Analyst Profile

Michael Fauscette

Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions

Michael Fauscette leads IDC’s Software Business Solutions Group which encompasses research and consulting in enterprise software applications including ERP, SCM, CRM, PLM, collaboration and social applications, software partner and alliance ecosystems, open source software, software vendor business models, SaaS and cloud computing, and software pricing and licensing. He also provides thought leadership in the area of social applications and the transition to the social business.

With extensive executive experience with software vendors ranging from large enterprise companies to small Silicon Valley start ups, Mr. Fauscette brings a unique perspective by relating research data and trends to the overall strategic focus and go to market strategy of application software companies. Having spent an extensive amount of time working with software end users throughout his career, Mr. Fauscette has a business process oriented and end user focused approach to software research and analysis. He conducts market research, analysis and consulting on emerging markets and technologies like social business, enterprise 2.0, go to market strategies, end user requirements, application implementation, vendor business models, partner strategy and end user experience.

Prior to joining IDC Mr. Fauscette held senior consulting and services roles with seven software vendors including Autodesk, Inc., PeopleSoft, Inc. and MRO, Inc. His software experience spans the entire enterprise life-cycle process and covers all facets of the Global software business. An ex-US Naval Officer, he began his technology career as a Surface Line Engineering Officer. Mr. Fauscette is a published author, blogger and accomplished public speaker on software, social media and software services strategies.

Mr. Fauscette graduated with special honors from Jacksonville State University with a BA in Sociology and History and with honors from Widener University with a MS in Business.

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Research Authored by Michael Fauscette

Worldwide Financial Accounting Applications 2009 Vendor Shares Michael Fauscette, Mary Wardley Jul 2010 - Doc # 224020      Competitive Analysis This IDC study includes market share for financial accounting applications software vendors from 2007 to 2009 and briefly discusses the performance of the market in 2009. It further presents analysis on the future of the market and how t ... purchase document

Worldwide Procurement Applications 2009 Vendor Shares: Getting the Cost Out Michael Fauscette, Mary Wardley Jul 2010 - Doc # 224053      Competitive Analysis This IDC study includes market share for procurement applications software vendors from 2007 to 2009 and briefly discusses the performance of the market in 2009. It further presents analysis on the future of the market as the economy beg ... purchase document

Social Business Framework: Using People as a Platform to Enable Transformation Michael Fauscette, Erin Traudt, Mary Wardley Jul 2010 - Doc # 223862      Insight This IDC Insight puts forth IDC's views on the social business — a term IDC coined to refer to those organizations that apply emerging technologies like Web 2.0 accompanied by organizational, cultural, and process changes to impro ... purchase document

Worldwide Human Capital Management Applications 2009 Vendor Shares Mary Wardley, Michael Fauscette Jun 2010 - Doc # 223951      Competitive Analysis This IDC study includes market share for human capital management applications software vendors from 2007 to 2009 and briefly discusses the performance of the market in 2009. It further presents analysis on the future of the market as th ... purchase document

Worldwide Enterprise Applications 2010–2014 Forecast Mary Wardley, Michael Fauscette Jun 2010 - Doc # 223680      Market Analysis This IDC study provides a top-down sizing of the worldwide enterprise applications market and a revised forecast for the market over a 10-year period, with a five-year forecast (2010–2014) and historical sizings (2005–2009) for license a ... purchase document

Worldwide Collaborative Product Data Management 2009 Vendor Shares: A Brief Overview of cPDM Vendors Sanjeev Pal, Michael Fauscette Jun 2010 - Doc # 223910      Competitive Analysis This IDC study examines the worldwide collaborative product data management (cPDM) market from 2007 to 2009.: "Low demand for new licenses that market experienced in the latter half of 2008 worsened in 2009, resulting in decline of ... purchase document

Worldwide Social Platforms 2009 Vendor Shares Erin Traudt, Michael Fauscette Jun 2010 - Doc # 223817      Competitive Analysis This IDC study examines the social platforms market for the period from 2007 to 2009. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2009.: "The success and prevalence of consumer social networking companies such a ... purchase document

Worldwide Enterprise Asset Management 2009 Vendor Shares: Brief Overview of EAM Vendors Sanjeev Pal, Michael Fauscette Jun 2010 - Doc # 223788      Competitive Analysis This IDC study examines the enterprise asset management (EAM) market for the period from 2007 to 2009 and provides the market share of the leading vendors for 2007–2009.: "The EAM market is expected to gradually return to positive g ... purchase document

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

Consolidation in the Project Based Solutions Market: Deltek Tenders Offer for Maconomy Michael Fauscette Jun 2010 - Doc # lcUS22368810      IDC Link Today Deltek announced a tender offer to acquire 100% of Maconomy stock. Maconomy is a European based services resource planning (SRP) vendor. For companies in industry verticals that have a project as the core of their businesses, there ar ...

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