His research focuses on service providers, with an emphasis on cloud, hosting and managed services, and how those service providers acquire, build and deliver the related technologies.

Prior to joining 451 Research, Liam was editor-in-chief at the Web Host Industry Review, where he managed a full-time editorial staff, along with dozens of freelancers and other contributors. In several years as co-chair of HostingCon, he developed the educational program for one of the industry's most highly regarded and well-attended events.

In roughly 20 years covering the technology services market, Liam has closely followed many of the trends that have shaped the business, platforms and partner ecosystems involved. He speaks frequently at client and industry events and is frequently quoted in technology and business publications. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto. Minimize

Joining LCD in 2014, Rachelle honed her leveraged finance background covering the often complex subset of distressed debt; placing particular emphasis on unearthing the detail behind the balance sheet maneuvers of companies on the brink, and market-moving trends as they relate to stress identifiers in broader market indices.

Before joining LCD, Rachelle wrote for Reuters and IFR on the U.S. high-yield corporate bond market in New York, and prior to that on sovereign and covered bonds as a markets reporter in London during the height of the financial crisis. Rachelle got her start as a research analyst at Thomson Financial, and also held post-graduate derivative trade confirmation roles at WestLB and UBS. Minimize