Henry Morris is the Senior Vice President for IDC's Worldwide Software, Services, and Sales and Marketing Executive Advisory research groups.  Dr. Morris is also the executive lead for IDC's worldwide Big Data research initiative.  Dr. Morris started the Analytics and Data Warehousing research service at IDC, and coined the term "analytic applications" in 1997 to focus on the value of analytics in specific horizontal business and industry processes. 

Currently, Dr. Morris speaks about major software trends driving the industry, such as the impact of cloud and Big Data/analytics in shaping a new generation of applications.  He has been quoted in and written papers for business and trade publications, such as Computerworld, Forbes and KMworld, on trends in business intelligence, business performance management, data warehousing, knowledge management, and enterprise applications.

Prior to joining IDC in 1995, Dr. Morris served in a variety of technical and management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, where he specialized in software for application development. Dr. Morris has been an instructor in technical writing at Northeastern University and Bentley College, and an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Colgate University. He earned a B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.