
Rick Villars
As Research Vice President, Datacenter & Cloud, Richard Villars is a senior member of IDC‘s IT Infrastructure research team, which assesses the evolution of datacenter design, placement and management strategies as well as the exploitation of rapidly evolving technologies in the areas of Big Data and Cloud. He develops IDC’s viewpoints on the workloads driving adopting of converged and software defined IT solutions as well as strategies to enable more effective use of public and private cloud solutions. He advises clients on the impact of new IT consumption models and technologies on organizations’ infrastructure, deployment, procurement, and management practices.
Research VP, Data Center & Cloud
IDC