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International Data Corporation (IDC) is a market research
Market research

Market research often refers to either primary or secondary. In secondary research, the company uses information compiled from various sources which appears applicable to a new or existing product....
 and analysis firm specializing in information technology
Information technology

Information technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to data conv...
, telecommunications and consumer technology. IDC is a subsidiary of International Data Group
IDG

International Data Group is a technology media, research, event management, and venture capital organization.IDG evolved from International Data Corporation which was formed in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts by Patrick Joseph McGovern and a friend....
. IDC is headquartered in Framingham
Framingham, Massachusetts

Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 66,910, making it the most populous New England town in New England....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 and claims to have over 1000 analysts in 50 countries.

Patrick J McGovern founded IDC in Massachusetts with a friend during 1964 after a UNIVAC
UNIVAC

UNIVAC is the name of a business unit and division of the Remington Rand company formed by the 1950 purchase of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, founded four years earlier by ENIAC inventors J....
 executive complained to him about the lack of market research information available on the emerging computer industry.






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International Data Corporation (IDC) is a market research
Market research

Market research often refers to either primary or secondary. In secondary research, the company uses information compiled from various sources which appears applicable to a new or existing product....
 and analysis firm specializing in information technology
Information technology

Information technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to data conv...
, telecommunications and consumer technology. IDC is a subsidiary of International Data Group
IDG

International Data Group is a technology media, research, event management, and venture capital organization.IDG evolved from International Data Corporation which was formed in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts by Patrick Joseph McGovern and a friend....
. IDC is headquartered in Framingham
Framingham, Massachusetts

Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 66,910, making it the most populous New England town in New England....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 and claims to have over 1000 analysts in 50 countries.

Patrick J McGovern founded IDC in Massachusetts with a friend during 1964 after a UNIVAC
UNIVAC

UNIVAC is the name of a business unit and division of the Remington Rand company formed by the 1950 purchase of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, founded four years earlier by ENIAC inventors J....
 executive complained to him about the lack of market research information available on the emerging computer industry. At the beginning, the company produced a computer industry data base and a newsletter, EDP Industry & Market Report.

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