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.
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides a quick situational overview and actionable guidance for tech leaders on how to form a foundational commitment for future IT with integral stakeholder-focused services.
Bringing maturity to ...
This IDC Perspective discusses SEC's four-day reporting rule that presents a critical new need to define materiality. Wall Street's top regulator, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has adopted new cybersecurity rules that require ...
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides a quick situational overview and actionable guidance to set your business up for success with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep automation by aligning the right business questions ...
This IDC PlanScape details the importance of data architecture.
"The growing volumes of available data are a blessing and a curse: More data might provide improved insights, but it might also create more noise that requires filtering," ...
This IDC PlanScape details the importance of infrastructure architecture.
"Most of the time, when people think about infrastructure, they just see boxes and lines; in its simplest form, that is a true depiction, but infrastructure ...
本IDC看法详述了首席信息官在建设卓越员工体验中日益重要的作用。员工体验(EX)是一种战略,而不仅仅是一套方法。首席信息官可以通过提供数据,提供能产生持久和高价值影响的技术、工具和资源,以自己独特的方式为EX提供支持。因疫情而生的工作模式变化使得“以员工为中心”有了重大发展,主要体现在办公地点和自动化两个方面,但企业要采取的后续措施对于确保实际员工体验得到优化至关重要。首席信息官作为领导者,要从宏观上审视卓越员工体验的战略、数据和投资,为整个企业提供可量化的价值。
“未来几年将是重要的转折期,大多数行业后疫情时代下的远程工作和数字交互都将稳定运营,”IDCCIO/CXO信息科技智库服务助理研究顾问Allizabth ...
This IDC PlanScape details how cybersecurity architecture impacts value and enables trust by design.
"Cybersecurity architecture balances the practices of identity, vulnerability, and threat management with the broader values of digital ...
This IDC Perspective provides a high-level guide for developing a communication strategy that will roll up, and cascade down, for effective and aligned comprehension and engagement from the board to the front line. By framing the key messages ...
本IDC看法为创建高价值的三年AI/自动化路线图提供了实用洞察和可行方法。AI服务可降本增效、提高运营合规性和管理洞察,包括洞察消费者行为和趋势。然而,企业们为此所做的准备工作却良莠不齐。有经验的IT负责人可以主动推出紧密衔接的IT和业务投资组合,制定出最高价值的AI/自动化路线图。对于短期、有针对性的举措,应穷尽一切现有机会,利用海量数据、基于规则的流程和重复性操作简化AI和自动化。业务合作,尤其是跨部门的合作,应利用新的战略和运营技术(OT)投资,为整个企业构建可持续能力。
CIO要形成清晰的以AI为中心的数据和架构观,并利用COE原则建立思想领导力和长期的人才培养体系,逐渐成为企业重要的战略和良知担当,妥善利用投入的每一分钱和接触的每一个环境。高价值的AI/自动化路线图有助于企业各个部门逐步提高AI和数据投资的速度和影响力,充分利用所有流程和技术,包括维护和支持。三年AI/自动化路线图考验是企业能取得可量化的成果,证明他们能利用可能出现的各类技术、自动化方法和数据源解决相应的业务问题。
...本IDC技术买家演示报告将探讨董事会可能会提到的网络安全方面的问题,举例说明合适而有影响力的治理的重要性,并演示了如何通过各种经证明行之有效的方法向董事会展示难以传达的信息,说服他们将资源用到需要参与和投资的领域。
世界经济论坛将网络风险确定为“明显且现实的危险”,并将网络安全确定为全球董事会监管的重点领域之一。在首席信息官或首席信息安全官因安全事件影响而被解雇的情况下,IT负责人和首席信息安全官要确保他们不仅能为首席级高管团队提供支持,还能将重大风险和问题上报给包括董事会在内的相应监督机构。为此,正确的做法是调整向董事会汇报工作的方式,把焦点放在如何根据董事们可能提出的问题为他们提供正确的信息。
董事会不干预运营或管理决策。董事会承担的角色主要有三个:监督——促进业务成功;考虑并指导能防止损失的风险政策和容忍度;文化建设以及制定能创造价值的战略指导。
“如果IT负责人在董事会会议上围绕这些职责展开讨论,就可以将话题从照本宣科式的网络安全进度报告转向有影响力的讨论,这样董事会便可以知道该从哪里着手,该往哪个方向增加投入。”IDC ...
本IDC看法是一篇首席信息官未来连接指南,在从“抗疫”时代转向稳定的新常态后,首席信息官要打造未来连接,确保员工能从任何设备随时随地访问一切所需,在这个过程中,将面临艰巨挑战。IT部门必须支持强大而韧性的能力,并淘汰多样化互联生态系统上的所有传统业务模式。
IDC CIO/CXO 信息科技智库服务助理研究顾问Alizabeth Calder表示:“未来连接是这样一种框架:管理所有动态数据及其对连接的使用,实现无处不在的数字体验、业务连续性、随时随地可扩展访问和实时洞察等业务成果。重点发展连接驱动的生态系统的各个要素,我们将拥有前所未有的创新机遇,通过数字基础设施以及强大的动态数据战略创造价值,实现成长。”
...本IDC看法是未来数字基础架构指南。它将为企业在面对琳琅满目的云技术、无处不在的部署选项和自动化IT运营而不知如何取舍时,提供决策参考。这一决策过程要基于一个以资源优化、韧性和持续增强为中心的数字化战略。首席信息官必须改造和调整企业定位,抛弃传统的技术和业务投资战略和思维。本看法帮助首席信息官了解什么是未来数字基础架构,它为什么重要,以及可以在前期采取哪些关键措施帮助企业建设新兴的数字基础架构生态系统。
IDC CIO/CXO信息科技智库服务研究顾问Alizabeth ...
本IDC看法是有关未来IT能力的五个系列文档中的一个,探讨了构成战略联系的重要能力——领导力和治理能力。本文件列出了IT部门各层级(领导层、管理层和员工)领导力和治理关键技能构建的能力发展路线图,阐述了当前、近期和未来要做的各项任务。这一路线图可以帮助IT领导者在IT部门内部构建有效、富有韧性且创新的领导力和治理。
本IDC看法是首席信息官未来行业生态系统指南,旨在帮助首席信息官了解每个行业发生的数字化颠覆情况。本文探讨了公司为保持竞争力、应对颠覆和扩大业务而采用的方法。随着行业创新的深入,生态系统的参与者,无论他们是合作关系还是竞争关系,都将通过生态系统扩大自身团队的能力、产能、洞察力和专业技能。本首席信息官指南适用于各个行业,综合介绍了行业生态系统将给IT部门带来的风险和机会。
IDC CIO/CXO信息科技智库服务助理研究顾问Alizabeth Calder表示:“行业生态系统方兴未艾,它将从根本上改变许多企业的未来运营方式。首席信息官需要进行大量正确积极的战略探索和投资,利用自己的生态系统,应对产品、供应链、数字化体验和不断变化的客户偏好带来的复杂性。”
...本IDC看法是有关未来IT能力的五个系列文档中的一个,探讨了构成企业智能工程的重要能力——IT产品和服务能力。本文件列出了IT部门各层级(领导层、管理层和员工)智能工程关键技能构建的能力发展路线图,阐述了当前、近期和未来要做的各项任务。这一路线图可以帮助IT领导者在IT部门内部构建有效和富有韧性的智能工程能力。
IDC CIO/CXO信息科技智库服务(IEP)助理分析师Alizabeth Calder表示:“从来没有哪种主动协同方法如此重要。必须从一开始就开发可扩展且可信的平台和规程,以确保实现业务和IT运营的价值,同时保护企业免受智能成果偏差或错误信息带来的财务和声誉风险。IT部门必须为整个企业的创新和智能采用准备好关键技能和直接能力。”
...本IDC看法是一篇基础性的首席信息官指南,能帮助首席信息官打造韧性组织,向未来运营和响应式决策迈进。作为一篇未来运营指南,本IDC研究旨在帮助首席信息官发现战略机遇,融入市场导向型变革,开启更宏大的数字化转型之路。因疫情而得到进一步发展的数字化互动已经成为一种趋势,它为首席信息官打开了一扇窗,让他们有机会重新思考自己在未来响应式和数据驱动型运营基础中的角色和贡献。
IDC CIO/CXO信息科技智库服务研究顾问Alizabeth Calder表示:“未来运营显然将推动企业摆脱传统的基于规模和效率的运营经济,转向迭代再设计,快速适应新常态的许多复杂需求。作为首席信息官,我们面临的挑战是,如何与运营部门一起重新设计技术和数据基础,以推动物理工厂、运营流程和组织行为的根本性变革。要快速实现响应数据的实例化、提高了解和响应市场的速度,加速企业战略各个方面(包括供应链、合作伙伴关系等)的数字化转型。开始旅程前制定框架至关重要,这样我们才能继续保持疫情应对措施带来的良好势头,并维持整个运营部门的变革能量和动力。”
...本IDC看法为未来首席信息官提供了一个统一的领导力模型。本文将业务和IT成熟度发展路线图与“未来IT”核心工作和投资的特定阶段相对应,“未来IT”旨在支持并实现数字化颠覆的最高价值。
IDC CIO/CXO信息科技智库服务(IEP)助理分析师Alizabeth Calder表示:“业务和技术转型分别沿着不同道路并行前进的时代已经过去了,那时,投资开展技术和数据转型都是战术层面上的,是为了支持业务变革。未来IT要求数字化领导层从战略上积极提升整个企业的数字化成熟度。”
...本IDC看法探讨了首席信息官如何做好准备,应对新要求,以及如何从IT的ESG影响的角度实施可持续发展。将人与自然的利益置于纯粹的商业利益之上是全球面临的一个重大课题,在这样的背景下,ESG迅速崛起,成为企业与政府的当务之急。所有企业都必须努力降低对环境的破坏,提高社会意识,在企业设定ESG目标和实现有影响力的成果的过程中,首席信息官可以为制定ESG战略和评估方法做出实质性贡献。首席信息官在实施ESG战略和计划方面拥有得天独厚的优势,能够借助第三方和生态系统的力量,跨企业各个部门实施ESG战略和计划;IT可通过技术清查减少对环境的影响,提高社会风险基准意识并实现相关成果,同时建设强大的可持续发展治理。
IDC ...
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation reviews the smart questions that boards should be asking about cybersecurity, provides an example of appropriate but impactful governance, and demonstrates proven ways to present difficult messages to point ...
本IDC看法是有关未来IT能力的五个系列文档中的一个,探讨了构成无处不在的可视化和覆盖(数字化基础设施的基础)的重要能力——IT产品和服务能力。本研究列出了企业各层级(领导层、管理层和员工)关键数字化基础设施技能构建的能力发展路线图,阐述了当前、近期和未来要做的各项任务。这一路线图可以帮助IT领导者在企业内部构建有效和富有韧性的数字化基础设施。
IDC CIO/CXO信息科技智库服务助理分析师Alizabeth Calder表示:"随着企业对无处不在的数字环境的响应,数字化基础设施将成为韧性的重要基础。新冠疫情让业务负责人学会了高度重视基础设施的响应能力和韧性。随着数字化基础设施的发展,每个IT部门都需要变得积极主动,有远见,培养紧跟战略所需的能力。"
...This IDC PlanScape explores the factors that help assess whether or when leveraging low-code capabilities can make sense, identifying four key questions as conditions for success:
- Has the business problem been solved using pro-code ...
This IDC Perspective provides practical insight and actionable methods for creating a high-value, three-year AI/automation road map. AI-powered services are improving workforce productivity, reducing operating costs, improving operational ...
本IDC看法是有关未来IT能力的五个系列文档中的一个,探讨了构成嵌入式信任的重要能力——IT产品和服务能力。本文列出了IT部门各层级(领导层、管理层和员工)嵌入式信任关键技能构建的能力发展路线图,阐述了当前、近期和未来要做的各项任务。这一路线图可以帮助IT领导者在IT部门内部构建有效和富有韧性的嵌入式信任。
“集成和数据赋能日益复杂,不管现有的治理和监管架构如何,IT领导层在建设企业信任环境方面都责无旁贷。需要的能力要能实现基于信任的商务和构建可信的生态系统,而实现这一目标的最全面方法是着力建设嵌入式信任。”IDC ...
本IDC研究是有关未来IT能力的五个系列文档中的一个,探讨了构成生态系统管理的重要能力——IT产品和服务能力。本文列出了IT部门各层级(领导层、管理层和员工)生态系统管理关键技能构建的能力发展路线图,阐述了当前、近期和未来要做的各项任务。这一路线图可以帮助IT负责人在IT部门内部构建有效和富有韧性的生态系统管理技能。
“生态系统管理能营造良性循环。随着企业新客户的增多,企业也将从越来越多的数据中受益。这也为采用新的、更好的分析和人工智能技术提供了支持,进而提升接触点和流程,最终实现业务增长。利用生态系统管理,将获客与更强大的接触点联系起来。有计划地将生态系统打造成一个获客模型,利用其速度和创新优势。”—— ...
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation reviews the state of skills globally, looks at the impact of the skills shortage, and examines the steps that organizations are taking to mitigate the skills challenge. It also provides guidance to IT buyers ...