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Frank Gens
Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst

Team: Cloud Computing
Directions 2012 (U.S) Participating Analysts
Dynamic IT
eBusiness Strategies
IDC Predictions Team
Infrastructure
IT Professional Strategies
Security and Business Continuity

As IDC's Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst, Frank Gens guides IDC's research into broad IT industry trends, particularly the strategic adoption of technology by Global 2000 businesses and the industries in which they compete.

Since 2008, Mr. Gens has led IDC's global cloud research team, driving the development of IDC's widely-used cloud services taxonomy, and the industry's first and most accurate forecast of cloud services adoption. He has also led the development of IDC's "3rd Platform" scenario - forecasting the transformation of the IT industry (and other industries) through the strategic use of cloud, mobile, social and big data technologies.

Mr. Gens speaks frequently to CIOs, other enterprise executives and IT vendor executives at forums around the world, most recently in Brazil, China, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and the U.S.  He regularly participates in strategic consulting engagements - often around Cloud and 3rd Platform trends -  for senior executives in global IT vendor and IT buyer organizations.

Mr. Gens is the author of IDC Predictions, the company's annual forecast of major changes in the global development and use of technology, and keynote speaker at IDC's annual Directions conferences in the U.S. and in many other countries. Mr. Gens is a member of IDC's worldwide management team, a lead developer of IDC's global research architecture, and a co-chair of IDC's Research Quality Board.

Mr. Gens is a 30 year veteran of the IT research and advisory services business, including over 20 years at IDC in a variety of senior roles, including leading IDC's end-user research business and developing IDC's global Internet research capabilities. In addition to research management roles, Mr. Gens' career includes senior positions in new product development and introduction, product management, marketing, business development, corporate development, and regional operations management. Prior to IDC, Mr. Gens held management positions at International Data Group (IDG), AMR Research and The Yankee Group.


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IBM 4Q 2012 Earnings: Steady Performance, as Transition to the 3rd Platform Continues
Frank Gens
Jan 2013 - Doc # lcUS23920313      IDC Link
On January 22, 2013, IBM announced financial results for the fourth quarter — delivering flat revenue, but generating impressive 10% growth in net income from operations. For the full year, revenue was also flat, while net income from opera ...
Postscript to IBM's 3Q12 Mixed Results: What's the Mid- to Long-Term Outlook for Big Blue?
Frank Gens
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcUS23751412      IDC Link
On October 16, 2012, IBM announced its third-quarter financial results, and the news was certainly mixed, with good earnings growth but slightly negative revenue growth. Here are the key metrics for the quarter:Revenue of $24.7 billion, dow ...

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Worldwide Cloud Black Book, 4Q12 Update
Frank Gens, Stephen Minton, Gary Koch, Serena Da Rold, Pavel Roland, Thomas Dyer, Alejandro Florean, Oscar Guzman
Apr 2013 - Doc # 240634      Pivot Table
This IDC Pivot Table includes IDC's 2012 forecast for public cloud services, covering the 2011–2016 period, in the context of overall IT spending for the same period. An overview of the cloud services forecast is presented alongside mark ...
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IDC Maturity Model: Cloud — A Guide for Success
Kimberly Knickle, Usman Sindhu, Robert P. Mahowald, Richard L. Villars, Mary Johnston Turner, David McNally, Scott Lundstrom, Stephen D. Hendrick, Melinda-Carol Ballou, Joseph C. Pucciarelli, Frank Gens
Mar 2013 - Doc # 239772      Industry Development and Models
The IDC study discusses IDC's Cloud Maturity Model, which is for organizations that are interested in understanding how they can take the necessary actions to move forward successfully with cloud computing.: Based on results from ID ...
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IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform
Framingham, MA United States
November 29, 2012