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David Senf
Program Vice President, Infrastructure Solutions Group

Team:
Canada Research
Canadian Infrastructure Solutions Team
Canadian IT Overview Team
Canadian Services Team
Canadian Software Team
Canadian Telecom & Networks Team
Telecom and Networks
Worldwide Software Research
IDC's Security Services Taxonomy, 2013
Juan Sacchi, Vladimír Kroa, Curtis Robinson, Yukiharu Yorifuji, David Senf, Christina Richmond, Curtis Price
Feb 2013 - Doc # SL01V      Industry Development and Models
This IDC study presents IDC's taxonomy for the security services market. It provides the definitions of security services across four major segments: consulting, implementation, operations, and education and training. It is the foundatio ...
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Canadian Impact of Dell Going Private
David Senf, Dave Pearson, Mark Schrutt, Tarun Bhasin, Tim Brunt
Feb 2013 - Doc # lcCA23939113      IDC Link
After months of speculation, Dell confirmed in an announcement on February 5th that it intends to make the switch back to a privately held entity. Michael Dell, with partners Silver Lake and Microsoft, has entered into an agreement to acqui ...
Forecast of Data Breaches of Personal Information in Canada
David Senf, Thomas Dyer, John Proctor, Wynn Fenwick
Dec 2012 - Doc # CA8CIC12      Customer Needs and Strategies
This IDC study analyzes a model constructed by IDC Canada to calculate the number of incidents of lost and stolen confidential personal data occurring in Canada, with a forecast out to 2015. The information in this study will help securi ...
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Worldwide Hosted Private Cloud Services 2012–2016 Forecast: New Models for Delivering Infrastructure Services
Robert P. Mahowald, Frank Gens, Richard L. Villars, Satoshi Matsumoto, Chris Morris, Melanie Posey, Margaret Adam, Mark Schrutt, Vladimír Kroa, Connor G Sullivan, Ricardo Villate, Alejandro Florean, David Senf, David Tapper
Dec 2012 - Doc # 238689      Market Analysis
This IDC study examines the hosted private cloud (HPC) market, composed of dedicated private cloud (DPC) services and virtual private cloud (VPC) services, for 2011, with a five-year growth forecast for 2012–2016 and with trends and fore ...
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Canadian Cloud Buyer Budget and Cost Expectations
Mark Schrutt, Tony Olvet, Nigel Wallis, Jim Westcott, David Senf
Dec 2012 - Doc # CA4CCS12      IDC Presentation: Survey
This IDC Presentation examines the current marketplace for cloud services in Canada and the dollar values at stake. The presentation reviews companies' current spend for cloud services and their project offerings such as infrastructure a ...
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Who’s Jumping on the Cloud? Canadian Cloud Adoption Patterns and Attitudes
Mark Schrutt, Tony Olvet, Nigel Wallis, Jim Westcott, David Senf
Dec 2012 - Doc # CA3CCS12      IDC Presentation: Survey
This IDC Presentation examines the adoption of cloud services in Canada. IDC's research examined the current adoption of cloud solutions, who is buying, and what types of cloud services are showing early signs of success in the market. T ...
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Shared Services Canada and IDC ICT Forecast
Alison Brooks, Ph.D., Dave Pearson, David Senf, Nigel Wallis, Mark Schrutt
Dec 2012 - Doc # GI7CAG12      Insights Presentation
This IDC Presentation provides an update to vendors regarding IDC Canada's current forecast assumptions relative to the impact of the Government of Canada's (GoC's) Shared Services Canada (SSC) initiative. IDC reviews the short-term impa ...
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Canadian Cloud Software 2012–2016 Forecast and 2011 Vendor Shares
Nigel Wallis, Tony Olvet, Mark Schrutt, David Senf, Julie Ross, Thomas Dyer
Oct 2012 - Doc # CA6ECA12      Market Analysis
This IDC study presents IDC's view of Canadian cloud software market performance by key vendors in 2011 and anticipated market performance through 2016. The cloud software market reached C$482 million in revenue in 2011, a 27% year-over- ...
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Canadian Public IT Cloud Services: 2012–2016 Forecast Overview
Nigel Wallis, Mark Schrutt, David Senf, Thomas Dyer
Jun 2012 - Doc # CA1CCS12      Update
This IDC update forecasts the market for five major categories of IT offerings delivered via the cloud services delivery/consumption model in Canada: application software, platform as a service (formerly application development and deplo ...
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Summary of Brand Perceptions of Server, Storage, and Networking Vendors in Canada
David Senf, Tarun Bhasin, Dave Pearson, Marlene Graham
Apr 2012 - Doc # CA3CIC12      Customer Needs and Strategies
This IDC study provides an analysis of Canadian brand perceptions on server, storage, and networking vendors for 2011. Customer perceptions were measured against 11 criteria used for evaluating vendors when purchasing infrastructure equi ...
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Brand Perceptions of Networking Vendors in Canada
David Senf, Dave Pearson, Marlene Graham, Tarun Bhasin
Feb 2012 - Doc # CA13CIC12      Customer Needs and Strategies
This IDC study provides an analysis of Canadian brand perceptions on networking vendors for 2011. Brand awareness was measured, along with perceptions of customers, against 11 criteria used for evaluating vendors when purchasing networki ...
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Brand Perceptions of Storage Vendors in Canada
Marlene Graham, David Senf, Tarun Bhasin, Dave Pearson
Feb 2012 - Doc # CA11CIC12      Customer Needs and Strategies
This IDC study provides an analysis of Canadian brand perceptions on storage vendors for 2011. Brand awareness was measured, along with perceptions of customers, against 11 criteria used for evaluating vendors when purchasing storage equ ...
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Brand Perceptions of Server Vendors in Canada
Marlene Graham, David Senf, Tarun Bhasin, Dave Pearson
Dec 2011 - Doc # CA14ICS11      Customer Needs and Strategies
This IDC study provides an analysis of Canadian brand perceptions on server vendors for 2011. Brand awareness was measured, along with perceptions of customers, against 11 criteria used for evaluating vendors when purchasing servers. The ...
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Canadian Partner Cloud Computing Study: Summary of Results
Tony Olvet, David Senf
Dec 2011 - Doc # CA8SMB11      IDC Presentation: Survey
This IDC Presentation provides the summary of survey results for IDC Canada's first detailed study of channel partners' revenue mix, outlook, business model changes and resource needs around cloud computing. It contains responses from 15 ...
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Managing IT's Way into the Cloud: Mind the Gaps
David Senf, Marlene Graham
Dec 2011 - Doc # CA12ICS11      IDC Presentation
This presentation was delivered in front of an audience of IT personnel in December 2011.: There is unprecedented change happening across the IT industry. Cloud computing, mobility, analytics and the social enterprise, force IT to r ...
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