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Darren Bibby
Program Vice-President, Channels and Alliances Research

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Partnering Trends by Software Market
Darren Bibby, Marilyn Carr
Apr 2013 - Doc # 240744      Industry Development and Models
This IDC study provides a perspective on the routes to market for the secondary software markets tracked by IDC and discusses the high-level channel trends that will drive the split between direct and indirect sales through 2013 and beyo ...
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IDC Competitive Market Insight: Microsoft Calendar 4Q12 Update
Mary Wardley, Christine Dover, Darren Bibby, Vanessa Thompson, Mira Perry
Apr 2013 - Doc # 240621      Vendor Needs and Strategies
This IDC study provides market intelligence details for Microsoft, with a focus on the Microsoft Business Solutions Dynamics product group for the period from October 2012 to December 2012. Data includes financial performance and sales h ...
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Worldwide SMB 2013 Predictions: Impact of Changing Priorities, Preferences, and Challenges
Raymond Boggs, Christopher Chute, Giuliana Folco, Darren Bibby, Matt Davis, Liz Conner, Ben Hoffman, Carrie MacGillivray, Jed Scaramella, Connor G Sullivan
Mar 2013 - Doc # 240196      Insight
This IDC Insight supplements IDC's 2013 SMB predictions Webcast of January 2013. It examines expected changes in the SMB IT market overall, with additional detail on each of the five major regions: North America; Western Europe; Central ...
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Worldwide Applications 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Michael Fauscette, Robert P. Mahowald, Mary Wardley, Amy Konary, Christine Dover, Melissa Webster, Darren Bibby, Steve White, Vanessa Thompson
Mar 2013 - Doc # 239745      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC study defines and presents IDC's worldwide applications software analyst team's 2013 top 10 predictions for the applications software market, including enterprise applications (EA), customer relationship management (CRM) and cus ...
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Parallels Software: A Growing Ecosystem
Darren Bibby
Mar 2013 - Doc # lcCA23991113      IDC Link
Parallels is not the name of a software company that everybody knows. In fact, a few people around the office didn't know about the company when they heard I was attending their conference. Others knew them for their Parallels Desktop softw ...
IDC Competitive Market Insight: Oracle Fiscal 2Q13 Update
Michael Fauscette, Mira Perry, Christine Dover, Amy Konary, Robert P. Mahowald, Mary Wardley, Vanessa Thompson, Connor G Sullivan, Darren Bibby, Steve White
Feb 2013 - Doc # 239336      Vendor Needs and Strategies
This IDC study provides market intelligence details for Oracle's FY 2Q13. Detailed descriptions of select products and the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) are also included.: "According to Oracle President Mark Hurd, applications, middl ...
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IT Channels and Alliances: Trends and Predictions 2013
Darren Bibby, Marilyn Carr, Paul Edwards, Steve White
Feb 2013 - Doc # WC20130206      Event Proceeding
This IDC Web Conference presents and discusses some of the key trends by IDC's Channels and Alliances team in software and hardware channels as well as strategic alliances and also predictions for 2013 and beyond. Trends and predictions ...
Measuring the True Influence of Partners
Darren Bibby
Jan 2013 - Doc # 239212      Industry Development and Models
This study explores the topic of partner influence, the concept that IT solution providers influence more software deals than they physically resell. It looks at what partner influence means to software vendors and partners and why it's ...
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IDC Predictions 2013: SMB — Impact of Changing Priorities, Preferences, and Challenges
Raymond Boggs, Darren Bibby, Christopher Chute, Liz Conner, Matt Davis, Giuliana Folco, Ben Hoffman, Carrie MacGillivray, Jed Scaramella, Connor G Sullivan
Jan 2013 - Doc # WC20130124      Event Proceeding
This IDC Web Conference examines the top 10 regional and technology predictions for 2013 — and beyond. Although IDC predicts that small and medium-sized business (SMB) IT spending will reach record levels in 2013, growth is not what it c ...
Worldwide Channel and Alliances 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Darren Bibby, Steve White, Paul Edwards, Marilyn Carr
Jan 2013 - Doc # 239011      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC study presents IDC's top 10 predictions for the channels and alliances market for 2013.: "2013 will be a year of capitalizing on current market trends and new paths for growth for technology partners," said Darren Bi ...
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The Partner Perspective from Oracle OpenWorld 2012
Darren Bibby
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcUS23757012      IDC Link
I attended my fourth Oracle OpenWorld earlier in October. I always go in with the lens of, "What's in it for partners this year?" Although it's primarily thought of as a customer event — and yes, the bulk of the almost 50,000 attendees are ...
Distribution Channels and Alliances News: Period Ending October 1, 2012
Darren Bibby
Oct 2012 - Doc # 237370      Update
This IDC update contains the following highlights::
  • Cisco Cultivates Master Cloud Partners
  • Blue Coat System Threatens to Demote or Cut Channel Partners
  • Seagate Puts Engineering, Marketing Resources into Cloud Ch
  • ...
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    Distribution Channels and Alliances News: Period Ending August 1, 2012
    Darren Bibby
    Oct 2012 - Doc # 237252      Update
    This IDC update contains the following highlights::
  • Juniper Rolls Out Third Component of Partner Advantage Program
  • Tech Data Invests in HP Enterprise Server Resources
  • Cisco Shuffles Channel Leadership
  • We
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    Distribution Channels and Alliances News: Period Ending September 1, 2012
    Darren Bibby
    Oct 2012 - Doc # 237253      Update
    This IDC update contains the following highlights::
  • EMC and Lenovo Form Server Market Alliance
  • IBM Expands PureSystems Training, Support, and Financing
  • Dell and HP Offer VDI Reference Architectures and Zero-Clie
  • ...
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    Software Channel Leadership Council Proceedings, June 2012: International Perspectives, Partner Influence Strategies, and Effectively Selling the Whole Stack
    Christine Dover, Darren Bibby
    Sep 2012 - Doc # 236960      Update
    This IDC update summarizes the key findings and participant feedback from the Software Channel Leadership Council (SCLC) meeting held on June 5, 2012, in Palo Alto, California. Event participants included 25 software vendor executives fr ...
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    Sage Advice to Partners: The 2012 Sage Software Partner Summit
    Darren Bibby
    Aug 2012 - Doc # lcCA23663312      IDC Link
    I've always thought of Sage Software as an interesting mix of ERP and CRM companies. A holding company of sorts. I have wondered when we might see the vendor trying to impose some sort of "Sage-ness" to the varied companies it owns; trying ...
    Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2012, Toronto: A New Era
    Darren Bibby
    Aug 2012 - Doc # 236357      Insight
    This IDC Insight discusses Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference hosted in Toronto, Canada, from July 8 to 12, 2012. This is the largest partner event of its kind in the IT industry with over 16,000 attendees. This year's event was th ...
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    SAPPHIRE NOW: SAP Ramps Up Its Commitment to Cloud, In Memory, and Mobility
    Henry D. Morris, Darren Bibby, Gard Little, Stacy K. Crook, Simon Ellis, Leslie Hand, Raymond Boggs, Scott Lundstrom, Mary Wardley
    May 2012 - Doc # 235116      Insight
    This IDC Insight examines SAP's product and market strategies per SAP's recent SAPPHIRE NOW 2012 conference in Orlando.

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    Worldwide SMB 2012 Predictions: Shifting Priorities, Opportunities, and Challenges as SMB Spending Exceeds $500 Billion
    Raymond Boggs, Justin Jaffe, Giuliana Folco, Suchitra Narayan, Alejandro Florean, Darren Bibby, Christine Dover, Matt Davis, Timothy Doherty, Liz Conner, Jed Scaramella, Robert P. Mahowald
    Mar 2012 - Doc # 233916      Insight
    This IDC Insight supplements the IDC 2012 SMB predictions Webcast of January 2012. It examines expected changes in the SMB IT market overall, with additional detail on each of the five major regions: North America; Western Europe; Centra ...
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    Software Partnering: State of the Nation
    Darren Bibby
    Feb 2012 - Doc # 233402      Event Proceeding
    This IDC Presentation was first delivered at the Software Channel Leadership Council held in Palo Alto, CA on Dec 6, 2011. Entitled "State of the Nation", this presentation is an overview of the software industry, the impact of partners, ...
    Build-up to the IDC Software Map: The North American Software Market 2010
    Darren Bibby, Jeffrey McIntosh
    Feb 2012 - Doc # 233403      Update
    This IDC Update is the perfect visual complement to the "IDC Software Taxonomy, 2011" (IDC #228020) and the "Worldwide and North America Software Channel 2010 Vendor Shares" (IDC #229674) reports that IDC publishes every year. The "IDC S ...
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    The IDC Software Map: The North American Software Market 2010
    Darren Bibby, Jeffrey McIntosh
    Feb 2012 - Doc # 233401      Update
    The information contained in this IDC Update was first delivered at the Software Channel Leadership Council held in Palo Alto, CA on Dec 6, 2011.: This "presentation" is the perfect visual complement to the annual "Worldwide and Nor ...
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    Software Channels and Alliances: Trends and Predictions in 2012
    Darren Bibby, Christine Dover, Mira Perry, Steve White
    Feb 2012 - Doc # WC20120131      Event Proceeding
    Join IDC's Worldwide Software Channels and Alliances team as they present and discuss some of the key trends they have been seeing and what they predict for 2012 and beyond.

    IDC Predictions 2012: SMB – Shifting Priorities Will Mean New Opportunities/Challenges for Technology Providers
    Raymond Boggs, Justin Jaffe, Darren Bibby, Liz Conner, Matt Davis, Timothy Doherty, Alejandro Florean, Giuliana Folco, Suchitra Narayan, Jed Scaramella
    Jan 2012 - Doc # WC20120119      Event Proceeding
    IDC is predicting that small and medium-size business (SMB) IT spending will reach record levels in 2012 and there will be clear winners and losers when it comes to both technology and regional spending growth. The new SMB pragmatism and ...
    Oracle's New Solutions Catalog Adds Another Showcase for Specialized Partners
    Darren Bibby, Christine Dover, Raymond Boggs
    Jan 2012 - Doc # lcUS23269912      IDC Link
    This IDC Link was written by Christine Dover with contributions from Ray Boggs and Darren Bibby. The Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) team continues to add meaningful visibility and marketing benefits to its partnering program for that group of ...
    Worldwide Software Channel and Alliances 2012 Top 10 Predictions
    Christine Dover, Darren Bibby, Mira Perry, Steve White
    Jan 2012 - Doc # 232553      Top 10 Predictions
    This IDC study presents IDC's top 10 predictions for the software channels and alliances market for 2012.: "2012 will be a year of stabilization and steady growth for technology partners," said Darren Bibby, program vice president, ...
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