IDC's Worldwide Line of Business Spending Guide Taxonomy, 2022

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's functional area research. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Guide: Line of Business program as well as all functional area research to help organizations understand the non-IT department technology buyers."IDC's Worldwide Line of Business Spending Guide taxonomy presents a comprehensive view of spending by line of business functions," said Eileen Smith, program vice president at IDC. "It is an invaluable resource to help vendors define and standardize their functional area definitions."