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Stephanie M. Torto
Program Manager, Systems Integration Business Strategies

Team: Business Process Automation
Consulting Services
Integration
Worldwide Services Contracts Analysis
Stephanie Torto is the program manager for IDC's Systems Integration Business Strategies program. In this position, Ms. Torto provides expert opinion, market analysis and research, competitive analysis, and consulting on key aspects of the systems integration industry to IT services companies, end users, and investment firms. In addition to analyzing the key trends and drivers of the systems integration industry, Ms. Torto evaluates the marketing and sales strategies, partnering approaches, and business models of leading systems integrators.

In her tenure at IDC, Ms. Torto has led several research initiatives. In 2001 and 2002, Ms. Torto coordinated IDC’s worldwide solution services research by collaborating with IDC’s services analysts in key areas such as CRM services and ERP services. In 2002, Ms. Torto led a highly successful market perception study that analyzed the brand perception of leading IT services firms by vertical industries. In 2002 and 2003, Ms. Torto played a key role in IDC’s Services Verticals Views program and co-authored a competitive analysis of leading systems integrators by vertical industry, a first of its kind document within IDC and the market research industry.

Prior to joining IDC, Ms. Torto was a consultant at Lotus Development Corporation where she assisted clients in customizing their Lotus Notes solutions to meet their business needs. Previously at Lotus, Ms. Torto was a quality analyst in the Customer Support department, managing the collection and analysis of worldwide customer satisfaction data.

Ms. Torto holds an M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, where she graduated cum laude. She received her B.A. in East Asian Studies from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

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Accenture to Gain Short- and Long-Term Benefits with Opening of Oracle Innovation Center
Stephanie M. Torto
Aug 2006 - Doc # lcUS20293706      IDC Link
Systems integrators have made a lucrative business implementing the products of the leading enterprise application software vendors. . ...
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The Return of PwC, or Is It?
Patrick Levy, Stephanie M. Torto, Bob Welch
Sep 2007 - Doc # 208870      Event Flash
This IDC Flash discusses the termination of the noncompete agreement between PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and IBM, which ends on October 1, 2007. The noncompete was signed in 2002 when PwC sold its consulting business, PwC Cons ...
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An Analysis of Recent Acquisitions: What Do They Signify About IBM's and Accenture's Future Direction?
Marianne Hedin, Stephanie M. Torto, Alexander Motsenigos
Sep 2007 - Doc # 208712      Insight
This IDC Insight reviews and analyzes the various software and services acquisitions that Accenture and IBM made in 2006 and 2007 in order to understand how they support these companies' pursuit of growth and strategic objectiv ...
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