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Henry D. Morris

Senior Vice President, Worldwide Software and Services Research

Henry Morris is the Senior Vice President for IDC's Worldwide Software and Services research groups. Dr. Morris started the Analytics and Data Warehousing research service at IDC, and coined the term "analytic applications" in 1997. In addition, Dr. Morris led a major study on the financial impact of business analytics, which examined the ROI of analytics projects at 43 sites in North America and Europe. Currently, Dr. Morris is exploring the relationship between business intelligence and business process automation - "intelligent process automation" and the requirements for unified access to structured and unstructured data.

He also has been quoted in and written papers for trade publications, such as DM Review, Computerworld, KMworld, and Software Magazine on trends in business intelligence, business performance management, data warehousing, knowledge management, and enterprise applications.

Prior to joining IDC in 1995, Dr. Morris served in a variety of technical and management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, where he specialized in software for application development. Dr. Morris has been an instructor in technical writing at Northeastern University and Bentley College, and an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Colgate University. He earned a B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Authored by Henry D. Morris

SAP and Sybase Bet on the Convergence of Mobile, Analytics and Information Management
Henry D. Morris, Ruediger Spies, Bo Lykkegaard, Luisa Bordoni
Aug 2010 - Doc # lcUS22476710      IDC Link
During a recent co-located press conference in Frankfurt and Boston, SAP and Sybase management confirmed their strategy and outlined their technology plans as follows:For enterprise mobility, they will launch a mobile platform (Sybase Unwir ...
SAP at Midyear: Solid Improvement Continues Led by Growth in Americas
Henry D. Morris, David Bradshaw, Ruediger Spies, Bo Lykkegaard
Jul 2010 - Doc # lcUS22437310      IDC Link
SAP announced their Q2 financials with a solid gain of 5% year-over-year in software license revenue (6% for the first half) and 8% in software and software-related services revenues (9% for the first half). The performance was mixed across ...
Worldwide and Regional Public IT Cloud Services 2010–2014 Forecast
Frank Gens, Robert P. Mahowald, Richard L. Villars, John F. Gantz, Henry D. Morris, Stephen D. Hendrick, Mary Johnston Turner, Rona Shuchat, Melinda-Carol Ballou, Matthew Eastwood, Chris Morris, Satoshi Matsumoto, Chris Ingle, David Bradshaw, Lidice Fernandez, Nigel Wallis, Vladimír Kroa
Jun 2010 - Doc # 223549      Market Analysis
This IDC study forecasts revenue growth from public IT cloud services through 2014, segmented by five functional categories within eight regions/countries. The forecast data, driven by IDC's key assumptions for public IT cloud services d ...
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SAPPHIRE NOW 2010: SAP Broadens Offerings and Sets Out a Road Map for an In-Memory Future
Henry D. Morris, Bo Lykkegaard, Mary Wardley, Robert Parker, Ruediger Spies, Stephen D. Drake, Praveen Sengar, Gard Little, Kimberly Knickle, Michael Fauscette, Alan Tong, Ricardo Villate, Brian McDonough, Mariana Zamoszczyk, Melinda-Carol Ballou, Raymond Boggs
Jun 2010 - Doc # 223698      Vendor Profile
This IDC Vendor Profile presents a review of SAP's user conference, SAPPHIRE NOW 2010. purchase document
Accenture 2010 Industry Analyst Event
Cushing Anderson, Mukesh Dialani, Gard Little, Catherine Madden, Shawn P. McCarthy, Henry D. Morris, Alexander Motsenigos, Lisa Rowan, Rebecca Segal, Ali Zaidi
May 2010 - Doc # 223510      Event Flash
This IDC Flash summarizes the key takeaway points from the Accenture 2010 industry analyst event, focusing on Accenture's ambition to exploit the current environment. We caught up with Accenture's senior leadership in Boston re ...
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SAP Acquires Sybase: A Bet on Future Styles of Computing for Business Applications
Henry D. Morris, Stephen D. Drake, David Bradshaw, Ruediger Spies, Dan Vesset, Carl W. Olofson, Luisa Bordoni
May 2010 - Doc # 223414      Update
This IDC update examines SAP's announcement on May 12, 2010, to acquire Sybase for $5.8 billion (www.sap.com/about/investor/press.epx?pressid=13202). Sybase's management has accepted the offer, but it will be up to Sybas ...
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SAP Turns in a Solid Performance in First Quarter Under New Management Team
Henry D. Morris, Ruediger Spies, Bo Lykkegaard, David Bradshaw
Apr 2010 - Doc # lcUS22321810      IDC Link
SAP announced a 10% constant currency increase in software and software-related services for 1Q10 vs. 1Q09 in the first quarter under the CEO tandem of Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe. The results were impressive and showed growth (fo ...
Decision Management in Industries: Linking Strategic, Operational, and Tactical Decisions
Henry D. Morris, Jill Feblowitz, Dana Wiklund, Simon Ellis
Mar 2010 - Doc # 222483      Industry Development and Models
This IDC study presents the IDC decision management model of related tactical, operational, and strategic decisions. The model is then applied to key decisions in three industries: manufacturing (sales and operations planning), ...
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Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Decision Management: Exploring Opportunities in Vertical Industries
Henry D. Morris, Simon D. Ellis, Jill Feblowitz, Dana Wiklund
Mar 2010 - Doc # DR2010_T4_HM      Event Proceeding
The following was presented at the IDC Directions conferences in Boston and Santa Clara in March 2010.:
Optimizing eCommerce Decisions at TIAA-CREF
Henry D. Morris
Feb 2010 - Doc # 222229      Buyer Case Study
This IDC Buyer Case Study examines the project to automate ecommerce marketing offers at the investment company TIAA-CREF using Oracle Real-Time Decisions (RTD). It is a best practice example for applying intelligent process au ...
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