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Anna Toncheva
Program Manager and Economist, IT Markets and Strategies Group

Anna Toncheva is a program manager and economist with the IT Markets and Strategies group in IDC's Global Research Organization. In this role, Anna's primary focus will be on researching how economic developments impact IT investment strategies. This includes research in support of IDC's Leading IT Indicators and Worldwide Black Book programs as well as the Information Society Index among other global projects. Previously, Ms Toncheva was a Program Manager for IDC's Software and Systems Vertical Research program where she managed a portfolio of two CIS programs, catering to the research needs of more than 20 technology vendors. Ms. Toncheva’s focus was on identifying and assessing the critical economic and business issues that influence IT investment decisions of corporate users and translating these into recommendations on vertical market positioning and strategy of IT vendors.

Ms. Toncheva also developed high-resolution predictive models of IT spending in various industries, including IDC’s Software Vertical Model and the Life Sciences Green Book.

Prior to joining IDC in July 2000, Ms. Toncheva was with the Department of Economics at the University of Connecticut where she taught microeconomics and macroeconomics. In addition, she has also contributed to several economic development projects and market assessment studies of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis. Ms. Toncheva has also worked for the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank where she developed a detailed knowledge of how different economic environments impact industry trends.

Ms. Toncheva has completed the Ph.D.course requirements of the Department of Economics, University of Connecticut. She also holds a Masters degree in Economics from the Western Illinois University, Macomb and an MBA with a concentration in International Tourism Management from the Institute for National Economy, Varna, Bulgaria.

Ms Toncheva is fluent in the Bulgarian, Russian and German Languages.

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Brace Yourself for Zone Defense
Anna Toncheva
May 2010 - Doc # lcUS22343610      IDC Link
A month before the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, we get to discuss a soccer tactic applied to the realm of international finance. For the uninitiated, zone defense (zonal marking in the UK) is a scheme where the players are made to g ...

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Worldwide Enterprise Black Book Query Tool, Version 2, 2010
Anna Toncheva, Gary Koch, Giuliana Folco, Pavel Roland, Renato Troya, Stephen Minton, Ted Dangson, Thomas Dyer
Aug 2010 - Doc # 224752      Pivot Table
This IDC Pivot Table is the Version 2, 2010, release of IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Black Book, covering new and updated forecasts for enterprise IT spending in major countries and all regions around the world. Business IT spending ...
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Downside Scenario: Impact of Double-Dip Recession on IT Spending
Stephen Minton, Anna Toncheva, Kuba Stolarski, Crawford Del Prete
Aug 2010 - Doc # 224466      Industry Development and Models
This IDC study is a scenario exercise that considers the potential impact of a double-dip recession on IT spending in 2010, 2011, and 2012. A statistical model is used to analyze historical correlations in the context of deteriorating ma ...
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Appearances

State of the Market: Worldwide IT Spending Review and Forecast
Framingham, MA United States
August 05, 2010

The Only Way Is Up? IT Spending Mid-Year Update
Framingham, MA United States
May 06, 2010

State of the Market: Tech Spending Outlook 2010-11
Framingham, MA United States
February 25, 2010

2010: An IT Market Odyssey
Framingham, MA United States
October 29, 2009

State of the Market: Q2 Review and Forecasts
Framingham, MA United States
August 06, 2009

State of the Market: IT Spending Mid-Year Review & Forecasts
Framingham, MA United States
May 07, 2009