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Ranjit Rajan
Research Director, Software, IDC Middle East, Africa and Turkey

Based in IDC’s regional HQ in Dubai, Rajan spearheads IDC’s software research, advisory, and consulting practice in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey region. He has led several bespoke research and consulting projects for leading global ICT firms and regularly advises senior industry executives on market, product, and competitive strategies. He leads a team of regional research analysts and manages the delivery of syndicated research and trackers that analyse trends in technology areas such as enterprise applications, collaboration, security, storage, databases, and deployment tools, among others.

In addition, Rajan has held engagement management and senior consultant roles in management consulting projects for government authorities and bodies in the region, developing strategies and programs for national IT sector development and ICT skills augmentation.

Rajan engages closely with chief information officers (CIOs) in the region through workshops, roundtable discussions, and interviews, providing guidance on enterprise IT strategies.

Rajan frequently speaks at industry forums and conferences, and is often quoted in the media, providing opinion and analysis on technology trends and strategies in global and emerging markets.

Prior to joining IDC, Rajan spent over ten years in the IT industry in roles spanning product management, marketing, channel and business development, and resource management at prominent global IT companies such as Epicor, 3i Infotech and NIIT Technologies.

Rajan has a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Calcutta and a bachelor of technology degree from Cochin University of Science and Technology.



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New Security Challenges and Measures: IDC Middle East Summit 2013 Presentation
Ranjit Rajan
Apr 2013 - Doc # CEMA19539      IDC Presentation
This presentation was delivered at IDC's 2013 Middle East CIO summit, hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February 2013. : The presentation focuses on the emerging security threats and challenges in the Middle East and recomm ...
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IDC Takeaways From Oracle Cloudworld Dubai
Bo Lykkegaard, Ranjit Rajan, David Bradshaw, Giorgio Nebuloni, Donna Taylor
Feb 2013 - Doc # LC51V      Insight
Oracle recently hosted the first event in the Oracle CloudWorld worldwide roadshow series in Dubai. The roadshow is scheduled to visit ten countries over the next few months. At the event and its associated analyst summit, Oracle preside ...
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