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Mette Ahorlu
Consulting Director, European Business and Enterprise Solutions

Team: EMEA Services
Mette Ahorlu is consulting director for IDC's European Software and Services Group. She provides research and consulting services primarily to IT services vendors and investment banks.

Ahorlu is responsible for the coordination of resources and manpower, analysis of research findings, and client liaison for projects, from initial meeting and definition of objectives to conclusion, and has more than 12 years' experience in her field and over 20 years of experience in the industry.

Ahorlu's work with IT vendors focuses on growing their businesses, global sourcing, strategies for addressing new markets or segments, and analyzing end-user behavior. She has worked on analyzing the strategies of leading IT vendors, advising on business plans, and providing market information for investment banks. Ahorlu worked for IDC Nordic in telecoms and later services for almost 10 years until joining the European services team in 2005.

Prior to joining IDC, she worked for Ericsson in Denmark and UNI-C, the Danish University Computing Center. She holds a master's degree in comparative literature from Copenhagen University.

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Steria Among the Best Revenue Performers in 1Q10
Mette Ahorlu
May 2010 - Doc # lcUK22341610      IDC Link
With vendor after vendor announcing service revenue declines in 1Q10, it was good to see a sign of market recovery when Steria announced it achieved 2.9% growth in 1Q10 in constant currency, equaling 4.6% growth in euros. Overall, it was go ...
Cognizant Acquires PIPC, a U.K.-based Program Management Consultant Company
Mette Ahorlu
May 2010 - Doc # lcUK22336710      IDC Link
Cognizant announced on May 10, 2010, that it has acquired PIPC, a U.K.-based consulting company specialized in program management. In its FY09, ending March 2009, PIPC had revenue of £26 million, approximately 50% of this from the U.K., a t ...

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BT Cloud Strategy
Mette Ahorlu, David Bradshaw
Jul 2010 - Doc # AE54S      Event Flash
In this Event Flash we look at BT's strategy and position "in the cloud" as it was presented to IDC by a group of executives from BT Global Services (BTGS). BT called the event "Beyond the cloud, beyond the hype," emphasizing that there ...
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The European Services Market 2Q10 and the Outlook for the Remainder of the Year
Mette Ahorlu, Marianne Kolding, Douglas Hayward, David Bradshaw, Martin Canning, Lionel Lamy, Jennifer Thomson
Jul 2010 - Doc # Q65S      IDC Presentation
This IDC presentation was delivered in late June and early July 2010 to organizations subscribing to any of IDC's European Services programs.: The presentation comments on the main events in the second quarter of 2010, discusses the ...
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