About IDC Energy Insights

The energy industry is driven by a number of factors including the price of energy commodities, the financial health of the industry and its players, and the degree and complexity of government regulation and/or market restructuring initiatives. Energy companies operating in this business environment face a host of challenges including increasing operational efficiency, sustaining growth and ensuring regulatory compliance. These companies have made extensive investments in information and energy technologies in an effort to improve business performance. However, many of these technology investments have failed to provide the expected return.

To help energy companies rise above these challenges and maximize the business value of their technology investments, the IDC Energy Insights team of analysts and consultants provides:

  • Advisory services focused on the business processes most often targeted for technology investments such as the asset and customer lifecycles
  • Market intelligence on emerging issues such as broadband over power line (BPL), mobile/wireless computing, high performance computing, and and smart metering
  • Analysis of business strategies such as business process outsourcing and realizing merger and acquisition synergies
  • Details on best practices and business case studies to help you lower risk and make informed decisions regarding current and future IT investments
  • Benchmarking research and expert analysis to help compare your efforts with those of other energy companies

Background

IDC Energy Insights is based in Framingham, MA and operates throughout the world utilizing IDC's network of global facilities. Our focus is to provide strategic business technology and application advice for the energy industry. IDC is the foremost global market intelligence and advisory firm with more than 1,000 analysts in 110+ countries. IDC forecasts worldwide markets and trends to deliver dependable service and client advice. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research, and exposition company.

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