Carla Arend is a senior program director with the European software and infrastructure research team, and heads up IDC’s European cloud research. Arend provides industry clients with key insight into market dynamics, vendor activities, and end-user adoption trends in the European cloud market. As part of her research, she covers topics such as how European organizations are adopting cloud, how cloud drivers and inhibitors are evolving, cloud management, cloud security, data management in the cloud, IoT and cloud, AI and cloud, Devops and cloud, as well as GDPR impact on cloud and cloud code of conduct.

In addition to syndicated research, Arend has worked on many custom consulting projects identifying opportunities in the European cloud market and has authored white papers on subjects such as cloud management, cloud security, data management in the cloud.

Arend is regularly asked to speak at industry events, strategy workshops, sales kick-offs and training, partner events, and end-user events.

Arend holds a BA in business administration from University of Mannheim and an MSc in business administration and management of technology from Copenhagen Business School, in addition to course work at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok.

Daniel Amor is Chief Technologist for DXC Technology in Europe. He works on large, globally scoped application and infrastructure projects, developing solutions for clients that address not only current needs but also their legacy landscape, ensuring the result remains future-proof. His focus is on the interplay of legacy systems, new technologies, and the organizational requirements needed for successful implementation.

Daniel has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and DXC Technology since 1997, holding various positions along the way. His international background — a British father, a Czech mother, born in Switzerland, raised in Germany, and educated in Italy — positions him well for the complex, multi-country projects common across Europe.

He is a certified Master IT Architect under the Open Group’s certification standard, has authored six books translated into twelve languages, and regularly lectures at DHBW Stuttgart as well as, by invitation, at other universities such as SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis.

Dr. Stefan Muthmann is AI Solutions Business Development Lead for Germany at Dell Technologies. In this role, he works with organizations across industries to develop AI strategies and implement the infrastructure required to turn AI ambitions into measurable business outcomes.

Stefan supports customers across the AI journey—from identifying high-value use cases and defining the right strategy to designing, deploying, and scaling secure AI environments. His focus spans the interplay of data, compute, networking, security, and operational requirements, helping organizations build a practical foundation for enterprise AI.

With a consultative approach, Stefan connects business priorities with technology decisions and helps organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution. He works with customers at different stages of AI maturity, from initial exploration to production-scale implementation.

Before taking on his current role, Stefan served at Dell Technologies as an Enterprise Architect and as a specialist for data and AI in manufacturing. He joined Dell Technologies in 2019 from ComConsult, where he worked as an IT and management consultant and headed the Data Center department. He holds a PhD in physics from RWTH Aachen University, Germany.