Analyst Profile
David W. Cearley
David W. Cearley
VP & Gartner Fellow
Stamford, CT USA
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Years of Experience
18 years at Gartner
30 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Emerging Trends & Technologies

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Roles and Responsibilities
David Cearley is a vice president and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Research and is a leading authority on information technology. As a member of Gartner Research, Mr. Cearley analyzes emerging business and technology trends and explores how these trends shape the way individuals and companies derive value from technology. His current research is focused on cloud computing and how Internet and Web technologies, standards and business models are impacting the IT landscape.
Previous Experience
Mr. Cearley's expertise spans software architectures and standards, component software models, application design, the Internet, business-IT alignment, and the IT services market. He has worked with a wide range of end-user and vendor organizations assisting in strategy creation, technology selection, implementation planning and organizational development. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Cearley held various senior-level research positions at Meta Group. Before that, he was vice president of R&D for Revelation Technologies, served as program director at Gartner Group, and held various managerial/director-level positions at Innovative Software and Informix.
Professional Background
Meta Group, Senior Vice President & Principal Analyst, 12 years
Revelation Technologies, Vice President, Research & Development, 2 years
Informix, Director, Product Management, 8 years
Education
B.S., Finance and Economics, Rockhurst University




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Cloud Computing Key Initiative Overview 05-Feb-2010 David W. Cearley
HP CEO Mark Hurd Discusses HP's Strategy, Offerings and Market Trends 25-Jan-2010 Donna Scott, David W. Cearley
NIST and Gartner Cloud Approaches Are More Similar Than Different 25-Jan-2010 David Mitchell Smith, David W. Cearley
Creating Cloud Solutions: A Decision Framework 08-Dec-2009 Eric Knipp, David Mitchell Smith, David W. Cearley, Yefim V. Natis
HP to Double Its Enterprise Networking Business With 3Com Buy 13-Nov-2009 Mark Fabbi, David W. Cearley