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Framingham, MA-based International Data Corporation has Appointed Stephen Elliot as Vice President Information Technology Infrastructure
About the Company
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of IT market intelligence and advisory services. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,100 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For 49 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world`s leading technology media, research, and events company.
About the Person
Stephen Elliot joins IDC from CA Technologies, an enterprise management software provider, where he held various leadership roles as Vice President of Strategy for the Infrastructure Management and Data Center Automation business unit, as well as led product management for the VCE relationship. He also developed strategic initiatives as part of the Corporate Strategy team. In these roles, he provided direct strategic and tactical advice to customers that wanted to accelerate their path towards the cloud, software-defined datacenters, and DevOps. Prior to CA Technologies, Elliot was a noted software industry analyst at firms including IDC, Gartner, and Forrester, where he advised IT executives, vendors, and the financial community on IT operations, virtualization, automation, and network and application management. He also served as a product marketing manager at Inteq, an early provider of SaaS-based network monitoring and service desk capabilities, helping customers understand the business value of the SaaS delivery model. Elliot earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California, completed graduate work in Public Administration at American University (Washington D.C.), and completed executive education at Harvard Business School.
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