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David Reinsel
Group Vice President, Storage and Semiconductor

Team: Storage
David Reinsel is group vice president of IDC's storage and semiconductor research groups. Mr. Reinsel and his team of analysts provide timely and industry-leading insight and analysis for IT professionals, investors, resellers, distributors, and manufacturers worldwide. His research teams are responsible for delivering annual and quarterly forecasts and analyses on the storage hardware, storage software, and semiconductor markets. In addition to his research responsibilities, Mr. Reinsel provides custom research and consulting for IDC clients on industry trends, product requirements, and marketing strategies and speaks at numerous conferences worldwide.

Mr. Reinsel has more than 16 years of experience within the IT industry. He came to IDC in 2000 from Hutchinson Technology Inc. and quickly established himself as one of the industry's leading analysts on hard disk drives. In 2002, Mr. Reinsel published IDC’s first ever detailed report on HDD component technology and in 2003 co-authored the industry's first extensive report on external drives, as well as an in-depth report that probed the impact of serial ATA drives and tiered storage on data centers. In 2006, Mr. Reinsel was a recipient of IDC's most prestigious research award for his professional excellence in market research.

Mr. Reinsel earned a bachelor's degree in education in the field of mathematics from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

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Optimizing SSDs – Moving in the Right Direction
Jeff Janukowicz, David Reinsel
Oct 2009 - Doc # lcUS22059209      IDC Link
Most everyone has heard of the potential benefits associated with solid state drives (SSDs), including higher performance that results in faster boot up and application load times, better energy efficiency, and increased reliability. Yet, a ...
Symwave's USB 3.0 SoC for Personal Storage
David Reinsel, Michael Margossian
Aug 2009 - Doc # lcUS21983509      IDC Link
On Monday Symwave announced a system on a chip (SoC) that would support USB 3.0. Symwave is one of the first companies to design a chip around the next generation USB standard, USB 3.0.Symwave, a global fabless semiconductor company, design ...

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CES 2010 Storage Wrap-Up: Extreme Focus on USB 3.0, Media, and Networked Storage
Liz Conner, David Reinsel, John Rydning, Jeff Janukowicz, Michael Margossian
Jan 2010 - Doc # 221678      Insight
This IDC Insight provides analysis regarding various announcements made during the Storage Visions 2010 conference and CES 2010, and their impact on the storage industry.:
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Worldwide Storage 2010 Top 10 Predictions: Capitalizing on Transformations in Investment Strategies, Sustainable Scaling, and New Business Opportunities
Benjamin Woo, Richard L. Villars, Laura DuBois, David Reinsel, Robert Amatruda, John Rydning, Natalya Yezhkova, Jeff Janukowicz, Noemi Greyzdorf, Steven Scully, Liz Conner, Michael Margossian, Eric Sheppard, Simon Piff, Patrick Melgarejo, Alejandro Florean, Brad Nisbet
Dec 2009 - Doc # 221267      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC study represents the collective views of IDC's research analysts worldwide and provides our view on the top 10 predictions that will change the storage industry as a whole through 2010.: Our combined vie ...
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Appearances

IDC-Kahn Consulting, Inc. Compliance in Information Management Forum:
New York, NY United States
September 16, 2009

Canadian Green Executive Event
Toronto, Ontario Canada
May 13, 2009

IDC Green IT Forum
New York, NY United States
April 02, 2009