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Susan G. Middleton
Research Director, Technology Financing Strategies

Team: Pricing Strategies
Technology Financing
Susan Middleton is a research director for IDC's Technology Financing Strategies and Technology Valuation Services programs. Ms. Middleton's areas of expertise are the midrange and high-end server marketplace, enterprise storage and HP printers. For each of these technology segments, Ms. Middleton follows trends, technology changes and market forces that impact life cycles and IT portfolios. She provides insight and guidance to her clients and helps them manage their IT portfolio risk. Ms. Middleton is also the lead analyst on the annual global IT leasing and financing report that sizes the market opportunity in the top 25 geographies.

Ms. Middleton is a 20 year veteran of IDC and holds a B.A. in political science, with a concentration in economics from the University of New Hampshire.

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Network Hardware Resale: Diversifying to Deliver Product and Support Services on Servers and Storage
Rob Brothers, Susan G. Middleton
Jan 2013 - Doc # lcUS23925613      IDC Link
On January 30, 2013, Network Hardware Resale (NHR) announced a broadening of its product and support capabilities. NHR will now be able to provide server and storage solutions to its global customers with the same quality of service its cus ...
Microsoft Q2 Financials: A Record Quarter for the Wrong Reasons
Al Gillen, David Daoud, Rajani Singh, Susan G. Middleton
Jan 2013 - Doc # lcUS23924613      IDC Link
Microsoft’s financial reporting for its second quarter of fiscal 2013, which ended December 31, 2012, showed a dramatic recovery from the previous quarter’s disappointing $16 billion tally, with a record-high $21.5 billion in revenue for th ...

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The Economics Behind Financing the IT Cloud
Susan G. Middleton
Apr 2013 - Doc # 240368      Insight
This IDC Insight discusses IT cloud that brings both opportunities and challenges for IT financing providers. As the interest in the IT cloud infrastructure increases, we are sharing research about the perspectives of both end users and ...
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HDS Enterprise and Midrange Storage Residual Value Analysis, March 2013
Susan G. Middleton
Mar 2013 - Doc # 240415      Competitive Analysis
This IDC study includes current fair market value, residual value, and specification charts for HDS' enterprise disk storage systems. It offers primary and secondary market analysis for the vendor and its products.: "The challenge w ...
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Appearances

IDC Predictions 2013: Emerging Markets Lead the Transformation for IT Leasing and Financing
Framingham, MA United States
February 28, 2013

Predictions 2012: IT Leasing and Financing Worldwide Marketplace
Framingham, MA United States
January 12, 2012