Laura DuBois serves as Program Vice President for IDC's Storage practice, which includes Storage Systems, Software and Solutions research offerings, quarterly trackers, end-user research as well as advisory services and consulting programs. Ms. DuBois leads IDC's team of storage analysts responsible for identifying and analyzing vendor strategies, technology, market and customer trends affecting various market segments within the storage industry and data centers worldwide. Ms. DuBois speaks frequently at IDC, industry, and customer events around the world and is often quoted in leading business and technology publications.

Prior to joining IDC, Ms. DuBois held various leadership positions in product management, software engineering and product marketing for companies such as EMC Corporation, StorageNetworks, Hitachi Data Systems and PictureTel Corporation. Her expertise is often called upon to present at IDC events, industry and customer forums and conferences around the world, and she is frequently quoted in leading business and technology publications.

Ms. DuBois holds an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and a Master's degree of Business Administration from Boston College.