IDC

IDC

Global IT market intelligence, advisory, events

Overview

IDC is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. It helps IT professionals, business leaders, and investors make fact-based decisions about technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,300 IDC analysts offer global, regional, and local insights on technology trends across over 110 countries. With over 50 years of experience, IDC provides industry-focused analysis to clients in sectors such as Financial, Government, Health, Retail, Manufacturing, and Energy. IDC’s offerings combine research reports, advisory services, and events to help clients understand opportunities, compare options, and plan future technology investments and strategies.

About IDC

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Why IDC is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Framingham, Massachusetts

Founded

1964

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What believers are saying

  • IDC Quanta’s embedded intelligence supports agentic workflows and moves beyond static reports to decision-grade outputs.
  • IDC’s 60+ years of data and 65+ customer collaborations ensure rigorous sourcing and relevance for the AI economy.
  • IDC Quanta reaches general availability in summer 2026, marking evolution into an integrated technology intelligence layer.

What critics are saying

  • IDC Quanta’s end-user credibility is challenged by attendees questioning if it is a shiny tool with low base content.
  • IDC’s dependency on Anthropic for embedding via MCP creates a single-point failure risk if API terms change.
  • IDC’s pre-revenue status and delayed GA until summer 2026 leave it vulnerable to aggressive competitor pricing undercutting Quanta.

What makes IDC unique

  • IDC Quanta embeds decision-grade intelligence into enterprise workflows like email, eliminating research destination switching.
  • IDC collaborates with Anthropic to integrate intelligence natively into Claude workflows via MCP and plugins.
  • IDC Quanta delivers automatic, awareness-based insights without prompting, enabling proactive decision-making using trend signals.

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Instituto de Direito Coletivo - IDC
May 15th, 2026
IDC participated in the 6th National Circular Economy Forum Meeting and reinforces its commitment to productive inclusion and sustainability.

IDC participated in the 6th National Circular Economy Forum Meeting and reinforces its commitment to productive inclusion and sustainability. The Institute of Collective Law (IDC) participated in the 6th Ordinary Meeting of the National Circular Economy Forum, held on May 7, 2026, by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) in Brasília. The meeting brought together representatives from the public sector, the productive sector, cooperatives, civil society organizations, and experts to discuss the next steps of the National Circular Economy Strategy (ENEC) and the strengthening of public policies focused on sustainability, recycling, and ecological transition in Brazil. The meeting took place in the context of the regulatory update of the Forum, promoted by Ordinance GM/MDIC No. 16/2026 and Ordinance SE/MDIC No. 67/2026, which redefined its composition and broadened the participation of different strategic sectors in the debate on the circular economy. Among the main topics discussed were: * Industrialization of cooperatives; * Vehicle recycling and material traceability; * Circular economy indicators; * National Strategy for a Plastic-Free Ocean (ENOP); * Taxation of the recycling industry; * Integrating circularity into Brazil's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); * Decommissioning and recycling of platforms and ships. IDC's participation in the Forum reinforces its institutional commitment to building solutions that integrate socio-environmental justice, productive inclusion, and strengthening social participation in the formulation of public policies. In recent years, the Institute has been working on initiatives aimed at strengthening recycling cooperatives, providing technical support to waste pickers, environmental education, reverse logistics, and influencing public policies related to solid waste management and sustainability. According to IDC, the advancement of the circular economy in Brazil depends on valuing recycling workers, expanding shared responsibility for the product lifecycle, and developing public policies that combine economic development, reduction of inequalities, and environmental protection. Participation in the National Circular Economy Forum represents another step in expanding IDC's institutional reach in strategic spaces for debate on sustainability, ecological transition, and collective rights.

Calysto Communications
Apr 9th, 2026
PR vibes(r): moves, adds and changes: IDC, Recon Analytics, New York Times and more!

PR vibes(r): moves, adds and changes: IDC, Recon Analytics, New York Times and more! Nancy Gohring leaves IDC: After 5 years (the past two of which, she says, she has "done nothing but think about AI in the enterprise"), Nancy Gohring has left her role as Senior Research Director at IDC. A leading voice in the enterprise software and mobile/telecom spaces for more than 25 years, Gohring's roles include Editor-in-Chief at Fierce Markets, Senior Analyst at 451 Research, correspondent at IDG News, Senior Editor at Telephony, as well as freelance writer and reporter. As Gohring "reclaims her time", she has multiple projects in mind, including chronicling the experiences of two family members during WW1 in a book. Gohring is also open to interesting 'thought leadership or strategic positioning' contract work. Watch this space! Tole Hart moves to Recon Analytics: Telecom market expert, Tole Hart, is now a full-time director & analyst at Recon Analytics. Hart will use surveys and data-based research to deliver actionable insights into the consumer telecommunications markets for Recon clients. Most recently, Hart worked in corporate strategy at Verizon, where he identified growth opportunities for the company, informing the board and senior leadership on a $120 billion business plan. His previous roles include research and analyst positions at Gartner, The Yankee Group, Frost & Sullivan, and Mobile Marketing Research Director at Mobile World. Paula Szuchman joins New York Times Enterprise Team: Paula Szuchman is promoted to senior editor on the Enterprise team. The author of the book 'Spousonomics' has worked at Forbes for 6 years, most recently as director of Audio, which the Times says is one of its most dynamic and creative departments. Under her leadership, The Daily broke 500 million streams on Spotify. In this new role, Szuchman will coordinate, vet and encourage major enterprise coverage across the newsroom. Sam Dolnick described Szuchman as a "creative force who makes stories better by always asking the right questions and pushing for sharper angles." Sarah Frier promoted at Bloomberg News: Sarah Frier, journalist and author of the book No Filter, an in-depth book about Instagram, has become managing editor for big tech, AI, venture capital and startups at Bloomberg News. Having worked at the company for almost 15 years, Frier most recently served as editor-in-charge. She says she's moving back to Bloomberg's New York headquarters, where she began her business journalism career in 2011. Frier also announced moves for Jillian Ward, a tech journalist with 25 years' of experience, who has become executive editor for North America Tech news, and Lynn Doan, who is relocating to San Francisco, where Frier says she will officially be the 'go-to person for coordinating coverage of the AI infrastructure boom' leaving her with big shoes to fill in New York. Yahoo sells Engadget: As Yahoo continues to focus on its core brands, it has sold tech news website, Engadget, to Static Media. The sale has been described as a strategic pivot that will reshape tech media and follows the offload of TechCrunch to media investment firm, Regent, as well as the layoff of many of Engadget's leadership team in 2024. Jennifer Maloney hired at Business Insider: After 14 years at The Wall Street Journal, most recently as Retail Editor and Deputy Corporate Bureau Chief, where her business coverage regularly topped the most-read charts, award-winning journalist Jennifer Maloney has taken up the position of Executive Editor for Enterprise at Business Insider. Maloney has trained and mentored many reporters and worked with Business Insider in December as an editor on the tech team. In the new role, she will lead the enterprise reporting team, working with journalists to go deeper on core business subjects. Forbes launches new C-suite podcast: Forbes has launched C-Suite Unscripted, a podcast hosted by Maggie McGrath, the editor of ForbesWomen, senior editor of Forbes Media, and anchor of ForbesTV. During the series, McGrath will question leaders about the impact of AI on their industry, their policies around hiring and maintaining organizational culture, and how they have risen to the top. New episodes are available every Wednesday! UK news orgs collaborate to govern AI: The FT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Sky News have formed the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) coalition. The companies will share industry standards to ensure 'transparent and scalable' ways for AI tools to leverage their content and protect publishers' intellectual property. The Times hires Dorrell: Christopher Dorrell has joined The Times as a business correspondent covering tech. This follows a stint as a freelance journalist writing for The Times, Observer, Telegraph and Mill Media and as an economics reporter for London's City AM. Emily Milliron expands podcast role at Morning Brew: Emily Milliron has taken on Supervising Producer responsibilities to coordinate tone of voice across Morning Brew's podcasts as she continues to grow the portfolio and create sales strategies for revenue generation. The podcasts, which have accrued more than 35 million downloads across all platforms in the last year, include Morning Brew Daily, Brew Markets, After Earnings, Per My Last Email, and Bossy. Jenna Goudreau rejoins Forbes: Forbes has hired Jenna Goudreau as executive editor of the new service desk. Goodreau's most recent roles include executive editor of CNBC Make It and deputy editor at Business Insider. From 2008 to 2013, she reported on business and leadership at Forbes, during which time Randall Lane, chief content officer, said she became "the most-read writer at Forbes." Her first tasks in the new role will be to hire writers covering topics including small business, education, and careers. Rooney changes beats at CNBC: Technology Correspondent, Kate Rooney, is changing beats to cover Microsoft. Rooney has worked at the corporation for nearly 11 years and has been based in San Francisco since March 2020. Most recently, she has covered gen AI startups, Amazon, venture capital and retail investors for the network. She also writes for its digital platforms.

Huawei
Mar 30th, 2026
Huawei is the world's largest Non-North American Firewall/UTM manufacturer in global shipments for the cumulative 2025.

Huawei is the world's largest Non-North American Firewall/UTM manufacturer in global shipments for the cumulative 2025. Shenzhen, China Mar 30, 2026 [Shenzhen, China, March 30, 2026] IDC, a leading global IT market research and consulting company, recently released the "IDC WW Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, 2025Q4". According to the report, Huawei is the world's largest Non-North American Firewall/UTM manufacturer in global shipments for the cumulative 2025. With the widespread application of AI, cloud computing, Internet of Things and other technologies in various industries, the migration of traditional enterprise services to the cloud is accelerating, and emerging scenarios such as AI agents, and government clouds are emerging, network boundaries are becoming more and more blurred and complex, data transmission volume is increasing exponentially, and security risks continue to rise. As the first line of defense for network security, firewalls have become an indispensable core infrastructure in the intelligent transformation of enterprises. Huawei continues to develop and innovate firewall products based on hot cutting-edge technologies such as generative AI, zero trust, and secure access service edge (SASE) in line with market demand. At MWC Barcelona 2026, the HiSecEngine USG6000G series AI firewalls were officially released, realizing a comprehensive upgrade from the E/F series to the G series. With AI as the core driving force, Huawei deeply integrates cutting-edge technologies such as hardware AI-specific computing power engines and software AI detection algorithms into its products, builds three core advantages of high performance, high detection, and easy O&M, comprehensively enhances product competitiveness, and creates an intelligent, efficient, and reliable network security barrier for enterprises. High performance: A security-specific engine to ensure the smooth operation of enterprise services Huawei Firewall integrates four AI security engines: NP acceleration, pattern matching, encryption and decryption, and adaptive engines, which greatly improve the performance of core services such as application identification, intrusion prevention, and IPsec encryption and decryption, with a maximum throughput of 4 Tbps, which can meet the security defense needs of enterprises in high-traffic scenarios and ensure that key interconnection services between headquarters and branches are smooth and lag-free. High detection: AI intelligent detection to accurately identify unknown threats Huawei deeply integrates generative AI capabilities into firewall products. Equipped with an AI Core security-specific computing power engine and inline AI security detection algorithms for real-time online inference of security events, these products can block unknown malware in milliseconds and detect 95% of unknown threats, which is 15% ahead of the industry average, preventing security risks during access to the Internet and cloud services. Easy O&M: AI-assisted O&M to improve security operation efficiency The iMaster NCE controller implements automatic orchestration of security policies, compliance checks, and policy redundancy analysis to efficiently manage firewalls. Meanwhile, with more than 8,000 AI correlation analysis rules in the cloud, invalid alarms are filtered out, security threats are handled in seconds, and 99% of security events are handled automatically, effectively improving security operation efficiency. Huawei has long cultivated deep expertise across government, education, finance, and carrier markets. By working closely with customers, Huawei has developed and launched tailored security solutions for diverse scenarios, including SASE, zero trust, and intelligent computing security, precisely aligning with sector-specific requirements and capturing emerging market opportunities. Looking ahead, Huawei will continue to increase investment in firewall product R&D, safeguarding enterprises as they accelerate their digital and intelligent transformation. Related Products/Solutions

HR Solutions At Work
Mar 25th, 2026
HR Solutions At Work is growing this spring.

HR Solutions At Work is growing this spring. March 25, 2026 Happy spring - the flowers are growing and so is HR Solutions At Work!!! Please help Hrsolutionsatwork welcome the following team members to its outsourced HR and Investigations teams: Debra Bernardi most recently worked as global HR leader for the International Data Corporation (IDC), and brings a wealth of experience in HR and employee relations. She will be working as a Workplace Investigator and HR Business Partner. Brenda Valdes-Robles is an experienced trainer who has worked in the leadership teams of several international aid organizations. She is fluent in several languages, including Spanish and Portuguese, and will be an HR and Investigations Specialist. Anne Thompson's expertise in corporate governance and board relations will complement its outsourced HR services, including workplace assessments. Anne has worked for both global corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Alexia Whitaker, who worked at HRSAW from 2024-2025, has returned to her prior role of Workplace Investigator. Alexia most recently worked as EEO Specialist for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). HRSAW also has a new affiliation with Julie Bryan of Waypoint Workplace Investigations, who will be an Investigator on its team. Julie is the Founder and Principal of Waypoint, and also worked for several years at Amazon, where she most recently was Senior HR Investigator for Specialized Investigations. Hrsolutionsatwork is excited to meet the evolving and growing needs of its clients with this incredible group of talented individuals!

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