2010 Planned Research Agenda
Our IDC Government Insights' analysts have planned dozens of research projects to help you get the most out of your business in 2010. The information presented here represents some of our current plans.
Insights research can become the foundation or springboard for custom consulting projects, such as evaluating new business opportunities, understanding a market segment, exploring new technologies for your operations, improving knowledge of your customers, increasing customer satisfaction, developing a competitive strategy, etc.
Because Research Agendas may change during the course of the year, regularly check this section for updates. To learn more about the planned research agenda for 2010 or to learn about regional or country plans, please contact us.
Asia/Pacific Government Technology Decision Support |
This IDC Government Insights' Asia/Pacific Government Technology Decision Support service addresses the roles and responsibilities of government technology officials in the selection, management, and value determination of technology decisions. This research focuses on aligning technology to achieve business objectives, increasing the level of confidence for success, and realizing measurable business results from IT investments. It provides government and vendors with research reports and provocative viewpoints on all aspects of government policy and guidance that must be considered for technology investment strategies, business case adjudication, and risk and portfolio management. Executive-level governance and organizational efficiency, along with oversight and enterprise reporting of technology results round out the key elements of this service.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Business Strategy | Technology Usage and Adoption Trends | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top 10 Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions in the Public Sector | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Best Practices | Security and Privacy in an Integrated and Virtualized Environment - A Case Study | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) IT-Enabled Organizational Change - Collaboration and Mobility are New Modes of Working | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Transformative Technologies for the Education Sector | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Top Asia/Pacific-Based/Local Software and IT Services Public Sector Partners | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Government via Web 2.0 | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Sustainability in Public Sector IT - Beyond Green IT | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) IT Transformations of Community Development and Human Services | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Best Practices | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Government Sector Shared Services Best Practices | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Creating Digital Communities - The Growing Role of Location-Based Public Services | Oct-Dec 2010 |
Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Government |
This Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Government service focuses on one of the IT industry's most lucrative markets, which, at the same time, is also one of the most difficult in which to establish a strong foothold. Asia/Pacific's leading governments have set out bold e-government and modernization visions, but they face numerous challenges as they try to achieve this transformation. This service provides the IT community with an in-depth understanding of the IT spending trends occurring across federal and local governments, as well as by different IT categories. It delivers thought leadership, timely market sizing, and guidance for grasping current and emerging opportunities.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Best Practices | Country Report, Singapore | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Best Practices | Country Report, China | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Best Practices | Country Report, New Zealand | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Best Practices | Country Report, Australia | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Business Strategy | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Government IT Investment and Spending Trends | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Creating Digital Communities – The Growing Role of Location-Based Public Services | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions in the Public Sector | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Public Sector IT Spending Forecast 2009-2013 | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Best Practices | Asia/Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Government IT - Structure and Performance Indicators | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Compilation of IT Contracts | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Key Technology Partners within the Government IT Security Market | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Technology Usage and Adoption Trends | Oct-Dec 2010 |
Canadian IT Opportunity: Government |
This IDC Government Insights service helps governments leverage IT investments to maximize organizational performance. This service offers details on IT hardware, software, services, and telecom spending at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels. The service also guides companies that sell to federal, provincial, or municipal Canadian government sectors by providing critical information about these markets. IDC Government Insights' clients have access to intelligence on the IT market opportunity, IT investment priorities, purchase criteria and decision making, and vendor perceptions based on primary research.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Business Strategy | Provincial Strategic Priorities | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Federal Strategic Priorities | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Top 10 Predictions | Top Ten 2010 Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | 2008 - 2012 Canadian Government Forecast and Analysis | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Interoperability and Public Safety | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Verticals Forecast | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Best Practices | Buyer Case Study TBD | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Segments Webcast | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Consumer Uptake of Web Services | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Identity Management | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Storage/Content Management | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Cloud Computing in Canadian Government | Oct-Dec 2010 |
European Government Technology Decision Support |
This IDC Government Insights European Government Technology Decision Support service provides detailed information about the European government IT buying policy and information and communication technology (ICT) priorities and how the European Commission supports member states' ICT investments. The purpose of this service is to help government executives maximize benefits of new way of delivering services enabled by ICT (e.g., ID cards, teleworking).
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Best Practices | Best Practices: CHAMPS2 and Service Birmingham Key to City's Corporate Service Transformation -- A ProveIT Case Study | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Method and Practices | Remote, Flexible and Mobile Working/Telework | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top 10 Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Cloud Computing: What Are the Potential Risks/Rewards for the Public Sector | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Vendor Assessment: Public Sector Hardware/Middleware/Networking/Telcos/Mobility Vendors | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Vendor Assessment: Public Sector Software Vendors | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Vendor Assessment: Public Sector IT SI/Outsourcing/Services Suppliers | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Cybersecurity – What Does an Effective Public Sector Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan Look Like? | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Perspective | Data Management – How Does Legislation Governing Data Management Differ in Europe, North America, Asia/Pacific and South America | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Perspective | Technology and the Changing Local/Regional Government Ecosystem | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Next Generation Enterprise Applications – Is Your Vendor a Help or a Hindrance in Driving Integrated Government? | Oct-Dec 2010 |
European IT Opportunity: Government |
This IDC Government Insights' European IT Opportunity: Government service provides detailed information about the European government sector, including the central government and local government markets. It offers a detailed focus on certain solution areas, such as electronic service delivery, electronic procurement, and case and record management. IDC Government Insights provides estimates on information and communication technology (ICT) spending in the sector, primary end-user research, analysis of vendors' go-to-market strategies, and continuous monitoring of the market to reveal the most recent initiatives and identify success stories. It leverages the consolidated tools and methodologies developed by IDC's Vertical Market Center for this sector.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Technology Selection | Government Sector IT Spending, Forecast 2008-2013 – Analyst Comments | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | Government Sector Horizontal Solution Priorities | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Technology Selection | Government Sector Vertical Specific Solution Priorities | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Technology Selection | Government Sector Channel Selection, IT Strategy and Decision-Making | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | Government Sector Border Management -- Structure and Performance Indicators | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | Government Sector, Smart, Smarter, Smartest Cities -- What Does this Mean to You? | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Business Strategy | Government Sector Spatial Information Systems | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top 10 Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Pivot Table | Government Sector IT Spending, Forecast 2008-2013 Spring Update Pivot Table | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Competitive Analysis Public Sector Hardware/Middleware/Networking/Telcos/Mobility Vendors | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Competitive Analysis Public Sector Software Vendors | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Competitive Analysis Public Sector IT SI/Outsourcing/Services Suppliers | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Perspective | Government and Social networking – What’s the Opportunity? | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Perspective | Analysis of Public Sector Market Contract and Purchasing Activity | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Best Practices | Use of Next Generation Wireless and Mobile Technologies in the Public Sector | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Best Practices | Government Sector IT Defence and Public Security Adoption and Investment Plans | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Government Sector IT Spending, Forecast 2009-2014 – Analyst Comments | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Pivot Table | Government Sector IT Spending, Forecast 2009-2014 Pivot Table | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Perspective | IT Smart Sourcing: Insourcing/Outsourcing/Shared Services | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Pivot Table | Education Sector IT Spending, Forecast 2009-2014 Pivot Table | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Perspective | Analysis of Public Sector Market Contract and Purchasing Activity | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States Federal Government IT Spending Guide |
The United States Federal Government IT Spending Guide service is designed to help IT vendors understand the national government procurement process and leverage potential IT opportunities. This service offers details on IT hardware, software, and services spending at the federal civilian and federal defense department levels, as well as among large agencies and in key technology categories. This research service provides IT vendors with deep domain analysis of U.S. government with specific market sizing, forecasts, and segmentations. Details are delivered in a pivot table with thousands of lines of spending data.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Pivot Table | United States Federal Government IT Spending Guide Pivot Table with Background Description and Methodology (With Updates as Driven by the Marketplace) | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Pivot Table | United States Federal Government IT Spending Guide (Annual Update) | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Pivot Table | United States Federal Government IT Spending 2009-2014 Forecast | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | United States Federal Government IT Spending Guide (Mid year Update) | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States Government Infrastructure Optimization |
IDC Government Insights' United States Government Infrastructure Optimization research advisory service presents and reviews the challenges facing agencies that are under pressure to improve service delivery, are operating under tightly constrained budgets, and have accountability for demonstrating value, compliance, and efficiency. Profiles of IT vendors that support government infrastructure optimization are provided as well.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Best Practices | Prove IT: Army Virtualization Solutions | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Technology Selection | How Open Source Solutions Influence Data Center Consolidation | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Methods and Practices | Lines of Business as Consolidation Points for Shared Service Centers | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Best Practices | Prove IT: Air Force Automated Message Handling System (Via Telos) | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Establishing a Migration Plan for Applications and Full Data Centers | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Network and System Optimization - Players to Watch and Services Infrastructure Outsourcing | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top Ten Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Best Practices | Prove IT: Major Federal Agency | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Best Practices | Project Management Bootcamp - Keeping Government IT Projects on Track | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Government as a Services Management Platform | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Best Practices | Prove IT: Major State-level Agency | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Establishing "Data Authority" to Control the Spread of Duplicate Data in Federal Data Sharing Programs | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Business Strategy | New Procurement Strategies for Federal Agencies | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Best Practices | Prove IT: Major Federal Agency | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Government Cloud Computing - Is It Raining Yet? | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Thin Client Solutions and Business Continuity | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States Government Line of Business Budget Guide |
The Federal Office of Management and Budget has set strict guidelines for how federal agencies must request and gain approval for IT projects as part of the federal budgeting process. IDC Government Insights gathers the budget request and reporting detail from all federal agencies and includes line-item detail in the United States Government Line of Business Budget Guide research advisory service. For each spending line, this Guide includes details on agency, department, individual project, and type of funding requested. With the data in place, this Guide also offers IT vendors details for tracking new development requests versus legacy spending, identifying multiple buyers for line-of-business (LOB) spending across sectors, targeting organizations requesting funding for cross-government and agency-specific projects, and analyzing the allocation of LOB initiatives across hardware, software, and IT services. The Guide is updated bi-annually and delivered as a pivot table.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Pivot Table | United States Government Line of Business Budget Guide Pivot Table Update | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Pivot Table | United States Government Line of Business Budget Guide Pivot Table Annual Update | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Pivot Table | United States Government Line of Business Budget Guide Pivot Table Mid Year Update | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States Government Services Delivery |
The United States Government Services Delivery research advisory service provides analysis of government entities that are leveraging technology to implement mission-critical initiatives to serve citizens, and profiles the vendors that are partnering with government to deliver this service. Included is information that presents the experiences of comparable government organizations in IT implementations and objectively articulates outcomes in a government-specific context. The continuing evolution of performance-based contracting, public and private partnerships, share-in-savings models, and the use of innovative technology to provide information and services to citizens are also covered.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Best Practices | Prove IT: CRM and Citizen Service | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | Governance Rules for Social Networking | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | IT Scorecards and the Impact on Constituent Services | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Best Practices | Prove IT:Citizen Enablement | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top 10 Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Perspective | The CIO's Role in Social Networking | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Social Networking: Is Everyone Plugged in? | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Methods and Practices | ProveIT:Citizen Engagement | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Perspective | Who's Sharing Shared Services Now? | Apr-Jun 2009 |
| Technology Selection | The Impact of Performance Based CRM on Government | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Best Practices | Prove IT:Citizen Service | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Perspective | Citizen Satisfaction: Myth or Reality? | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Open Government: Is More Better? | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Best Practices | ProveIT:Citizen Engagement | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Best Practices | Lessons Learned: Governance of Social Networking | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Perspective | Transparent Government: What Do Citizens See? | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States Government Strategic Technology Program |
The United States Government Strategic Technology Program research advisory program provides a selective, targeted body of research reports to assist Government technology buyers with their job function of not only procuring the appropriate IT products to meet the needs of each agency they support but also to manage the entire selection process and its associated risk and rewards for each technology decision. Each specific report details the impact of this technology on government users, government budgets, and our future outlook.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Perspective | Mobile Government? New Devices and Strategies | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | Social Networking in Government: Risks and Rewards | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top Ten Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Cloud Computing in the Public Sector | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Methods and Practices | Governance, Risk, and Compliance Applications | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | CRM and Citizen Service: To Boldly Go | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | eDiscovery and Electronic Records Management | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Methods and Practices | Leveraging ERP: Pathway for Transformation | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Technology Selection | The Foundational Building Blocks: SOA and Web 2.0 | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Best Practices | Federal Threat/Secure Content Management | Oct-Dec 2010 |
| Methods and Practices | Life Cycle Management: Strategic Investments to Last | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States IT Opportunity: Government |
The United States IT Opportunity: Government advisory service equips IT vendors with the market insight, competitive analysis, and demand-side adoption trend information they need to better serve the government sector. The service provides IT product and service firms with the latest insights into government and IT. It includes both hard spending data and breaking events in government that affect the outlook for IT opportunities.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Technology Selection | How Open Source Solutions Influence Data Center Consolidation | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | IT Scorecards and the Impact on Constituent Services | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Perspective | ARRA Update | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Business Strategy | U.S. Government 2010 Go-to-Market Guide | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Vendor Assessment | Network and System Optimization - Players to Watch and Services Infrastructure Outsourcing | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Top 10 Predictions | 2010 Top Ten Predictions | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Perspective | State of the States 2010 IT Outlook | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Perspective | The Impact of Performance Based CRM on Government | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Perspective | U.S. Federal 2011 Budget Assessment | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Perspective | ARRA Update | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Business Strategy | Government 101 Preparing for the 2011 IT Opportunity | Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Synopsis US Federal, State and Local Spending Forecasts: 2010-2015 | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Perspective | ARRA Update | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Technology Selection | Thin Client Solutions and Business Continuity | Oct-Dec 2010 |
United States State and Local Government IT Spending Guide |
The United States State and Local Government IT Spending Guide advisory service is designed to help IT vendors make sense of the government procurement process and leverage potential IT opportunities. This service offers details on IT hardware, software, and services spending at the state and local government levels, including details on state functional areas such as transportation of social services, and details key technologies. This research service provides IT vendors with deep domain analysis of state and local government market sizing, forecasts, and segmentations. Details are delivered in a pivot table with thousands of lines of spending data.
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| Document Type |
Document Title |
Publish Date |
| Technology Selection | United States State and Local IT Spending 2009-2014 Forecast | Oct-Dec 2009 |
| Pivot Table | United States State and Local Government IT Spending Guide (Annual Update) | Jan-Mar 2010 |
| Technology Selection | United States State and Local Government IT Spending 2009-2014 Forecast | Jul-Sep 2010 |
| Pivot Table | United States State and Local Government IT Spending Guide (Mid Year Update) | Jul-Sep 2010 |
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