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Years of Experience
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12 years at Gartner
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37 years IT industry
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Roles and Responsibilities
Andrew Butler is a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner Research. Initially recruited to address the Unix and midrange server market, his coverage area now encompasses market and technology trends for most server technologies (other than mainframes), including operating system evolution, architectures, platforms and vendor strategies. He is also the lead analyst on blade servers and is the co-author of the Server Evaluation Model online tool accessible from the Gartner for IT Leaders' IT Infrastructure & Operations home page.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner in 1997, he worked for HP for 14 years in the U.K. and Germany, most recently as European marketing manager for midrange Unix servers. His period of employment at HP also included channel marketing, European and worldwide product management roles for messaging and imaging software products, and a consulting role in the professional services organization. His previous industry experience includes software development on IBM midrange computers for Altergo, a leading U.K. software developer during the 1980s, as well as programming and systems analysis roles on IBM mainframes and midrange computers for Boehringer Ingelheim, Schwarzkopf and Nielsen Research.
Professional Background
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AC Nielsen, Programmer, 4 years
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Altergo, Software Engineer, 3 years
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HP, EMEA Marketing Manager - Midrange Systems, 14 years
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