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IDC Energy Insights covers the entire utility value chain - generation, transmission, distribution, and customer service - providing independent, timely, and relevant analysis focused on key business and technology issues such as the smart grid and the adoption of new technologies such as big data and analytics, cloud computing, mobility, and social media. IDC Energy Insights also offers advisory services focused on how clean energy technologies are being adopted by energy companies, businesses and consumers in order to comply with regulatory mandates, reduce energy costs and achieve sustainability goals. Any organization involved in clean energy - whether it is marketing a new product or service or evaluating clean energy technology options - needs timely, reliable information to stay on top of developments in this dynamic market. IDC Energy Insights provides exclusive market analysis and direct access to industry experts - helping clients better understand trends and developments related to emerging energy technologies. IDC Energy Insights serves a diverse and growing global client base, including electric, gas and water utilities, government agencies and investors with insight into the pertinent topics that matter most to strategists and business decision makers.

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IDC Energy Insights focuses its research on the upstream and midstream segments of the oil & gas industry. We analyze how oil & gas companies and oil field service companies are using intelligent technologies to explore for new resources, increase production and manage environment, health and safety risks. Our research and advisory programs provide global insights into the impact of information and communication technology investments on business performance in the global oil & gas industry.

Smart Oil & Gas Advisory Services:

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IDC Energy Insights covers the entire utility value chain - generation, transmission, distribution, and customer service - providing independent, timely, and relevant analysis focused on key business and technology issues such as the smart grid and the adoption of new technologies such as big data and analytics, cloud computing, mobility, and social media. IDC Energy Insights also offers advisory services focused on how clean energy technologies are being adopted by energy companies, businesses and consumers in order to comply with regulatory mandates, reduce energy costs and achieve sustainability goals. Any organization involved in clean energy - whether it is marketing a new product or service or evaluating clean energy technology options - needs timely, reliable information to stay on top of developments in this dynamic market. IDC Energy Insights provides exclusive market analysis and direct access to industry experts - helping clients better understand trends and developments related to emerging energy technologies. IDC Energy Insights serves a diverse and growing global client base, including electric, gas and water utilities, government agencies and investors with insight into the pertinent topics that matter most to strategists and business decision makers.

Smart Grid/Smart Energy Advisory Services:

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IDC events deliver dependable, relevant, and high-impact data and insight to help organizations make sound business and technology decisions.

Thousands of vendor and IT end user executives attend our in-person and virtual events every year. At an IDC event, you'll hear first hand from IDC's thought leaders about the latest technology trends; gain a deeper insight into emerging IT trends; network with the leading thinkers in the industry, industry peers and IT vendors; acquire best practices and concrete solutions; benchmark your IT strategy against industry peers; and, find solutions for the IT challenges that you face.

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IDC Web Conferences deliver the latest dependable, relevant, and high-impact data and insight to help organizations make sound business and technology decisions.

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IDC Energy Insights focuses its research on the upstream and midstream segments of the oil & gas industry. We analyze how oil & gas companies and oil field service companies are using intelligent technologies to explore for new resources, increase production and manage environment, health and safety risks. Our research and advisory programs provide global insights into the impact of information and communication technology investments on business performance in the global oil & gas industry.

Oil & Gas Advisory Services:

Please select Energy Solutions Market Share Guide Middle East and Africa Oil and Gas IT Strategies Worldwide Oil and Gas Industry IT Spending Guide Worldwide Oil and Gas IT Strategies

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IDC Energy Insights covers the entire utility value chain – generation, transmission, distribution, and customer service – providing independent, timely, and relevant analysis focused on key business and technology issues such as the smart grid and the adoption of new technologies such as big data and analytics, cloud computing, mobility, and social media. IDC Energy Insights serves a diverse and growing global client base, including electric, gas and water utilities, government agencies and investors with insight into the pertinent topics that matter most to utility strategists and business decision makers.

Utilities Advisory Services:

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IDC's Global IT Advisor access service provides flexible, cross-disciplinary research coverage, granularity in market information and analysis, and timely delivery. It includes company profiles, technology forecasts, market trends, and competitive and international market analyses and is designed for a select client base whose needs vary across a range of technology areas, including IT, consulting, industrial, advertising/public relations, publishing/media, and retail.

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IDC Advisory Tools form a growing set of solutions designed to ensure that your technology purchasing and deployment decisions are optimized. IDC has been the pioneer in developing these valuable tools and is the unmistakable leader in the industry for a rigorous, fact-based approach to facilitating IT decision making. Our mission is to turn your IT expenditures into sound investments.

List of Advisory Tools:

• Smart Fair Market Value
• Smart Analysis
• Smart Buy
• Smart Index

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IDC's IT Wallet Service is an Excel pivot table that provides clients with estimates into the historical and expected technology spend of leading corporations. Segmented into hardware, software, services, telecommunications, and internal spend, data may be sorted by multiple aspects including geography, technology, and industry. The research is crafted to arm sales and marketing organizations of IT suppliers with the specific information they need to incorporate into a smart selling strategy.

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