Analyst Profile
Ruggero Contu
Ruggero Contu
Research Director
Egham United Kingdom
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Years of Experience
13 years at Gartner
14 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
IT Operations
Security & Privacy
Software Markets

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Roles and Responsibilities
Ruggero Contu is a Leading Analyst on security markets at Gartner, where he is also backup Agenda Manager helping with the development of research content in this area. His main area of focus is the worldwide security software markets, with expanding research also on cloud-based security services and small or midsize business (SMB) markets. His research on security is also developed with a particular focus on regional trends. He has considerable experience in providing advice to security providers to assist them in the design of their optimum go-to-market and messaging strategy. He is based in the Egham, U.K., office.
Previous Experience
In his previous role at Gartner, Mr. Contu was the leading worldwide market analyst for the IT operations management (ITOM) area.
Professional Background
Gartner, Principal Research Analyst, 11 year
World Brands Duty Free (Pernod Richard Group), Sales and Operations Executive (Supporting ERP Implementation), 3 years
Education
M.S., Information Security, Royal Holloway, University of London
B.A., European Studies, with honors, Royal Holloway, University of London
Languages
English
French
Italian
Sardinian
Spanish




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Market Share Analysis: Security Software, Worldwide, 2012 15-May-2013 Ruggero Contu, Matthew Cheung
Forecast: Information Security, Worldwide, 1Q13 Update 10-May-2013 Ruggero Contu, Christian Canales, Lawrence Pingree
Cool Vendors in Security: Security Services, 2013 29-Apr-2013 Ray Wagner, Neil MacDonald, Joseph Feiman, Ruggero Contu, Peter Firstbrook, Jay Heiser
Cool Vendors in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2013 26-Apr-2013 Ruggero Contu, Lawrence Pingree, Eric Ahlm
Forecast Analysis: Enterprise Infrastructure Software, Worldwide, 2012-2017, 1Q13 Update 15-Apr-2013 Laurie F. Wurster, Federico De Silva, Ruggero Contu, Colleen Graham, Fabrizio Biscotti, Matthew Cheung, Asheesh Raina, Jie Zhang, Michael Warrilow