About the Author

Maribel Lopez founded Lopez Research LLC in 2008 to research how technology trends such as mobile, big data, social, and cloud will transform business. She provides strategic market research and analysis of global markets. Her clients include start-ups through Fortune 500 companies. The company provides market research and strategy consulting to software vendors, networking vendors, and enterprise IT leaders as well as telecom providers.

Over the past two decades, she has observed, commented on, and engaged in the massive shifts in the data and telecommunications industries during her work with Motorola, International Data Corp., Shiva Corporation, and Forrester Research. Prior to founding Lopez Research, Maribel was a respected analyst for more than 10 years at Forrester Research, most recently as vice president of the tech industry strategies group. In this position at Forrester Research, Maribel provided analysis on multiple topics, including network and service strategies, enterprise communications, and consumer markets for voice, video, and data. She held positions in strategic marketing and product marketing at Shiva Corporation. Prior to joining Shiva, she worked for International Data Corporation as a data networking industry analyst. Maribel began her career at Motorola, holding positions in finance and global corporate development.

Maribel is frequently quoted by publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, the Globe and Mail, BusinessWeek ...

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