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Thomas Zhou
Senior Research Manager, Enterprise System and Software Research, IDC China

Team: Asia/Pacific Servers and Workstations Team
Thomas Zhou is a Senior Research Manager in Enterprise System and Software Research at IDC China. He is responsible for leading the enterprise system research team. His research scope covers servers, storage and other enterprise hardware markets. He tracks the markets and provides consulting services regarding sales, marketing, and product strategies for IT vendors.

Thomas is also responsible for the implementation of IDC ETAS (Emerging Technology Advisory Services) programs in China. This includes many hot topics such as cloud computing, green IT, next generation data center, and virtualization.

Thomas is also involved in customized consulting research projects which include channels research, high-performance computing, digital video surveillance, etc.

Thomas has a strong IT technical and consulting background. Aside from the enterprise systems market, he is also an expert in telecom business operation support systems, CRM systems, call centers, business intelligence systems and other related research.

Prior to joining IDC, Thomas worked for several leading IT companies in China as a R&D engineer, project manager and independent business consultant.

Thomas graduated from the Beijing Information Technology Institute in 1997. He majored in computer science and technology. He holds an M.A. of Computer Engineering from China Science and Technology University.

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Intel 发布新一代Atom处理器平台瞄准轻量级横向扩展市场
Thomas Zhou, Eric Peng
Apr 2013 - Doc # lcCN24072213      IDC Link
2013年4月10至11日Intel在北京举办Intel Developer Forum 2013。作为Intel每年一度的技术盛会,Intel在今年发布了多种新产品,并带来了更新的线路图。值得注意的是在今年的发布会上Intel一下带来了三款Atom处理器的相关信息,并把这一系列产品摆在与其E7、E5、E3处理器产品同等重要的位置来进行介绍已经发布的Atom S12x9系列处理器以及将在今年晚些时候发布的代号为“Avoton”与“Rangeley”的凌动处理器均代表了Inte ...
VMware vCloud Suite产品聚焦虚拟化管理市场
Thomas Zhou, Eric Peng
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcCN23727512      IDC Link
VMware产品发布及公司战略在举办VMworld 2012的第一天,VMware发布了VMware vCloud Suite 5.1这一云计算基础架构以及整体管理解决方案产品。在整个VMworld会议中,VMware提出了其公司级的三大战略方向即:基础架构(Infrastructure), 应用程序层(Applications)以及访问(Access)。基础架构层产品及解决方案一直是VMware公司的核心产品,该产品也一直在市场中占据领导地位。虚拟化软件成为企业数据中心中重 ...

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China ICT 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Explore and Capture the Third Platform Opportunities in a Transforming Environment
Kitty Fok, Lianfeng Wu, Antonio Wang, Milly Xiang, Thomas Zhou, Ting Yang, Kathy Pan, Jason Shen
Dec 2012 - Doc # CN8037332U      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC study summarizes the development of China's economy and ICT market throughout 2012, and presents out top 10 predictions for China's ICT market in 2013 based on the latest development trends. These predictions cover the overall I ...
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China ICT 2013 Top 10 Predictions: Explore and Capture the Third Platform Opportunities in a Transforming Environment
Kitty Fok, Lianfeng Wu, Antonio Wang, Milly Xiang, Thomas Zhou, Ting Yang, Kathy Pan, Jason Shen
Dec 2012 - Doc # CH8037331U      Top 10 Predictions
IDC总结了2012年中国经济和ICT市场的发展情况,根据最新的经济及ICT技术发展趋势给出了2013年中国ICT市场的10大预测。该预测涉及总体IT及电信市场、区域ICT市场、第三平台、软件和服务外包、个人终端与服务、行业市场、Internet等领域。: "2013年中国经济的主旋律是变革与转型,中国的ICT市场的主旋律是'第三平台:云计算、移动、社交、大数据',ICT厂商应密切关注全球及中国经济宏观大势,把握十八大后中国各类政策的调整方向及对行业和ICT市 ...
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