Matthew W. Cain Research VP Washington, CT USA Years of Experience 23 years at Gartner 27 years IT industry Areas of Coverage High Performance Workplace Security & Privacy View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Matt Cain is a Vice President at Gartner, where he is the lead email analyst. His coverage includes all collaboration modalities, as well as collaboration theory. Lately, Mr. Cain has been focused on helping organizations pursue an Engagement Initiative, which promotes a strategic - as opposed to ad hoc - approach to incorporating consumer computing tools and services for business purposes. Previous Experience Mr. Cain has more than 26 years of IT experience. He joined Gartner in April 2005 with the acquisition of Meta Group, where he specialized in e-mail and collaboration coverage. Before joining Meta Group in 1990, Mr. Cain was managing editor of MIS Week. He began his career as an editor for Electronic News. Professional Background Meta Group, Vice President, 18 years Fairchild Publications, Managing Editor, MIS Week; Senior Editor, Electronic News, 4 years Industry Awards/Accolades Two time winner of Gartner's Golden Quill award for excellence in writing. Education M.A., Columbia University B.A., Dickinson College LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Microsoft Office 365 Finally Breaks Free From Its On-Premises Legacy 26-Apr-2013 Matthew W. Cain, Michael A. Silver, Jeffrey Mann, Frances O'Brien Cool Vendors in Social Software and Collaboration, 2013 26-Apr-2013 Mike Gotta, Tom Austin, Hanns Koehler-Kruener, Anne Lapkin, Andrew Walls, Matthew W. Cain Cool Vendors in Content Management, 2013 23-Apr-2013 Kenneth Chin, Karen M. Shegda, Gavin Tay, Jeffrey Mann, Matthew W. Cain How to Evaluate Microsoft Office 365 Versus Google Apps for Business 21-Jan-2013 Matthew W. Cain Vendor Rating: VMware 11-Jan-2013 Chris Wolf, Ronni J. Colville, David Mitchell Smith, Thomas J. Bittman, Yefim V. Natis, Neil MacDonald, Mark A. Margevicius, Stewart Buchanan, John Rizzuto, Matthew W. Cain