Debra Curtis Research VP Amherst, NH USA Years of Experience 9 years at Gartner 30 years IT industry Areas of Coverage IT Operations View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Debra Curtis is a research vice president in the Gartner IT Operations Management group. She is responsible for the research core topics of network management, event management and business service management. She focuses on best practices for IT operations management, improving IT management process maturity and end-to-end IT service management. Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Curtis held product marketing and executive management positions at DeskTalk Systems and AXON Networks, both vendors specializing in network performance management. Ms. Curtis also spent 15 years at Digital Equipment Corporation, holding positions in product marketing, marketing planning, international marketing, software consulting and technical support. Professional Background DeskTalk Systems, Director of Product Marketing, 3 years AXON Networks, Director of Marketing, 3 years Digital Equipment Corporation, Manager, Network Management Expertise Center, 15 years Education B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science, University at Albany, New York, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Business Activity Monitoring and Business Service Management Are Different 09-Oct-2009 Bill Gassman, Debra Curtis NetQoS Acquisition Rounds Out CA's Network Management Portfolio 17-Sep-2009 Debra Curtis, Will Cappelli, David Williams Event Correlation and Analysis Market Definition and Architecture Description, 2009 30-Jul-2009 Debra Curtis, David Williams Hype Cycle for Real-Time Infrastructure, 2009 29-Jul-2009 Donna Scott, Ronni J. Colville, Kris Brittain, Carl Claunch, Debra Curtis, David Williams, John R. Phelps, Dave Russell, Milind Govekar, Will Cappelli, Stewart Buchanan, Philip Dawson, Daryl C. Plummer, Rakesh Kumar, Thomas J. Bittman, Naveen Mishra, Andrew Butler, Jeffrey Hewitt Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis 29-Jul-2009 David Williams, Debra Curtis