺数据资源都是确保企业核心竞争力的重要因素。在确保数据安全和合规性的基础上，数据的时效性、数据颗粒度和与业务的匹配程度是数据买家主要考虑的因素。”
...本报告介绍了中国数据即服务市场定义、数据即服务产品分类、国内外政策法规对数据即服务市场的影响、数据即服务市场的交易模型、未来发展前景与趋势和对数据提供商的建议，供技术买家参考。
IDC中国研究经理刘迪认为：“中国数据即服务市场是一个具有潜力但受政策影响较大市场。数据集市为买家和数据提供商的建立桥梁，在封闭型数据集市中与知名解决方案商合作有利于加速数据即服务的使用，开放型数据集市为买家提供各种数据产品和用例的灵活选择。”
过去几年云的建设推动了数据中心网络的快速发展，与之对应的园区网络却没有太大变化。随着智慧园区项目的不断开发，以及物联网和边缘计算的拓展，园区网络迎来了新的变革机遇。这些变革体现在三个层面，分别是网络对业务重要性越来越高、引入机器学习和人工智能应用以及基于意图的网络不断发展；交换机产品演进则体现为高性能、零丢包、有线无线一体化和智能运维管理四个方面。
IDC针对中国金融云市场进行全面研究，从金融云用户端分析了银行、保险、证券等金融子行业的上云概况，并提出了上云路线参考，从金融云厂商端分析了互联网系、金融机构系、传统软件系三种类型的云服务商的优劣势，并提出了行动建议。
"不断出台的金融业上云政策要求和金融行业云计算标准奠定了未来金融云飞速发展的基调，消除了金融机构上云的后顾之忧。数字经济时代下的金融业务转型需求使金融机构主动拥抱云计算，通过自主建设私有云或借助外力部署行业云的方式发展云上金融，开拓业务创新。中国金融云服务厂商应提高自身安全与合规方面的资质水平，以金融业务为导向并结合新兴技术开展研发，提供差异化和定制化的云服务，最终打造伙伴生态与IT生态。"——IDC中国金融行业研究市场分析师朱佳怡表示。
...平安城市建设是中国城镇化建设的“基础保障”，是国家层面重点宣传的核心工程，也是信息技术直接为政府带来“业务”价值的典型场景。其以金盾工程为核心，在物联网、视频技术、大数据技术和云技术的带动下，形成“终端智能化、应用灵活化、数据海量化、基础设施解耦化”的发展特征。
“在天网工程、智慧交通、应急保障等工程试点和场景建设的驱动下，中国平安城市市场保持高速发展状态。尤其在终端建设逐步完善的情况下，基于人工智能的前端设备升级、面向视频数据和传统数据的全量融合、面向基础设施的云化重构是未来3年建设的重点。”——IDC政府行业研究副总监闫海伦认为。
...本报告论述了健康城市的理念，健康城市的主要工作领域，以及建设健康城市的工作思路和所需采取的关键措施，文中对于新兴信息化和智能化技术在健康城市建设和运营管理中所发挥的作用进行了阐述，对于健康城市未来发展趋势做了预测，为在当前阶段建设健康城市所需采取的工作提出了建议，可以供中国有志于建设健康城市的政府部门参考，也可以供有志于参与到健康城市建设中的信息化和智能化厂商在制定业务发展策略时做参考。
"健康城市建设正逐步成为中国城市政府的一项重要工作，健康城市建设是"健康中国2030"规划目标实现的必要条件和工作抓手。新兴的信息化和智能化技术是健康城市建设和运营管理的必要条件，能够支持健康城市的建设、运营、评估和改进等各个环节。信息化和智能化的技术厂商不仅仅是技术提供者，也有机会成为健康城市建设和运营管理的关键参与主体。我们建议中国的城市政府和信息化智能化厂商紧密合作，从开始规划阶段即一起工作，从而加快健康城市建设速度，全面提升城市建设水平。"IDC中国医疗行业高级研究经理肖宏亮表示。
...本报告介绍了中国大数据市场整体进展、大数据市场的生态构成、各细分子市场的市场现状、主流厂商、相关产品/服务/解决方案、市场策略、各行业大数据应用落地情况、未来发展前景与趋势以及为垂直行业用户提供解决方案的主流厂商，供技术买家参考。
IDC中国研究经理刘迪认为：“中国大数据市场格局初现雏形，技术趋于成熟，但数据壁垒仍然存在，数据价值没有充分发挥出来。未来在多方技术趋于融合，数据空间持续增长的背景下，落地场景将不断创新，数据湖、数据治理或将成为新的技术增长点。”
...本报告提供了制药公司在进行数字化转型时，在价值链的各个阶段可以采用的各种技术工具的方法和场景。通过解码中国和亚太区几个主要国家的政府驱动和数据保护政策，分析了亚太区制药企业需要为数字对转型所做的准备，并讨论了新技术的用例以及相关案例，清晰地展示了新的数字化转型工具。随着制药行业的领导者们正忙于规划其未来，本IDC报告对制药企业技术买家的建议将起到很好的指导作用。
“制药公司面临两大挑战：第一，满足“数字消费者”对更快、以患者为中心、以疗效为基础的药物的需求；第二，以更低的药品价格实现这些需求。解决这两个挑战的唯一方法是在整个价值链中采用数字化转型。制药行业的领导者已经将数字化转型视为一个机遇，致力于推动数字化转型的实现”。——IDC亚太区Health ...
IDC针对中国金融行业区块链应用进行全面研究，内容涵盖区块链的定义及特征、区块链在金融行业应用的技术优势、政策利好、支出规模、应用场景、典型案例及挑战，并为金融行业区块链市场的技术提供商提供参考和建议。
“2018年是金融行业严监管的一年，展望2019年，金融行业仍将在严格的合规监管环境下稳步发展，探索金融科技对金融业务带来的创新与合作，在不断的融合中寻求未来发展的路径。由于区块链与金融行业的需求高度契合，金融行业逐步会加大对区块链技术应用部署的投入，未来会看到更多区块链与金融场景的结合落地。中国金融行业区块链技术提供商应重点关注金融机构诉求，保证产品和服务的监管合规性，积极探索区块链的应用场景，选择合适的技术方案，推动区块链的快速落地。”——IDC中国金融行业研究市场分析师朱佳怡表示。
...本研究对中国智能制造市场进行了系统梳理，内容涵盖中国智能制造发展演进、主要政策、市场环境、未来战略重点、前景展望等，并从技术和商业的角度为读者提供相应的行动建议。
“智能制造是中国制造业由大到强的重要推手，是制造业不同价值链的战略重点。工业互联网是智能制造重要的基础设施，具有丰富的智能制造垂直领域资源、能提供供需双方需求的平台将扮演重要的角色。”——IDC中国制造业高级研究经理张兰英表示。
本IDC报告介绍了中国健康医疗大数据市场的发展现状和未来趋势，其中包括健康医疗大数据建立和应用的实践做法、国家健康医疗大数据中心的建设和健康医疗大数据应用解决方案的发展动态和未来趋势，预测了健康医疗大数据解决方案的市场规模，可供卫计委、医保局、医院管理者、制药企业和药物研发企业、健康服务机构以及致力于健康医疗大数据解决方案的厂商参考。
"健康医疗大数据具有非常广泛的应用前景，中国政府和医疗机构正在全面建设健康医疗大数据，并探索大数据在医疗改革、医药供应、健康管理、疾病治疗等多个领域的应用。目前，中国政府组织建立的五个国家健康医疗大数据中心正在建设中，大数据应用解决方案仍处于探索阶段，区域卫生大数据、医保大数据等领域获得了非常好的应用实践，而用于支持疾病治疗、生物制药、基因科学、健康管理等领域的大数据解决方案仍然处于探索期。预计在未来三到五年中，健康医疗大数据中心将会建立起来，汇聚海量健康数据，健康医疗大数据的应用将会在各个领域探索出有价值的解决方案，健康医疗大数据将会逐渐成为医疗机构和健康管理机构的基本工作平台，并与人工智能技术融合在一起，全面提高医疗健康技术水平。"——IDC中国行业研究与咨询服务部高级研究经理肖宏亮说。
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