As a Principal Research Analyst for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan Thompson provides insight into the multi-tenant datacenter (MTDC) market space. Full Bio

As a Principal Research Analyst for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan Thompson provides insight into the multi-tenant datacenter (MTDC) market space. He currently leads the research in APAC and Latin America, while also assisting in the coverage of North America. Dan is particularly focused on MTDCs that are trying to move up the stack to offer additional services beyond colocation and connectivity. These services may include disaster recovery, security, various forms of cloud and other managed services. He also assists the 451 Research Information Security group when their interests overlap.

Prior to joining 451 Research, Dan spent 15 years as a practitioner in the IT industry, the last 10 of which were spent at a top managed/cloud service provider. Dan has worn many hats in the IT world, from systems administration to management, and was most recently an enterprise architect. In that role, Dan not only assisted in the launch of the company's security practice, but also created security-specific products, and designed security into every solution launched to the customer base.

Dan has been quoted in a number of top publications including The Wall Street Journal, as well as industry-specific publications such as CyberTrend Magazine. He is a regular speaker at client and industry events globally, and regularly appears on regional NBC affiliate stations across East Tennessee.

In addition to a good many IT industry certifications, Dan currently holds degrees in Network Security and Forensics, and Information Technology. Minimize

Perkins Liu has joined the Datacenter team as a Senior Research Analyst covering datacenters in APAC and datacenter technology more broadly. Full Bio

Perkins Liu has joined the Datacenter team as a Senior Research Analyst covering datacenters in APAC and datacenter technology more broadly. Perkins is based in Rhode Island and has been in the datacenter industry for over 20 years, most recently as a Leader of Strategy and Business Development for the Cloud and Service Provider segment at Schneider Electric. Perkins has worked with global web giants and datacenter providers on their facility construction and operation plans worldwide, including years of experience working with providers in China, where he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering. Perkins also has an MBA from the University of Rhode Island. He is fluent in Mandarin and English. Minimize

Soon Chen is a member of the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure analyst team at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Soon Chen is a member of the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure analyst team at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Based in Hong Kong, she covers multitenant datacenter servicers providers in the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining 451 Research, Soon Chen was a reporter at Market Intelligence covering the consumer sector. She has written extensively on the e-commerce sector in Asia-Pacific region, particularly focusing on Alibaba and other Chinese internet-based companies. Minimize