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Adeline Phua
Follow AnalystPrincipal Analyst, Network Transformation Services
Adeline Phua is a principal analyst at Omdia, focusing on the enterprise networking market. She looks beyond the numbers to find business and tech insights on what is driving change in the enterprise network market. Adeline is based in Singapore.
Prior to taking up this role, Adeline led research around network transformation for service providers and enterprises at Omdia.
She also had 10 years of experience at IDC covering the service provider and enterprise networking market in Asia Pacific. She took a short break from the analyst world to join the Ministry of Communication and Information, overlooking ICT sector research before coming back Omdia.
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Manoj Sukumaran
Follow AnalystPrincipal Analyst, Data center IT
Manoj is Omdia’s data center computing and networking expert. He covers trailblazing technologies such as processors that enable the programmability of compute and networking hardware, edge computing, composable infrastructure, and the adoption of open compute hardware. He has over 15 years of experience in engineering and financial services, consulting, and research.
Before joining Omdia, Manoj was the founder and director of QWave India, a hardware engineering services company that specializes in designing data center hardware for clients such as Facebook and LinkedIn. His team delivered Facebook’s first three open compute switches, pioneering the bare metal switching technology that has revolutionized the data center. He also worked on the architecture and design of Open19’s first switch and server. Manoj has also held senior positions in financial services, consulting, and media companies. He holds two bachelor’s degrees—one in physics and one in information technology—and an MBA from India’s Mahatma Gandhi University.
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