Matthew W. Cain Research VP Washington, CT USA Years of Experience 20 years at Gartner 24 years IT industry Areas of Coverage Security & Privacy High Performance Workplace 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 e-mail analyst. His coverage includes all collaboration modalities as well as collaboration theory. Mr. Cain has been instrumental in helping organizations determine when moving e-mail to the cloud is appropriate. He is also the creator of the concept of 4th Generation Collaboration Services, which describes the emergence of new group of collaboration tools that aggregate many industry developments such as real-time computing, social networking, network analysis and location awareness. Previous Experience Mr. Cain has more than 22 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 Education M.A., Columbia University B.A., Dickinson College LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Toolkit: Policy for the Acceptable Use of E-Mail in Germany 26-Jan-2010 Carsten Casper, Matthew W. Cain Intuit and Microsoft Partner for Collaboration in the Cloud 26-Jan-2010 Eric Knipp, Matthew W. Cain One Company Cuts Lotus Domino Costs by $11 Million Over Two Years 20-Jan-2010 Matthew W. Cain Cisco's Move to Collaboration Is Positive, but Needs Follow-Through 18-Dec-2009 Ken Dulaney, Bob Hafner, Bern Elliot, Jeffrey Mann, Matthew W. Cain, Nikos Drakos, James Lundy, Robert F. Mason, Steve Cramoysan, Elise Olding, Carol Rozwell, Scott Morrison, Gene Phifer, Whit Andrews, David Mario Smith Predicts 2010: Social Software Is an Enterprise Reality 03-Dec-2009 David Mario Smith, Matthew W. Cain, Jeffrey Mann, James Lundy, Anthony Bradley, Ken Dulaney, Carol Rozwell, Monica Basso