Chris Ingle is consulting and research director for IDC's European Systems Group. Specifically, he focuses on managing IT for maximum value and identifying the technologies and strategies that can contribute to business success. Ingle's projects concentrate on the opportunities for creating value from systems and client devices in businesses and the home. He concentrates on supplier selection in these markets and hardware, software, and services needed to meet business needs.

Ingle's work with IT vendors and resellers focuses on growing their business, improving customer experience, and addressing perception concerns. For investment banks, he has worked on analyzing the strategies of leading IT vendors, advising on business plans and providing market information. For government agencies he has worked on IT policy and procurement.

Chris Ingle is an regular keynote speaker at industry events, conference chairman and panel moderator. Ingle is quoted regularly in both the IT trade press and general business publications.

Recent speeches and white papers include:

• Managing a Complex Hybrid Environment
• Virtualisation and Cloud — Third Act, Three Challenges
• Order from Chaos: Governing the Consumerisation of IT
• Reshaping the Datacentre: What Do You Need to Do?