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The unmatched depth and breadth of IDC's global research is organized into a key set of domains.
AI & Data Management
Application Development
Channels & Alliances
Devices & Consumer
Digital Business & SMB
Emerging Vendor
Enterprise Applications
Enterprise Services
Networking & Telecom
Security & Trust
System Infrastructure
Workplace Solutions
Global IDC products
- Applied Artificial Intelligence Services
- Artificial Intelligence and Business Automation Convergence
- Computer Vision AI Tools and Technologies
- Conversational AI Tools and Technologies
- Data Collaboration and Monetization
- Data Intelligence and Integration Software
- Data Management Software
- Data Platforms: Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Lakehouses
- Enterprise Intelligence, Business Analytics and Decisioning
- Generative AI Life-Cycle Tools and Technologies
- Generative AI Strategies
- Integration and Automation Tools and Technologies
- Knowledge Discovery
- Location and Geospatial Intelligence
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AI & Data Management
Global IDC products:
- Applied Artificial Intelligence Services
- Artificial Intelligence and Business Automation Convergence
- Computer Vision AI Tools and Technologies
- Conversational AI Tools and Technologies
- Data Collaboration and Monetization
- Data Intelligence and Integration Software
- Data Management Software
- Data Platforms: Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Lakehouses
- Enterprise Intelligence, Business Analytics and Decisioning
- Generative AI Life-Cycle Tools and Technologies
- Generative AI Strategies
- Integration and Automation Tools and Technologies
- Knowledge Discovery
- Location and Geospatial Intelligence
- Machine Learning Life-Cycle Tools and Technologies
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AI & Data Management
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Strategies, Technologies and Solutions
- Asia/Pacific Business Analytics and Data Strategies
- Asia/Pacific Artificial Intelligence and Business Automation Convergence
- China Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Strategies, Technologies and Solutions
- China Business Automation Software and RPA Strategies (Chinese Version)
- China Data Analytics Strategies (Chinese Version)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa AI and Generative AI Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments
- European Artificial Intelligence Innovations and Strategies
- European Artificial Intelligence and Business Automation Convergence
- European Cloud Data Management Strategies
- European Data Intelligence, Integration and Platform Strategies for Artificial Intelligence
- European Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms
- Japan Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Strategies, Technologies and Solutions (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Data Platforms, Logistics and Operations (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Korea Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Strategies, Technologies and Solutions (Korean Version)
- Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa AI, Data, Analytics, and Automation Trends and Strategies
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Global IDC products
- Agile Application Life-Cycle, Quality and Portfolio Strategies
- Cloud Application Deployment Platforms
- DevOps Practices and Platform Engineering
- DevSecOps, Vulnerability Management, and Software Supply Chain Security
- Generative AI and Low-Code and No-Code Developer Technologies
- Modern Software Development and Developer Trends
- Open GenAI, LLMs, and the Evolving Open Source Ecosystem
- PaaS for Developers of Modern and Edge Applications
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Global IDC products
- Enterprise Mobility: Workspace and Deployment Strategies
- Consumer Market Trends
- Generative AI for Content Creators and Consumers
- Global DataSphere
- Mobile Phones
- Personal Computers and Tablets
- Workstation Opportunities
- Worldwide Consumer Market Model: Full Model
- Worldwide Consumer Market Model: Regional Model
- XR Hardware and Interactive 3D Software
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Regional IDC products
- Asia/Pacific Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
- Asia/Pacific Small and Medium-Sized, and Digital Native Businesses
- Australia and New Zealand Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
- Canadian C-Suite Tech Agenda
- China Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies (Chinese Version) (Chinese Version)
- China CIO/CTO Tech Agenda (Chinese Version)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa C-Suite Tech Agenda
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
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Digital Business & SMB
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
- Asia/Pacific Small and Medium-Sized, and Digital Native Businesses
- Australia and New Zealand Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
- Canadian C-Suite Tech Agenda
- China Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies (Chinese Version) (Chinese Version)
- China CIO/CTO Tech Agenda (Chinese Version)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa C-Suite Tech Agenda
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Digital Native Business, Start-Ups and Scale-Ups
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Digital Regulations and Policies Radar
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Emerging Technologies Strategies
- India Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies
- Japan Digital Business Spending by Industry (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Enterprises and SMB IT Spending Trends (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan CIO/CTO Tech Agenda (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Korea Digital Business and Artificial Intelligence Transformation Strategies (Korean Version)
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Global IDC products
- Accelerator Program
- Emerging Vendor Program
- MidMarket Vendor Program
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Global IDC products
- Advertising Technologies and SMB Marketing Applications
- Aftermarket Services Strategies
- Customer Data and Analytics
- Customer Service and Contact Center Applications
- CX Path
- Digital Business Models and Monetization
- Digital Commerce Strategies
- Enterprise Applications and Strategies
- Enterprise Asset Management and Smart Facilities
- Enterprise Marketing Technology Applications
- Financial Applications
- Customer Experience Management Strategies
- Industry Clouds, Solutions and Technology Verticalization Strategies
- Industry Tech Path
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Enterprise Applications
Global IDC products:
- Advertising Technologies and SMB Marketing Applications
- Aftermarket Services Strategies
- Customer Data and Analytics
- Customer Service and Contact Center Applications
- CX Path
- Digital Business Models and Monetization
- Digital Commerce Strategies
- Enterprise Applications and Strategies
- Enterprise Asset Management and Smart Facilities
- Enterprise Marketing Technology Applications
- Financial Applications
- Customer Experience Management Strategies
- Industry Clouds, Solutions and Technology Verticalization Strategies
- Industry Tech Path
- CFO Tech Agenda
- Persuasive Content and Digital Experience Strategies
- Procurement Applications
- SaaS, Business Platforms and Ecosystems
- SaaS Path
- Sales Force Productivity and Performance Applications
- Voice of the Customer and Customer Success Applications
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Enterprise Applications
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Experience-Orchestrated Business and Technologies
- Asia/Pacific Enterprise Applications and Strategies
- China Enabling Software Market (Chinese Version)
- European Contact Center and Customer Service Technologies
- European Enterprise Applications and Strategies
- European Financial Applications
- Japan Enterprise Applications and Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa Enterprise Applications and Strategies
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Global IDC products
- Customer Experience Services
- Digital Business: The Professional Services Opportunity
- Digital Engineering and Operational Technology Services
- Enterprise Intelligence Services
- Sustainability and ESG Services
- Intelligent Application Services
- Intelligent Finance and Customer Care Business Process Services
- IT Consulting and Systems Integration Strategies
- Managed Cloud Services
- Managed Cloud View
- Services Path
- Worldwide Business Consulting Services
- Worldwide Services
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Enterprise Services
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Services Opportunities in the Digital Economy: Transformation and Acceleration
- Canadian Managed Cloud Services
- European Application Modernization Strategies
- European Managed Cloud Services
- European Services Overview
- Japan Services (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Middle East IT Services Strategies
- Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Cloud Platform-Led Services Strategies
- Saudi Arabia ICT Market Opportunities and Digital Strategies
- Sub-Saharan Africa IT Services Strategies
- Türkiye IT Services Strategies
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Global IDC products
- 5G Monetization and Adoption Strategies
- Cloud and Datacenter Networks
- Communications Service Provider Operations and Monetization
- Communications Platforms as a Service
- Consumer Communications Services
- Enterprise Communications Infrastructure
- Enterprise Communications Services
- Future Enterprise Connectivity Strategies
- Hosting and Colocation Services
- IaaS Trends and Strategies: Networking
- IDC Telecommunications Insights: Technology Priorities and Services Strategies
- Internet of Things and Intelligent Edge: Infrastructure
- Managed Edge and Content Delivery Services
- Mobile and Internet of Things Communications Services
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Networking & Telecom
Global IDC products:
- 5G Monetization and Adoption Strategies
- Cloud and Datacenter Networks
- Communications Service Provider Operations and Monetization
- Communications Platforms as a Service
- Consumer Communications Services
- Enterprise Communications Infrastructure
- Enterprise Communications Services
- Future Enterprise Connectivity Strategies
- Hosting and Colocation Services
- IaaS Trends and Strategies: Networking
- IDC Telecommunications Insights: Technology Priorities and Services Strategies
- Internet of Things and Intelligent Edge: Infrastructure
- Managed Edge and Content Delivery Services
- Mobile and Internet of Things Communications Services
- Network Life-Cycle and Infrastructure Services
- Network Observability: Analytics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence
- Small and Medium Business Communications Services
- Telecom Network Infrastructure
- Unified Communications and Collaboration
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Networking & Telecom
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Communications Service Provider Business Transformation Strategies
- Asia/Pacific Communications Service Provider Technology Strategies
- Canadian Communications Services
- Canadian Consumer Communications Services
- China Industrial Internet Ecosystem and Trends (Chinese Version)
- China Internet of Things Ecosystem and Trends (Chinese Version)
- China Telecommunications Market (Chinese Version)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Wholesale Telecoms Strategies
- European 5G and Internet of Things Monetization and Adoption Strategies
- European Communications Platform as a Service
- European Consumer Telecoms Strategies
- European Enterprise Communications Services
- European Unified Communications and Collaboration
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Networking and Life-Cycle Services
- Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa Telco Operator Program
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Telecommunications Platforms and Digital Ecosystems
- European Telco Operator Program
- IDC Telecommunications Insights: Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Models and Technology Transformation
- Japan Network Infrastructure Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Network Services (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa Telecom Markets, ICT Regulations, and Telco Transformation Strategies
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Global IDC products
- Active Application Security and Fraud
- Cloud Native XDR and Artificial Intelligence Security Analytics
- Cloud Security
- Cybersecurity Consulting and Professional Security Services
- Endpoint Security
- Trust Measurement and Metrics
- Governance, Risk and Compliance Services
- Identity and Digital Trust Software
- Information and Data Security
- MDR and Managed Security Services
- Privacy and Legal Technology
- SIEM, Exposure Management and Related Artificial Intelligence Technologies
- Trusted Access and Network Security
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Security & Trust
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Security Opportunities: Trust and Resilience
- Canadian Security Solutions: Sales Accelerator
- China Cloud Security Market (Chinese version)
- China Information and Data Security (Chinese Version)
- China Security Appliance Markets (Chinese Version)
- China Security Software and Services Markets (Chinese Version)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa CISO Tech Agenda
- European Security Services
- European Security Technologies and Strategies
- Japan Security Services (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan IT Security Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Latin America Security Strategies
- Middle East and Africa Security Strategies
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Global IDC products
- AI and Generative AI Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments
- AI View
- Cloud Adoption Trends and Strategies
- Cloud Data Logistics and Protection
- Cloud Infrastructure Index
- Cloud Migration and Placement Index
- Cloud Pulse
- Cloud to Edge Datacenter Trends
- Computing Systems, Platforms and Technologies
- Converged, Hyperconverged and Composable Infrastructure
- Datacenter Trends: Sustainable Datacenter Builds and CO2 Emissions
- Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services
- Digital Sovereignty
- Edge Trends and Strategies
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System Infrastructure
Global IDC products:
- AI and Generative AI Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments
- AI View
- Cloud Adoption Trends and Strategies
- Cloud Data Logistics and Protection
- Cloud Infrastructure Index
- Cloud Migration and Placement Index
- Cloud Pulse
- Cloud to Edge Datacenter Trends
- Computing Systems, Platforms and Technologies
- Converged, Hyperconverged and Composable Infrastructure
- Datacenter Trends: Sustainable Datacenter Builds and CO2 Emissions
- Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services
- Digital Sovereignty
- Edge Trends and Strategies
- Edge View
- Emerging Workloads Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments
- Enabling Technologies: Artificial Intelligence Edge Processor Architectures
- Enabling Technologies: DRAM and NAND Memory
- Enabling Technologies: Networking and Communications Infrastructure
- Enabling Technologies: Processors and Architectures
- Enabling Technologies: Wireless and Mobile Connectivity
- Endpoint Device Management and Enterprise Mobility
- Enterprise Infrastructure Pulse
- Emerging Systems Infrastructure Technology
- Enterprise System Management Observability and AIOps Software
- Enterprise Workloads Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments
- Sustainability and ESG Software
- Flexible Consumption and Financing Strategies for IT Infrastructure
- Digital Infrastructure Strategies
- High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments
- HPC and AI Infrastructure Index
- HPC View
- IaaS Trends and Strategies
- Intelligent Cloud and Edge Operations with FinOps
- IT Asset Disposition Services: Circular Economy and Refurbished Market Trends
- IT Service Management
- IT Service Strategies for Proactive Customer Success
- Analog and Quantum Computing Trends and Strategies
- SAP Infrastructure View
- Service Provider Adoption Trends and Strategies
- Service Provider Infrastructure Supply Chain
- Service Provider View
- Software-Defined Compute: Virtualization, Cloud, and Container Platforms
- Storage and Computing Infrastructure Software Platforms
- Storage Mechanisms: Disk
- Storage Mechanisms: Solid State Storage Technologies
- Storage Systems
- Enterprise Client Computing Platforms
- Worldwide Semiconductor Automotive Ecosystem and Supply Chain
- Worldwide Semiconductor Technology Supply Chain Intelligence
- Worldwide Semiconductor Technology Supply Chain Intelligence: IDMs, Fabless, Foundry, OSAT and Materials
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System Infrastructure
Regional IDC products:
- Asia/Pacific Cloud Adoption Trends and Strategies
- Asia/Pacific Datacenter Services and Infrastructure
- Asia/Pacific Sustainable Strategies and Technologies
- Asia/Pacific Digital Infrastructure Strategies
- Canadian Infrastructure Trends and Strategies
- China Cloud Essentials (Chinese Version)
- China Cloud Market (Chinese Version)
- China Emerging Technology Markets (Chinese Version)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Sustainable Strategies and Technologies
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Digital Infrastructure Strategies
- European Cloud Strategies
- European CloudOps and Cloud Governance
- India Digital Infrastructure and Cloud Services
- Japan Cloud Adoption Trends and Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Datacenter Facility and Colocation Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Digital Engineering Technologies and Ecosystems (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Digital Infrastructure Strategies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Japan Sustainable Strategies and Technologies (Japanese Version with Key English Language Reports)
- Korea Cloud (Korean Version)
- Latin America Datacenter Infrastructure and Cloud Services
- Middle East and Africa Cloud Strategies
- Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Datacenter Trends: Sustainable Datacenter Builds and CO2 Emissions
- Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa Digital Infrastructure Strategies
- Sustainable Strategies and Technologies
- Worldwide Semiconductor Automotive Ecosystem and Supply Chain (Chinese Version)
- Worldwide Semiconductor Technology Supply Chain Intelligence: IDMs, Fabless, Foundry, OSAT and Materials (Chinese Version)
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Global IDC products
- Artificial Intelligence Empowered Human Capital Management
- Collaboration, Communities and Conferencing
- Employee Experience Management Strategies
- Content and Knowledge Management Strategies
- Future of Work
- Hardcopy Core Market Analysis
- Hardcopy Industry Transformation
- Industrial and Large Format Printing
- IT Skills for Digital Business
- Knowledge Management Strategies
- Artificial Intelligence Empowered Human Capital Management
- Next-Gen Document Services
- Talent Acquisition and Strategy
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Workplace Solutions
Regional IDC products:
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Content and Knowledge Management Strategies
- Europe, Middle East and Africa: Future of Work
- European eSignature
- European IT Talent for AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud and Digital Business Success
- European Managed Print Services and Solutions
- European Modern HR Strategies and Opportunities
- European Multifunction Peripherals and Business Inkjet
- European Print Vendor Transformation Strategies
- European Printers
- European Smart Office
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