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
Vendor Profile
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.
IDC Perspective
The IDC Perspective is a flexible doc that seeks to help business and tech buyers assess their business and IT strategy and/or associated business processes, especially as it relates to the use of technology. The document can be used in areas such as:
- Strategy and planning
- Trends and observations
- IT spending and investment
- Vendor conferences and announcements
IDC TechBrief
The IDC TechBrief helps the technology or business executive get smart about a single technology in the context of the business by answering 6 business critical questions about the technology:
- What is the technology?
- When should I adopt it?
- What can it do for my business?
- What are the critical success factors?
- What are the risks?
- Who are the suppliers?
Market Note
The Market Note is a flexible doc that provides IDC analysis and point of view on an industry event, new product or service, or a company announcement or development or fast breaking news.
Market Perspective
The Market Perspective is a flexible doc that analyzes key changes and developments happening in the market. This flexible research type can be used to analyze areas such as:
- Competitive Environment
- Innovation & Market Opportunity
- New Business Models
- Partner & Channel Strategy
- Enterprise Strategies (targeted to supplier)
- Regulation
- Socioeconomics
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
IDC Blink
IDC Blink
Provides timely context and insight around important market trends and events in a short opinion piece with a 2-minute audio clip. IDC Blinks provide IDC's point of view on:
- Financial announcements
- Product announcements
- Mergers and acquisitions or divestitures
- Events
- Response to news
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.
Presentations
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.
Market 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.
Tech Buyer 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.
IDC Market Glance
Provides a look at the landscape of a tech market, including competitive positioning, adjacent segments, and potential partner opportunities.
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
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 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 one-time study produced by a research group that is not published as a deliverable under a subscription service.
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.
IDC Innovators
IDC Innovators is aimed at informing IT buyers about emerging vendors with an innovative new technology or ground-breaking business model. Vendors identified in the document as innovators are linked together within a specific market area and around solving or alleviating a common business problem. Vendors included have annual revenue under $100 million at the time of selection.
Technology Segment
The IDC Technology Segment offers CEMA clients a comprehensive view of a technology segment in one country or subregion and provides a market view and forecast and/or market share and vendor profiles, including performances and strategies. It is specifically intended to serve smaller country markets and subregions.
本IDC研究提供了2024–2028年中国云服务市场预测。
"展望2024–2028年,在各行业企业削减数字化转型的投资预算,政府大力推进新基建的背景下,IDC认为中国云计算的发展将提升到一个面向数据和智能的层次,未来以业务为导向的云服务市场将具备更高的发展潜力。在政府的总体推动下,各行业云计算基础设施向混合云形态(大数据、人工智能、边缘计算等)、云原生技术栈(分布式、服务化、高韧性)、多点接入能力(向市县乡下沉)的方向发展。随着场景化业务应用的不断迭代更新,更多新型IT技术栈将逐步融合于云、原生于云,并带动算力、存储、网络等云基础架构资源需求,成为云服务市场成长的新动力。大模型和GenAI的空前发展引发算力需求大增,各行业逐步展现大量对于云基础设施的建设需求。"——IDC中国分析师王彦翔和研究经理张犁表示。
...本IDC市场演示文稿是《IDC FutureScape: 全球云计算2024年预测——中国启示》的附件,提供了对中国云计算行业发展的预测阐述,包括生成式AI、安全性、高性能计算、边缘计算、合作伙伴生态、技术鸿沟、可持续性、FinOps、应用现代化、数据主权10项预测,以及每项预测下技术销售领导者面临的主要挑战和技术营销领导者面临的首要任务,并分别提出了发展建议。
本IDC技术买家演示文稿是IDC FutureScape: 全球云计算2024年预测的中国启示,提供了对2024–2029年间中国云计算行业的发展预测阐述,包括生成式AI、安全性、高性能计算、边缘计算、合作伙伴生态、技术鸿沟、可持续性、FinOps、应用现代化、数据主权10项预测,并为技术买家提供了建议。
本IDC看法针对中国云存储市场的发展现状展开了调研,明确了最终用户数据存储的痛点和难点,阐述了市场中各技术服务提供商的服务方案和优势,并对未来中国云存储市场发展趋势等内容给出了具体的观点和建议。
"随着中国进入5G和AI高速发展时期,各行业各类应用系统和终端设备每时每刻都在产生大量数据,如何安全高效地汇聚、分类和存储这些数据成为数字化转型期的中国政企核心关注点。云存储基于分布式架构和云端部署的特性,以高可靠、强扩展为核心能力,能够为政企提供完善的数据存储解决方案,并且能够通过对块、文件、对象等多种存储界面实现结构化、半结构化、非结构化数据的统一管理,帮助政企构建数据治理的基础架构,同时也能更好地利用云平台的优势提供海量的存储空间。"——IDC中国负责云基础架构研究的分析师张犁表示。
...本IDC看法针对中国边缘计算市场的发展现状展开了调研,明确了最终用户采用边缘计算的痛点和难点,阐述了市场中各技术服务提供商的服务方案和优势,并对未来中国边缘计算市场发展趋势等内容给出了具体的观点和建议。
"进入5G和AI时代,万物互联已经走入大众生活,对算力的多元化形态提出了全新要求。新型业务如AR/VR、互动直播、影视动画、自动驾驶、云游戏、智能制造等应运而生,这些业务场景对超低时延和网络带宽流量有着强烈诉求。传统的集中式的云计算已难以满足海量终端互联以及高可靠低时延连接的需求,边缘计算和云边一体的价值日益凸显。由于边缘计算在业界暂未形成统一标准,在行业应用场景上充满各种技术发展的可能性。"——IDC中国负责云基础架构研究的高级研究经理张犁表示。
...本IDC看法针对中国超融合基础架构市场的发展现状展开了调研,明确了最终用户构建融合型云平台的痛点和难点,阐述了市场中各技术服务提供商的服务方案和优势,并对未来中国云存储市场发展趋势等内容给出了具体的观点和建议。
"当前中国政企处于数字化转型浪潮中,云平台建设作为转型过程中的核心步骤,政企投入了大量资源,希望以较小的代价和较短的时间构建混合云基础架构。超融合基础架构作为精简、高性能的云基础架构,成为主流选择的云基础架构方案,将不同部署环境进行统一整合。同时面向云边一体化的需求,超融合基础架构也能够满足边缘计算的轻量化基础架构需求。"——IDC中国负责云基础架构研究的分析师张犁表示。
...本IDC研究主要围绕云基础架构的技术能力开展,希望通过对中国市场云基础架构技术提供商的技术评估以及对最终用户的客观访谈来帮助市场更加全面地了解国内云基础架构相关技术的发展现状和发展方向。本次报告重点评估中国市场的主要云基础架构技术提供商的技术能力,具体评估维度包括以下方面:算力、存储、网络、架构能力、灾备能力、安全能力、运维能力、管理能力、云边能力。
IDC云基础架构研究经理张犁表示:"当前中国政企客户在数字化转型浪潮中,对于云基础架构提出了复杂多变的技术需求,造就了云基础架构在中国云计算市场的蓬勃发展,通过技术提供商在大规模公有云方面的运营实践,将先进和成熟的云计算相关技术引入政企客户本地IT环境进行部署和交付,帮助客户在数字化转型浪潮中构建灵活可控、兼容并蓄的云基础设施,同时针对业务需求的不断变化而持续演进和迭代,帮助客户管好云、用好云,打造强健的数字基础设施"。
...This report summarizes key events among China vendors and technology buyers in 2022 and offers relevant analyst insights on the cloud services market in the country. Furthermore, it analyzes the trends and competitive landscape in the China ...
本IDC研究聚焦于中国混合云基础架构市场中具备完整的产品和解决方案的技术提供商,针对入选技术提供商的能力和战略进行综合评估。能力评估标准包括产品功能与服务、产品组合优势、客户服务、定价模型、客户满意度等方面,战略评估指标包括产品战略、增长情况、研发战略、交付战略、创新性等方面。各维度根据市场情况进一步划分为若干细分项,并配以不同权重,从而形成IDC MarketScape综合评分体系。IDC分析师通过对各个厂商和众多最终用户的深入访谈,综合分析并确定了各厂商在IDC MarketScape中的相对位置,并分析了厂商的能力和战略,为政企客户选择混合云基础架构提供商提供参考。
IDC云基础架构研究经理张犁表示:"中国独特的市场环境和复杂的客户需求,造就了混合云基础架构在中国云计算市场的蓬勃发展,通过技术提供商在大规模公有云方面的运营实践,将先进和成熟的云计算相关技术引入政企客户本地IT环境进行部署和交付,帮助客户在数字化转型浪潮中构建灵活可控、兼容并蓄的云基础设施,同时针对业务需求的不断变化而持续演进和迭代,帮助客户管好云、用好云,打造强健的数字基础设施"。
...中国各行业传统企业当前正处在数字化转型的重要阶段,数字化转型的基础就在于IT基础设施的上云迁移和云化改造。当前各类传统企业IT基础设施由于经历不同时期的演进,逐步形成异构的、复杂的IT环境,覆盖了从物理设备、虚拟化平台、云平台、容器平台等多种架构类型。同时,这种复杂的基础架构中包含不同特性的IT资源,比如裸机、虚拟机、云主机、容器、数据库、数据仓库等,针对这些IT资源所支撑的业务系统,企业都需要进行跨设备或平台的部署和维护,对于企业IT运维团队来说,运维难度较高,这些资源如果逐步迁移到的统一的云平台、业务系统演进到云原生架构,对于企业来说具备很好的业务价值,降低运维成本、提升运营效率,使得企业数字化转型的重心放在业务侧,更好地进行业务创新。在上述的业务系统云化过程中,企业IT基础架构逐步演进为混合云架构,既能适配成熟的业务能力,又能支撑企业的业务创新,对于当今的中国传统企业而言,混合云架构的构建已经成为IT基础设施演变过程中的必经之路。
...本IDC看法针对中国云备份市场的发展现状展开了调研,明确了最终用户应用和数据备份的痛点和难点,阐述了市场中各技术服务提供商的服务方案和优势,并对未来中国云备份市场发展趋势等内容给出了具体的观点和建议。
“作为目前IT基础架构(传统架构和云平台架构)重要的数据保护机制之一,云备份以其基于云端的交付模式,灵活的备份方式,异构的兼容能力,统一的管理能力,帮助云平台用户高效、可靠地完成企业核心业务数据和应用的定时和连续备份,同时云备份也逐渐成为企业的数据集成平台,能够为大数据平台和数据中台提供可靠的数据源。”——IDC中国负责云基础架构研究的分析师张犁表示。
..."展望2023—2027年,在各行业放缓数字化转型步伐,政府大力推进新基建的背景下,IDC认为中国云服务的发展将提升到一个面向数据和智能的层次,未来在以业务为导向的云服务市场将具备更高的发展潜力。在政府的总体推动下,各行业云计算基础设施向混合云形态(大数据、人工智能、边缘计算等)、云原生技术栈(分布式、服务化、高韧性)、多点接入能力(向市县乡下沉)的方向发展。随着新型场景化应用的丰富,更多新型技术及平台将融合于云、原生于云,并带动算力、存储、网络等基础资源需求,成为云服务市场成长的新动力。大模型的空前发展引发算力需求大增,从而逐步展现对于云数据中心和基础设施的建设热潮。"——IDC中国分析师王彦翔和研究经理张犁表示。
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