Nikhil Anand 
Senior Manager, Measurement and Forecasting Practice | International Data Corporation (IDC)
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Nikhil Anand is the Senior Manager for the Measurement & Forecasting Practice at IDC Canada.
Biography
Nikhil Anand is the Senior Manager for the Measurement & Forecasting Practice at IDC Canada. Nikhil manages various local and global projects. He leads the team in market sizing, forecasting and segmentation by industry, region and customer size of existing and emerging IT technologies. His team is responsible for coordinating Canadian data for all of the IDC Spending Guides and Market Forecasters.
Nikhil Anand joined IDC in 2015 after completing his MBA from Rotman School of Management. He also holds an engineering degree in Computer Science.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Associated IDC Services (8)
- IDC Canada Measurement and Forecasting Practice
- Canadian IT Market Forecaster
- Canadian Telecom Market Forecaster
- Semiannual Security Spending Guide
- Worldwide Black Book Standard Edition
- Worldwide Black Book 3rd Platform Edition
- Worldwide Semiannual ICT Spending Guide Industry and Company Size
- Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Line of Business
Education (2)
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management: M.B.A., Business Administration 2015
B.M.S. College of Engineering: B.Eng., Information Science
Languages (1)
- English
Links (3)
Reports (35)
Serena Da Rold, Jessica Goepfert, Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Eman Elshewy, Karen Massey, Jonathan Leung, Roberto Membrila, Andrea Minonne, Stephen Minton, Akira Muranishi, Ivana Slaharova, Eileen Smith, Angela Vacca
2019-08-29
This IDC Market Perspective outlines and discusses IDC's key global and industry assumptions for the 2H18 forecast cycle. To provide greater insight into the rationale behind the data and trends, this study outlines the overarching global and industry assumptions that serve as the foundation across the IDC spending guide body of research.
Serena Da Rold, Jessica Goepfert, Ivana Slaharova, Angela Vacca, Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Akira Muranishi, Jonathan Leung, Roberto Membrila, Jebin George
2019-07-16
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's worldwide vertical industry and company size methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual ICT Spending Guide by Industry and Company Size and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Serena Da Rold, Jessica Goepfert, Ivana Slaharova, Angela Vacca, Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Akira Muranishi, Jonathan Leung, Roberto Membrila, Jebin George
2019-07-13
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's worldwide company size methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Small and Medium Business Spending Guide and all of IDC's worldwide company size and SMB research.
Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Lubomir Dimitrov, Satoshi Matsumoto, Roberto Membrila, Eileen Smith, Angela Vacca
2019-06-18
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide data deliverable and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Karen Massey, Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Serena Da Rold, Eman Elshewy, Jessica Goepfert, Jonathan Leung, Roberto Membrila, Akira Muranishi, Ivana Slaharova
2019-05-01
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC Retail Insights' taxonomy. This structure provides the foundation for research and retail technology product and services spending forecasts across global IDC regions.
According to Karen Massey, research manager, Customer Insights and Analysis, "IDC Retail Insights' taxonomy presents a comprehensive organization of the market and helps shape our research agenda as vendors and retailers look to stay ahead of business and technology trends."
Karen Massey, Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Serena Da Rold, Eman Elshewy, Jessica Goepfert, Jonathan Leung, Roberto Membrila, Andrea Minonne, Stephen Minton, Akira Muranishi, Ivana Slaharova, Eileen Smith, Angela Vacca
2019-04-16
This IDC Market Perspective outlines and discusses IDC's key global and industry assumptions for the 1H18 forecast cycle. To provide greater insight into the rationale behind the data and trends, this study outlines the overarching global and industry assumptions that serve as the foundation across the IDC Spending Guide body of research.
"The impact of trade wars and economic and political intricacies on IT spending assumptions are quite complex and vary greatly by region and industry," states Karen Massey, research manager, Customer Insights and Analysis. "These broad reaching as well as unique complexities will impact the pace and depth at which organizations across the cloud leverage 3rd Platform and innovation accelerators to modernize their IT. In assessing the broad impact of macroeconomic assumptions on IT spending, IDC takes a nuanced industry perspective considering factors affecting business strategies, profitability, and sentiment for IT budget priorities and spending patterns."
Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Eman Elshewy, Naoko Iwamoto, Jonathan Leung, Roberto Membrila, Ivana Slaharova, Eileen Smith, Angela Vac
2018-12-15
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide data deliverable and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
"IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide presents a comprehensive view of the marketplace," said Eileen Smith, program director, IDC's Customer Insights and Analysis Group. "It is an invaluable resource to help vendors define and standardize their vocabulary for digital transformation."
Lawrence Surtees, Meng Cong, Nikhil Anand
2018-09-29
This IDC Presentation presents our high-level summary of the impact of a major International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) accounting rule change on IDC Canada's Canadian Communications Services Forecast, 2018–2022. This fall update refreshes IDC Canada's annual Communications Market Model and forecast study released in May 2018.
A major revision to our top-line and segmented markets revenue has occurred in this fall update due to the impact of a major IFRS accounting rule change, IFRS 15, that took effect for fiscal reporting periods after January 1, 2018. We estimate the impact of adopting the IFRS 15 rule change will result in a C$3.7 billion reduction of Canadian communications service provider 2018 revenue to C$55.5 billion according to our fall estimate. The bulk of that impact on Canadian communications providers' revenue will be in the wireless services market segment.
This Presentation should be reviewed in conjunction with the May 2018 study, Canadian Telecom Services Forecast, 2018–2022: Telecom Inside Out (IDC Canada #CA42532118, May 2018) for detailed market assumptions and drivers which remain largely unchanged.
Marianne Daquila, David Schubmehl, Swati Chaturvedi, Nikhil Anand, Lubomir Dimitrov, Takashi Manabe, Roberto Membrila, Eman Elshewy, Jonathan Leung, Gabriele Roberti, Jebin George
2018-09-20
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. This document should be used as a companion piece for IDC's worldwide semiannual cognitive/artificial intelligence systems and all of IDC's worldwide industry research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Stephen Minton Vice President, Customer Insights & Analysis , Jessica Goepfert Program Vice President, Customer Insights & Analysis , Eileen Smith Program Director, Customer Insights & Analysis , Serena Da Rold Program Manager, Customer Insights & Analysis , Roberto Membrila Analyst, ROC, Latin America , Naoko Iwamoto Senior Market Analyst, IT Spending, IDC Japan , Ashutosh Bisht Senior Research Manager , Nikhil Anand Manager, Measurement & Forecasting Practice , Ivana Slaharova Senior Research Analyst, Insights, CEE , Jonathan Leung
Sep 2018
This IDC Market Perspective outlines and discusses IDC's key global and industry assumptions for the 2H17 forecast cycle. To provide greater insight into the rationale behind the data and trends, this study outlines the overarching global and industry assumptions that serve as the foundation across the IDC Spending Guide body of research.
Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand
2018-08-08
Aug 2018
This IDC study updates IDC Canada's annual forecast of the Canadian wireless communication services market.
"The burgeoning popularity of wireless, coupled with a growing mobile workforce and increasing wireless substitution, strengthens the primacy of wireless as the preferred method of communications and the engine of telecom revenue growth in Canada," says Lawrence Surtees, study author and vice president of Communications Research at IDC Canada. "The advent and need for next-generation 5G wireless networks will further drive use of and spending on wireless data at the end of the current forecast period and beyond."
Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand
2018-07-26
This IDC study is the fourth iteration of the Canadian business TV services forecast and updates Canadian Business TV Services Forecast, 2017-2021 (IDC #CA41921117, July 2017).
"Although business video services are viewed by Canadian communication service providers as a significant opportunity, competition for customers' attention and dollars will increase as next-generation cable TV and over-the-top services come on stream," says study author Lawrence Surtees, vice president of Communications Research and principal analyst of IDC Canada. "This changing nature of video delivery technology means providers will be challenged in attempting to grow the business video market."
Emily Taylor, Manish Nargas, Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand
May 2018
This IDC study examines consumer wireless voice and data, residential dial-up and high-speed internet, and residential wireline voice services, and it addresses the current state of these markets in Canada. It provides forecasts for both subscriptions and revenue as well as the key drivers and inhibitors behind the forecast.
Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand, Manish Nargas, Emily Taylor
May 2018
This IDC study presents IDC Canada's five-year forecasts for communications services spending by customer segment, company size, industry sector, and region for 2018–2022 based on the annual update of IDC Canada's custom Communications Market Model and replaces our previous comprehensive forecast document (see Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand, and Manish Nargas, Canadian Telecom Services Forecast, 2017–2021: Telecom Inside Out, IDC Canada #CA41246217, May 2017).
Readers should note the adjustments made in this study and rely on this forecast for 2018 planning purposes. This study addresses the following questions:
How does current and projected spending on Canadian telecom services differ by:
- Market segment?
- Customer segment?
- Company size?
- Region?
- Industry vertical sector?
Which industry sectors, customer segments, company size, and regional segments of the Canadian communications services market are poised for growth, and which are the best opportunities for communication service providers (CSPs) over the new five-year forecast period?
CSPs continue to face twin challenges of market erosion by new and established entrants in their core markets, coupled with stalled penetration in wireless. The advent and adoption of lower-cost technological substitutes such as SIP trunks and new software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) data service along with increased wireless substitution will further exacerbate revenue erosion in traditional telecom market segments over the five-year forecast period.
Marianne Daquila, David Schubmehl, Ashutosh Bisht, Nikhil Anand, Lubomir Dimitrov, Naoko Iwamoto, Roberto Membrila, Mike Glennon
March 2018
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's worldwide semiannual cognitive/artificial intelligence systems and all of IDC's worldwide industry research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Malini Swamy, Nikhil Anand, Swati Chaturvedi, Naoko Iwamoto, Roberto Membrila, Eileen Smith, Angela Vacca
March 2018
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide data deliverable and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Jessica Goepfert, Mike Glennon, Naoko Iwamoto, Ashutosh Bisht, Roberto Membrila, Nikhil Anand, Elena Szolgayova, Dan Vesset
March 2018
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide and all of IDC's worldwide industry research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Jebin George, Naoko Iwamoto, Roberto Membrila, Ivana Slaharova, Eileen Smith, Angela Vacca
Feb 2018
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's functional area research. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Line of Business program as well as all functional area research to help organizations understand the non-IT department technology buyers.
Stephen Minton, Jessica Goepfert, Angela Vacca, Ivana Slaharova, Roberto Membrila, Naoko Iwamoto, Ashutosh Bisht, Nikhil Anand, Jebin George
Jan 2018
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's worldwide vertical industry and company size methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide by Industry and Company Size and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Nikhil Anand, Ashutosh Bisht, Jebin George, Naoko Iwamoto, Roberto Membrila, Eileen Smith, Angela Vacca
Dec 2017
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide data deliverable and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand
September 2017
This IDC study examines the hosted and cloud-based segment of the Canadian UCC market. This study includes only a partial summary view of the more detailed forecasts contained in IDC Canada's Communications Market Model. Clients using this document are also urged to familiarize themselves with the telecom service taxonomy and segment definitions detailed in the Market Definition section of this document.
Jim Westcott, Thomas Vavra, Angela Vacca, Eileen Smith, Olivier Schaller, Takashi Manabe, Gard Little, Marianne Kolding, Akihiro Kimura, Daniel-Zoe Jimenez, Naoko Iwamoto, Serena Da Rold, Ashutosh Bisht, Nikhil Anand, Jan Alexa, Mette Ahorlu
Aug 2017
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Digital Transformation Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Digital Transformation Spending Guide and all of IDC's worldwide industry research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand
August 2017
This IDC study updates IDC Canada's annual forecast of the Canadian wireless communication services market.
"The burgeoning popularity of wireless, coupled with a growing mobile workforce and increasing wireless substitution, strengthens the primacy of wireless as the preferred method of communications and engine of telecom revenue growth in Canada," says Lawrence Surtees, study author and vice president of Communications Research at IDC Canada. "The advent and need for next-generation 5G wireless networks will further drive use of and spending on wireless data at the end of the current forecast period and beyond."
Nikhil Anand, Lawrence Surtees
July 2017
This IDC study is the third iteration of the Canadian business TV services forecast and updates Canadian Business TV Services Forecast, 2016–2020 (IDC Canada #CA40658016, October 2016).
"Business video services are viewed by Canadian communication service providers (CSPs) as a significant opportunity," says study author Lawrence Surtees, vice president of Communications Research and principal analyst of IDC Canada. "But the dramatic changing nature of video delivery technology and increased competition looming from over-the-top and wireless providers means CSPs will be severely challenged in trying to grow the business video market."
Manish Nargas, Emily Taylor, Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand
June 2017
This IDC study examines the forecast for Canadian TV service subscribers and revenue. It also addresses the current state of cable TV, satellite TV, and IPTV markets as well as the key drivers and inhibitors underlying the forecast.
Lawrence Surtees, Nikhil Anand, Manish Nargas
May 2017
This IDC study presents IDC Canada's five-year forecasts for communications services spending by customer segment, company size, industry sector, and region for 2016–2021 based on the annual update of IDC Canada's custom Communications Market Model and replaces our previous comprehensive forecast document (see Canadian Telecom Services Forecast, 2016–2020: Telecom Inside Out, IDC Canada #CA40658516, May 2016).
Readers should note the adjustments made in this study and rely on this forecast for 2017 planning purposes. This study addresses the following questions:
How does current and projected spending on Canadian telecom services differ by:
- Market segment?
- Customer segment?
- Company size?
- Region?
- Industry vertical sector?
- Which industry sectors, customer segments, company size, and regional segments of the Canadian communications services market are poised for growth, and which are the best opportunities for communication service providers (CSPs) over the new five-year forecast period?
CSPs continue to face twin challenges of market erosion by new and established entrants in their core markets, coupled with stalled penetration in wireless. The advent and adoption of lower cost technological substitutes such as SIP trunks and new software-defined wide area network (SD WAN) data service further exacerbates revenue erosion in key segments.
Manish Nargas, Nikhil Anand, Lawrence Surtees, Emily Taylor
May 2017
This IDC study examines consumer wireless voice and data, residential dial-up and high-speed internet, and residential phone services and addresses the current state of these markets in Canada. It provides forecasts for both subscriptions and revenue, as well as the key drivers and inhibitors behind the forecast.
April 2017
This IDC Perspective looks at the impact that the use of immersive technologies, such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), will have across numerous industries. Vendors (both hardware and software), service providers, and buyers must look for innovative ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality by creating/incorporating augmented reality and virtual reality products and solutions.
This document is useful for market intelligence roles, strategy managers, and product/solution marketers who seek to understand the future of emerging immersive technologies such as AR and VR in Canada.
Results presented and discussed highlight the current Canadian adoption, the size of overall market, and forecast spending toward the different AR and VR technologies. Additional insight and detailed quantitative data is available on request and through subscription to corresponding vendor and buyer data products such as Trackers and Spending Guides.
April 2017
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's worldwide semiannual cognitive/artificial intelligence systems and all of IDC's worldwide industry research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
March 2017
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide and all of IDC's worldwide industry research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as well to help them build an industry-focused organization.
Feb 2017
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's functional area research. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Line of Business program as well as all functional area research to help organizations understand the non-IT department technology buyers.
Feb 2017
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's worldwide vertical and company size methodology and taxonomy. It should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Semiannual Small and Medium-Sized Business Spending Guide and all of IDC's worldwide vertical research. Technology suppliers may utilize this approach and structure as it will help them build an industry-focused organization.
Jan 2017
This IDC study provides an overview of key Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide product and market definitions. The taxonomy provides product definitions as well as a description of IDC's approach to segmenting and measuring the AR/VR market.
October 2016
This IDC study provides a forecast of the big data and analytics (BDA) software and services markets for 2016–2020.
September 2016
This IDC study updates our previous market forecast (see Canadian Wireless Services Forecast, 2015–2019: Wireless Wars 12, IDC #CA11TM15, November 2015). It provides:
- Canadian cellular penetration and revenue data for 2015
- Five-year projections of the Canadian wireless voice and nonvoice mobile data markets in terms of both subscribers and revenue for 2016–2020
- Wireless revenue forecast for the consumer and business segments by firm size
- Monthly average revenue per unit (ARPU) forecasts on both blended and segmented basis
- A description of key drivers and inhibitors that are impacting the wireless sector in Canada
- Analysis of significant market developments and trends in 2015–2016
- Advice for wireless providers to capitalize on the growth opportunities presented by the burgeoning wireless market
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