Thomas Zhou is the vice president of Enterprise Research for IDC China. He leads the enterprise research team in covering market analyses, tracking of data, forecasting, and consulting for enterprise computing, storage, networking, infrastructure software, cloud, and datacenter. He is also responsible for IDC data tracking of software, services, and the public cloud services market in China. Thomas speaks frequently at IDC, industry, and user events and is always quoted in leading business and technology publications.
Thomas joined IDC in 2006. He provides in-depth market analysis, research, and consulting on all aspects of the enterprise infrastructure to IT vendors and investors. During his tenure at IDC China, Thomas has led IDC’s primary research focused on emerging trends in enterprise systems and datacenters. This research continues to make IDC a thought leader in enterprise infrastructure‒powered digital transformation. Thomas’s recent topics covered software-defined infrastructure, hyperconvergence, virtualization, and cloud computing infrastructure.
Prior to joining IDC, Thomas worked for 10 years as a senior project manager and business consultant for several leading IT companies in China.
Thomas holds a master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.
