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Linus Lai
Associate Director, Services, IDC Asia/Pacific

Team: Consulting Services

Linus Lai is a Research Director at IDC’s Asia/Pacific Services Research Group. He leads the Asia/Pacific IT Services Tracker research, which includes Project-Oriented Services and Outsourcing and Support Services across 13 countries in the region. In this role, he delivers market as well as competitive insights across the professional IT services market in Asia/Pacific covering more than 200 service providers in the region.

Linus has been the recipient of three awards in IDC for country, regional, and quality contributions. He is a founding member of IDC Asia/Pacific's Emerging Technology Advisory Council. In his previous role as the Head of Research in IDC South East Asia research, he developed and grew IDC's presence in the region.

Prior to joining IDC, Linus worked as an Account Manager in the BFSI sector in CSC.

Linus holds a Masters of Science from the University of Lincoln, UK and is based in Sydney.

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HP 2013 Industry Analyst Summit
Chris Morris, Kitty Fok, Avneesh Saxena, Rajnish Arora, Daphne Chung, Bryan Ma, Linus Lai, Craig Stires
Apr 2013 - Doc # AP6684420V Insight

This IDC Insight examines HP's Industry Analyst Summit held in Boston, United States on March 6^th and 7th. HP CEO Meg Whitman and all her senior business managers briefed IDC analysts with sessions covering all aspects of curr ...

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Cisco APJC Services: Services-Led Innovation
Chris Morris, Mayur Sahni, Linus Lai, Matthew Oostveen
Mar 2013 - Doc # AP2579522V Insight

This IDC Insight examines Cisco's APJC Services Analyst Summit held in Seoul, South Korea on February 20–21, 2013. IDC analysts were briefed by senior Cisco executives from Asia/Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC) region, with sessions cove ...

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