Melanie Posey is the Research Director for the Cloud & Managed Services Transformation at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In addition to managing the research team, she focuses on analyzing the evolution of enterprise IT through the lens of cloud and the associated transformation of IT consumption and delivery models. Melanie also manages 451 Research's Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services offering.
Prior to joining 451 Research, Melanie spent more than 15 years at IDC in a variety of roles, providing analysis, forecasting and insight for the cloud, hosting, datacenter, managed services and telecommunications markets. At IDC, Melanie received numerous awards for research, collaboration, sales support and client service, including being named runner-up for the prestigious James Peacock Memorial Award.
During her more than 20-year career in the technology research and consulting arena, Melanie has been quoted extensively in the business and technology trade press, and is a frequent speaker at industry and client events.
Melanie holds an MA in international relations/international economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a division of Johns Hopkins University, an MA in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a B.A. in French from Amherst College.
Environmental, social and corporate governance have never been so important. Post-COVID-19, cloud has the potential to change the world for the better. It provides the ability to scale to address more needs at tiny incremental costs so that, potentially, those without opportunities today may be better able to access them tomorrow.
This Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting and Managed Services, Organizational Dynamics survey wave was conducted during Q2 2020. The survey represents approximately 500 completes from pre-qualified IT decision-makers. Delivered quarterly, this research provides comprehensive, survey-driven analyst reports with customizable data deliverables.
Hyperscalers have built versatile public clouds designed to serve various industry sectors but are using specific tactics to target financial services. Participation of industry players and collaboration with partner ecosystems will be key in advancing public cloud maturation in financial services.
Combining 451 Research's industry-leading analysis with a proprietary global panel of IT decision-makers, Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services tracks the disruption occurring in the market and exposes the major opportunities for enterprises, IT vendors, suppliers and investors. This survey fielded from April 16th to May 27th, 2020. Delivered quarterly, this research provides comprehensive, survey-driven analyst reports with customizable data deliverables.
Combining 451 Research's industry-leading analysis with a proprietary global panel of IT decision-makers, Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services tracks the disruption occurring in the market and exposes the major opportunities for enterprises, IT vendors, suppliers and investors. This survey fielded from April 16th to May 27th, 2020. Delivered quarterly, this research provides comprehensive, survey-driven analyst reports with customizable data deliverables.
Combining 451 Research's industry-leading analysis with a proprietary global panel of IT decision-makers, Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services tracks the disruption occurring in the market and exposes the major opportunities for enterprises, IT vendors, suppliers and investors. This survey fielded from April 16th to May 27th, 2020. Delivered quarterly, this research provides comprehensive, survey-driven analyst reports with customizable data deliverables.
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