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Adam W. Couture
Adam W. Couture
Principal Research Analyst
Hopkinton, MA USA
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Years of Experience
11 years at Gartner
36 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Outsourcing & IT Services

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Roles and Responsibilities
Adam Couture is a principal analyst in Gartner Research, where he is part of the IT Services group, specializing in IT infrastructure support with a focus on storage services and a secondary focus on e-mail compliance service providers. Mr. Couture is the primary analyst for the storage service market and storage service providers, including cloud storage infrastructure as a service and cloud server backup services. His responsibilities include tracking and analyzing industry and market trends, vendor initiatives, user wants and needs, and industry initiatives.
Previous Experience
Mr. Couture is a senior service and support professional whose career spans more than 20 years with Xerox, Wang and Digital Equipment. Prior to joining Gartner in 1999, he was an independent consultant helping small and midsize companies develop and initiate new service strategies. Most recently, he helped Progress Software establish pass-through service strategies for Progress Value-Added Reports.
Professional Background
Progress Software, Services Marketing Manager, 1 year
Jenco Industries, President, 8 years
Digital Equipment Corp., Services Marketing Manager, 14 years
Education
B.A., California Polytechnic
M.A., University of California




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2009 Data Center Conference Poll Results: Cloud Storage 21-Jan-2010 Adam W. Couture
Survey Analysis: Managed Storage Pricing and Practices, North America, 1Q10 14-Jan-2010 Adam W. Couture, Stanley Zaffos
Predicts 2010: New Technologies and Service Delivery Models Will Transform the Storage Markets 14-Dec-2009 John Monroe, Pushan Rinnen, Sheila Childs, Adam W. Couture, Valdis Filks, Stanley Zaffos
Emerging Technology Analysis: Cloud Storage Services 02-Dec-2009 Adam W. Couture, Donna Taylor
Forecast: Storage Professional Services, Worldwide, 4Q09 Update 02-Dec-2009 Adam W. Couture, Yuko Adachi, Rob Addy, Michele C. Caminos