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Daniel O'Boyle Kelly
Consulting Director, Global Software Business Strategies
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Daniel O'Boyle Kelly is the Consulting Director for IDC's Global Software Business Strategies group. With a team of specialized analysts, he provides strategic advice and counsel to global software vendors investigating the commercial success of their global partnering initiatives, strategic alliances, software ecosystems as well as pricing and licensing policies. He also works with key vendors to help them formulate business strategies around Software as a Service and Open Source Business Models.
Prior to his current role, Mr. O'Boyle Kelly was Director, Business Strategies for IDC's European Software Group where his focus was on the implications of market dynamics across software technologies within a European context. He was also the Research Director for IDC's European Internet Expertise Centre based in Copenhagen where he headed up research focusing on the Internet economy and IT security issues for businesses. Prior to joining IDC, he worked with the Scandinavian-based firm Lindberg International where he was responsible for developing competitive intelligence solutions and identifying market opportunities for firms in pan-European markets.
Mr. O'Boyle Kelly has an MBA in Global eBusiness Management from Copenhagen Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business. He is based at IDC’s Toronto office.
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Frequently Asked Questions
| How will the dotcom shakeout affect the Internet Economy? |
Although receiving most of the attention, the Internet economy is not a dotcom economy but rather an economy still looking to root itself in fundamental business processes. In the long run, the collapse of select dotcoms may actually help ebusinesses achieve a more sustainable development level and provide a window of learning previous unimaginable.
| | How is the European Internet Economy emerging? |
It can be argued that the European approach to business is more pragmatic than the US approach. Traditional European companies have been applying more methodological business logic to how the Internet can help them create value. The more successful European online ventures are, in fact, affiliated with major bricks-and-mortar companies and emerging partnerships /alliances will ensure a more stable evolution by sharing insight into crucial business processes such as customer service and logistics.
| | How will the European Internet Economy unfold in the future? |
The dynamics of market call for constant monitoring to identify pockets of opportunity. As the European heartland begins to move closer to the Internet activities of their Nordic neighbors, the implications will be dramatic. Add to the mix the underlying potential of Southern Europe, the Euro effect to take hold, even the 'm-factor' and the online landscape becomes highly fluid, constantly evolving for years to come
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