citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message not to be confused with interactive data corporation . international data corporation type subsidiary of idg industry market research founded 1964 headquarters framingham massachusetts usa key people kirk campbell president and ceo products market intelligence advisory services events number of employees 1001 5000 employees parent idg website idc.com international data corporation idc an american market research analysis and advisory firm specializes in information technology telecommunications and consumer technology software development . a wholly owned subsidiary of the international data group idg . idc has its headquarters in framingham massachusetts united states u.s. . the corporation has approximately 70 offices grouped into latin america middle east and africa central and eastern europe europe asia pacific and the u.s. . it employs over 1 100 analysts who provide consultancy in relation to technology opportunities and trends for over 110 countries . history edit idc was founded by patrick joseph mcgovern in massachusetts in 1964 . at the outset the company produced a computer installation data base and published a newsletter edp industry and market report . companies such as univac xerox and burroughs paid idc for the research . after three years an expanding idc was grossing us 600 000 . 1 mcgovern became engaged by the concept of publishing after idc research showed a lack of knowledge among computer systems managers of computer industry news and product developments . he consequently launched computerworld in 1967 which was a continuation of the monthly newsletter published weekly instead of monthly in a different format with advertising which became a cornerstone of idg s subsequent publishing arm . 1 idc has had major slips in forecasts . in 2011 idc predicted windows phone to overtake iphone in market share but in reality windows phone is almost dead . 2 references edit a b international data group inc. history . funding universe . funding universe . 1999 . retrieved 21 april 2014 . when market forecasts go bad idc windows phone & blackberry external links edit official website international data group idg official website v t e idg magazines cio computerworld cso gamepro former gamestar former macworld network world pc advisor pc world websites infoworld the industry standard itworld javaworld techworld idg world expo demo macworld iworld opensource world other idc idg ventures retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title international data corporation & oldid 740537317 categories american companies established in 1964companies based in framingham massachusettsresearch and analysis firmsinternational data grouphidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2015all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal deutsch rom n t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 17 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view