Lawrence Orans Research Director Stamford, CT USA Years of Experience 13 years at Gartner 27 years IT industry Areas of Coverage Networking & Communications Equipment View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Lawrence Orans is a research director in Gartner's Research organization. His research focuses on the integration of security within internal networks, with a particular emphasis on network access control, VoIP and content filtering. Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner in 1997, Mr. Orans held systems engineering positions at IBM, 3Com and Bay Networks (via Wellfleet Communications), where he worked with enterprises on designing and implementing secure network infrastructures. In total, he has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Professional Background IBM, Programmer / Systems Engineer, 9 years 3Com, Systems Engineer, 2 years Bay Networks, Systems Engineer, 3 years Education B.S., Engineering, University of Pennsylvania M.B.A., Stern School of Business at New York University LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Q&A: Windows 7 DirectAccess Challenges Remote-Access VPNs 29-Jan-2010 John Girard, Lawrence Orans Toolkit: Sample RFI/RFP Questions for Network Access Control 13-Jan-2010 Lawrence Orans, John Pescatore Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway 08-Jan-2010 Peter Firstbrook, Lawrence Orans Predicts 2010: Infrastructure Protection Is Still Not 'One Size Fits All' 18-Nov-2009 Ray Wagner, Peter Firstbrook, Paul E. Proctor, Eric Ouellet, Lawrence Orans, John Pescatore, Adam Hils MarketScope for DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management 12-Nov-2009 Lawrence Orans