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Vivian Tero
Program Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Infrastructure

Team: Compliance
Worldwide Software Research
Vivian Tero is the Program Director for IDC's Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Infrastructure service. Ms. Tero’s primary focus is research, analysis, and strategic advisory on information and system infrastructure technologies that facilitate legal discovery, data privacy, and IT GRC (governance, risk management and compliance). In this cross-functional role, Ms. Tero tracks the convergence of content, messaging, and collaborative applications with the systems infrastructure solutions in the context of IT GRC. Ms. Tero is quoted regularly in the trade and business publications and is a frequent presenter at business and technology conferences.

Prior to this role, Ms. Tero managed IDC's Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) System Infrastructure research service and the Infrastructure Management Software and Security Software Tracker programs from IDC’s Singapore office. She also executed research and consulting projects for vendors and end-users, including a definitive study on Linux Migration Trends in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan).

Prior to joining IDC, Ms. Tero spent 2 years on strategic and operational planning with Lante Corporation (now AvenueA/Razorfish) in San Francisco. In this role, she worked closely with venture-backed and Fortune 1000 firms in developing and implementing technology-enabled business solutions. Prior to joining Lante, Ms. Tero worked as a financial analyst with the University of San Francisco.

Ms. Tero received her MBA from the University of San Francisco, and her Bachelor of Mathematics' Degree from the University of San Carlos. She has also completed the American Law Institute- American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) continuing legal education course on Data Privacy.


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IDC Analysis of the 9th Fulbright Litigation Trends Survey Part 3: The Future of Technology Assisted Review (TAR)
Vivian Tero
Apr 2013 - Doc # lcUS24090213      IDC Link
Fulbright & Jaworski, a full-service international law firm with more than 850 lawyers in 17 global locations, recently released the 9th Fulbright Litigation Trends Survey Report. This annual study looks at litigation and eDiscovery trends ...
IDC Analysis of the 9th Fulbright Litigation Trends Survey Part 2: BYOD, Mobility, and Cloud Computing
Vivian Tero
Apr 2013 - Doc # lcUS24088713      IDC Link
Fulbright & Jaworski, a full-service international law firm with more than 850 lawyers in 17 global locations, recently released the 9th Fulbright Litigation Trends Survey Report. This annual study looks at litigation and eDiscovery trends ...

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Symantec 4.0: A Long Time Coming and a Positive Change of Direction
Phil Hochmuth, Vivian Tero, John Grady, Jean S. Bozman, Sally Hudson, Charles J. Kolodgy
Mar 2013 - Doc # 239311      Insight
This IDC Insight examines the details of the "Symantec 4.0" corporate restructuring and transformation strategy announced via a public Webcast to analysts and investors on January 23, 2013. All aspects of Symantec's businesses groups are ...
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Predictions 2013: Governance, Risk, and Compliance in the 3rd Platform
Vivian Tero
Feb 2013 - Doc # WC20130219      Event Proceeding
This IDC Web Conference examines the impact of the developing trends and emerging opportunities that will shape the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) infrastructure ecosystem in 2013 and beyond. It discusses the rise of the 3rd plat ...
 
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Predictions 2013: Governance, Risk & Compliance in the Third Platform
Framingham, MA United States
February 19, 2013