Analyst Profile Detailed
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Avneesh Saxena
Group Vice President, Asia/Pacific Systems, Storage and Software Research
Team:
Asia/Pacific Personal Computing Team
Asia/Pacific Servers and Workstations Team
Asia/Pacific Software Team
Asia/Pacific Storage Team
BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, and China Leadership Team
IDC Predictions Team
Workstations and High-Performance Computing
Worldwide Quarterly Tracker Team
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Avneesh Saxena has more than 15 years of regional experience in the IT industry.
Based in IDC's Asia/Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong, he heads IDC's Asia/Pacific Systems, Storage & Software Research group. In this role, he drives research and analysis that focuses on tracking emerging technology trends, vendor strategies, market size, distribution channels and end-user segmentation in the Asia/Pacific Personal Systems, Servers, Storage and Software markets. He is also charged with driving greater collaboration across the various teams to bring out more holistic views of the market.
Avneesh has successfully led many research projects and mentored many people in his team in the past 13 years with IDC. His extensive regional experience, combined with the ability to successfully work across domains, makes him the ideal candidate to work with the diversified team.
Prior to joining IDC Asia/Pacific, Avneesh was with IDC India where he was responsible for tracking and analyzing hardware & software supply-side research for the Indian market. Before IDC India, he was selling Canon reprographic products.
Fluent in Hindi and English, Avneesh is a frequent speaker at industry events and his views on the Asia/Pacific market have been quoted in most leading publications such as the Business Times, Asia Computer Weekly, Computer World, the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Computer Times, CNBC, and Bloomberg.
Avneesh received his Bachelor in Commerce from Delhi University and Masters in Business Administration from Gwalior, India.
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IBM Asia/Pacific - Betting on Emerging Asia!
Avneesh Saxena
Sep 2007 - Doc # lcHK20879807
IDC Link
IBM continues to pioneer with investments in the emerging countries of Asia hoping to leverage the advantage of early entry. Its goal is to double revenues in emerging markets by 2010, and IBM is backing this up with strate ...
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IBM Asia/Pacific: Betting on Technology, Integration, and Innovation to Drive Growth
Philippe de Marcillac, Avneesh Saxena, Michael Araneta, Philip Carter, Adrian Dominic Ho, Simon Piff, Wilvin Chee, Daphne Chung, Patrik Bihammar, Chris Morris, Alan Tsao, Ullrich Loeffler
Oct 2008 - Doc # AP207132Q
Event Flash
This IDC Flash looks at the evolving proposition of IBM in Asia/Pacific as the company keeps three key strategies to focus on open technologies and high-value solutions, deliver integration and innovation to clients, and become ...
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Growing market uncertainty is causing the postponement of most major projects that were in the pipeline before the tragic events of September 11. Only the most crucial upgrade and expansion investments are taking place today. The shrinking demand will cause further pressure on the server vendors leading to additional price erosion.
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Worsening economic conditions led to a contraction in demand that forced server vendors to take more aggressive measures to garner share. The resulting pressure on prices caused a greater decline in revenue than units. The overall decline could have been much worse had it not been for the initiatives and demand from government in most major markets.
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While we are seeing early signs of recovery across the various Asia/Pacific markets, the sustenance of this trend depends on the revival of the U.S. and global economies.
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The markets continue to be in a cautious mode, with most organizations ensuring that the global economy is on its way to recovery before they launch any major investments. Amidst this challenging environment, server vendors can continue to expect increasing pressure on server prices and demand for higher value in terms of additional services.
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The Asia/Pacific server market continues to improve as leading markets post strong year-on-year growth. However, war clouds loom large over the global economy, which is expected to dampen regional server investments in the first half of the year.
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