Analyst Profile

Thom Rubel

Thom Rubel

Vice President of Research

Thom Rubel is vice president of research. He is responsible for spearheading all research targeted to decision-makers within government organizations and maintains direct responsibility for managing IDC Government Insights’ global research agenda. He draws on more than 20 years of experience in government and IT research organizations to deliver research specific to strategies, operations, programs, policies, and technologies unique to government markets.

Mr. Rubel blogs in the IDC Government Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/government). His Twitter handle is thomrubel.

Prior to joining IDC Government Insights, Mr. Rubel served as Vice President of Government Strategies at META Group, where he focused on assisting government clients to more effectively communicate IT transformational value to government business processes for improving operations and policy outcomes. During his career, he also initiated and served as Director of the State Information Technology Program at the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices, where he guided the development and implementation of an IT program that included management and procurement, electronic government transactions, enterprise strategies, and policy solutions. In this role, he managed a twelve-governor IT Task Force and a Corporate Advisory Group composed of more than 30 IT companies that served as a resource and sounding board for the governors and the Center's projects and programs.

From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Rubel served as Assistant Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was Deputy Director of Intergovernmental and Consumer Affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1987 to 1989.

He is a frequent speaker at government events and often turned to by national and industry-specific media outlets – including Business Week, Federal Computer Week, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Technology, Government Computer News, and Government Technology – for his opinions on government strategy and technology trends. An Iowa native, he is a graduate of the University of South Dakota.



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Research Authored by Thom Rubel

locked Pivot Tables: IDC Government Insights' U.S. Solutions Market Share and Forecast Guides, 2013
Scott TiazkunThom RubelMonika KumarRuthbea Yesner Clarke
Feb 2013 - Doc # GI239610    Pivot Table
This IDC Government Insights Pivot Table presents two pivot table worksheets: Solution-specific vendor revenue for the top government solution–focused vendors for 2011 Market forecasts for the individual solutions through 2016Solutions cove...
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locked Does Latitude 10 Change the Government Landscape?
Shawn P. McCarthyThom Rubel
Feb 2013 - Doc # lcUS23970213    IDC Link
Today Dell announced the release of its Latitude 10 Enhanced Security tablet, a Windows 8–based device that may find a niche user base in government agencies, thanks to its dual-authentication capability — with an HSPD-12 compliant integrat...
locked IDC Insights Predictions 2013: Cross-Industry Overview
David Potterton,  Rick Nicholson,  Meredith WhalenScott LundstromRobert ParkerRobert ParkerThom RubelFrank Gens
Jan 2013 - Doc # WC20121203    Event Proceeding
This IDC Web conference, presenting IDC Insights' annual top 10 predictions, was hosted by IDC's industry-specific research teams covering energy, financial services, government, health, manufacturing, and retail. Discussions focus on how t...
locked Worldwide Industry 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Meredith WhalenRobert ParkerThom RubelScott LundstromDavid Potterton,  Rick Nicholson
Jan 2013 - Doc # 238959    Top 10 Predictions
This IDC study presents our top predictions for the major industries. Each prediction comes from a more extensive industry-specific Top 10 Predictions document, authored by IDC Insights business units."Predictions are based on research the ...
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locked U.S. Government 2013 Top 10 Predictions
Ruthbea Yesner ClarkeShawn P. McCarthyAdelaide O'BrienThom Rubel
Dec 2012 - Doc # GI238535    Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Government Insights report discusses the top 10 predictions for 2013 that will heavily influence the direction and magnitude of IT investment, management, and evaluation. It also presents four key market drivers affecting these asp...
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locked 2013 Top 10 Government Predictions for Western Europe
Silvia PiaiMark YatesMukesh ChulaniJan PetrujThom Rubel
Dec 2012 - Doc # GIPP10U    Top 10 Predictions
The volatile context in which governments operate make systemic change necessary. Incremental step-by-step improvements to government effectiveness will often be the only ones affordable in the short term."Agility in architectural design, m...
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locked Methods and Practices: Smart Governments Need to Mitigate Risk and Ensure Value in Large, Complex IT System Programs
Thom Rubel
Nov 2012 - Doc # GIGM53U    Methods and Practices
Social, technological, economic, environmental, and political changes are making traditional good practices for large program management, such as executive sponsorship and minimization of change orders, insufficient."To achieve enhancements...
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locked Two Things Smart Governments Should Reconsider for ICT Strategic Planning
Thom Rubel
Oct 2012 - Doc # GIPP55U    Business Strategy
Social, technological, economic, environmental, and political changes are all impacting the predictability of ICT investment in government, therefore hampering the resiliency of ICT strategies and the sustainability of strategic planning pr...
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locked IDC Government Insights' U.S. Government Solutions Market Share Guide, Methodology, and Taxonomy, 2012
Thom RubelRuthbea Yesner ClarkeScott TiazkunMonika Kumar
Sep 2012 - Doc # GI236875    Pivot Table
This IDC Government Insights Pivot Table presents solution-specific vendor revenue for the top retail solution–focused vendors for 2011. Solutions covered include public safety and emergency response, education learning management systems, ...
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locked The Smart IT Ecosystem: Foundation for Economic Competitiveness
Thom Rubel
Mar 2012 - Doc # DR2012_T7_TR    Event Proceeding
The following was presented at the IDC Directions conferences in San Jose and Boston in March 2012.
locked IDC New England Broadband Summit Event Synopsis
Matt DavisDavid EmberleyAmy Lind,  John Byrne,  Thom Rubel,  Irene Berlinsky
Jan 2012 - Doc # 232544    Insight
This IDC Insight describes actions taken by IDC to better understand the position of broadband experts working on behalf of, or directly for, the New England state governments. On December 8, 2011, IDC hosted its first New England Broadband...
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