Analyst Profile Detailed
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Frank Gens
Senior Vice President & Chief Analyst
Team:
Dynamic IT
eBusiness Strategies
IDC Predictions Team
Infrastructure
IT Professional Strategies
Security and Business Continuity
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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.
Mr. Gens is the producer of IDC eXchange (http://blogs.idc.com/ie), IDC’s blog and podcast on the state and future of the IT industry, and is a frequent speaker at executive forums around the world. He is the author of IDC Predictions, the company's annual forecast of major changes in the global development and use of technology. Mr. Gens is a member of IDC's worldwide management team, a lead developer of IDC's global research architecture, and a member of IDC's Research Quality Board.
Mr. Gens is a 25 year veteran of the IT research and advisory services business, including over 15 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. He is well-known for his provocative and accurate forecasts of IT industry change, and the impact of those changes on business and industry.
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 3Q09 Results: Positioning for Market Recovery and Growth
Frank Gens
Oct 2009 - Doc # lcUS22047909
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Last Thursday IBM released its third-quarter results, and — once again — the company generated strong earnings growth in spite of sluggish overall IT market conditions. Here are the top-level highlights:Revenue down 5% (constant currency) f ...
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Sandra Ng, Avneesh Saxena, Eva Au, Philip Carter, Chris Morris, Adrian Dominic Ho, Bill Rojas, Wilvin Chee, Simon Piff, Alex Kim, Claus Mortensen, Aloysius Choong, Frank Gens, Gary Koch, Jason Gorud
Dec 2009 - Doc # AP381114S
Top 10 Predictions
This IDC study discusses the factors that will have the biggest commercial impact on the ICT market across Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), or APEJ, in 2010. After the effects of the 2008/2009 financial crisis, IT planning has u ...
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IDC Predictions 2010: Recovery and Transformation
Frank Gens, Cushing Anderson, Irene Berlinsky, Raymond Boggs, Angèle Boyd, Jean S. Bozman, Jeanne Capachin, Godfrey Chua, Matt Davis, Crawford Del Prete, Stephen D. Drake, Scott Ellison, Robert Farish, Michael Fauscette, Susan Feldman, Steven J. Frantzen, John F. Gantz, Tim Grieser, Greg Ireland, Earl C. Joseph, Ph.D., Gary Koch, Danielle Levitas, Amy Lind, Ramon T. Llamas, Scott Lundstrom, Robert P. Mahowald, Stephen Minton, Masaaki Moriyama, Chris Morris, Henry D. Morris, Courtney Munroe, Tomoaki Nakamura, Rick Nicholson, Bob O'Donnell, David Potterton, Eric A. Prothero, Joseph C. Pucciarelli, Bill Roch, Junichi Saeki, William Stofega, David Tapper, Vernon Turner, Richard Vancil, Richard L. Villars, Ricardo Villate, Hideo Wada, Mark Walker, Janet Waxman, Karsten Weide, Meredith Whalen, Mark Winther
Dec 2009 - Doc # TB20091203
Event Proceeding
IDC's annual predictions offer an important preview of the industry events, user trends, and vendor strategies that promise to define the IT industry in the year ahead. Drawing on IDC's industry-defining research and fresh insi ...
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