Analyst Profile

Marcus Torchia

Research Manager, Intelligent Grid Strategies

As a research manager focused on intelligent grid strategies, Marcus Torchia applies 13 years of technology industry experience by helping utility end-users, technology vendors, and service providers optimize technology and business planning decisions for intelligent grid initiatives. He brings to his role experience in industry research and analysis, device and software product development, billing plan structures, market entry programs and strategic partnerships.

Mr. Torchia regularly contributes to the smart grid blog in the IDC Energy Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/energy).

Prior to joining IDC Energy Insights, Mr. Torchia held a senior analyst position at Yankee Group’s Enterprise Applications and Mobile Solutions group. While there, he established the practice around machine-to-machine (M2M) communications with a purview in enterprise technologies including remote asset management, location applications and technology, field service solutions, sensors, femtocells and 4G networks.

Prior to Yankee Group, Mr. Torchia worked for Nokia Research Center's Incubation Group, where he was responsible for internal start-up business plan development and acted as liaison between Nokia Venture Organization and engineering for the U.S. based offices.

A recognized thought leader and industry conference speaker in machine, remote device and sensor connectivity, Mr. Torchia contributes to trade publications such as Telecommunications Magazine, RCR Wireless News, Wireless Week, Asia Energy News, and RFID Journal.

Mr. Torchia earned a B.A. Economics degree from the University of Rhode Island and an M.B.A. from Babson College.



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Creating a Recipe for Success: Trilliant's $106 Million Burrito Marcus Torchia, Rick Nicholson Jul 2010 - Doc # lcUS22430510      IDC Link  Last week, California-based smart grid communications vendorTrilliant announced that it raised $106 million in its latest round of investment funding. Investments came from two investment firms and two utility industry giants. The investme ...

Smart Grid Investment Perspective: January–May 2010 Rick Nicholson, Marcus Torchia, Sam Jaffe Jun 2010 - Doc # EI223857      Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective presents an analysis of publicly announced investments in smart grid technologies for the January–May 2010 period in the North American market. It focuses exclusively on smart grid technology and thus ... purchase document

ABB Acquires Ventyx — Convergence Between OT and IT Just Got Closer Jill Feblowitz, Rick Nicholson, Marcus Torchia May 2010 - Doc # lcUS22333210      IDC Link The utility industry has been talking about the fact that lines are blurring between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) for the last few years and especially since the smart grid has taken off. Now ABB is accelerati ...

Best Practices: CIOs Move from 2009 Spending Limits to 2010 Projects Jill Feblowitz, Rick Nicholson, Marcus Torchia Apr 2010 - Doc # EI222869      Best Practices This IDC Energy Insights report provides findings from three surveys recently conducted by IDC Energy Insights and IDC Vertical Group that provide insight on utility information and communications technology (ICT) spending and ... purchase document

Business Strategy: Convergence — Sequence Your Network Communications DNA Marcus Torchia Apr 2010 - Doc # EI222552      Market Overview This IDC Energy Insights report focuses on smart grid network communications. We detail the:: Evolving role network communications play today and in the future Major challen ... purchase document

A Shot Across the Bow — Smart Grid Network Communications and the National Broadband Plan Marcus Torchia Mar 2010 - Doc # lcUS22267510      IDC Link I had a lot of fun thinking about titles for this Link entry. I also considered "Fair Warning," "A Short Olive Branch," "The Times They Are A-Changing." You probably will get the point that I see SG network communications impacted by the U. ...

Coming of Age in the Energy Economy: Networks Power Up the Intelligent Grid Marcus Torchia Mar 2010 - Doc # DR2010_T8_MT      Event Proceeding The following was presented at the IDC Directions conferences in Boston and Santa Clara in March 2010.:

North American Intelligent Grid Landscape — Vendors to Watch Marcus Torchia, Jill Feblowitz, Rick Nicholson Feb 2010 - Doc # EI221941      Perspective In this Perspective, IDC Energy Insights sets out a suggested framework for understanding the intelligent grid landscape and provides a list of vendors for each category of the framework. "You can't tell the players without a s ... purchase document

Audience Q&A: From the Intelligent Grid Spending Forecast Webinar Marcus Torchia Jan 2010 - Doc # EI221784      Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective covers IDC Energy Insights' question-and-answer session with the audience during our recent publicly presented Intelligent Grid Spending Forecast Webinar. The research area of intelligent gr ... purchase document

Worldwide Utility Industry IT Spending Guide, 2008–2013, Version 1 Marcus Torchia, Jill Feblowitz, Rick Nicholson, Nina Bonagura, Giuliana Folco, Roberta Bigliani, Gary Koch, Pavel Roland, Roman Maceska, Renato Troya, Matias Berardi, Chin-Boon Lim Jan 2010 - Doc # EI221739      Pivot Table This Energy Insights Pivot Table presents the revised market sizing and forecast estimates for the utilities industry. This document provides a detailed methodology and taxonomy for Energy Insights' Worldwide Utility Industry I ... purchase document

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