Analyst Profile
Philip Dawson
Philip Dawson
Research VP
Reading United Kingdom
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Years of Experience
14 years at Gartner
27 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Servers & Storage
Open Source

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Roles and Responsibilities
Philip Dawson is a Vice President in Gartner Research and Agenda Manager. He specializes in virtualization, cloud, ERP and server infrastructure. Mr. Dawson is a leading authority on virtualization of Linux, Unix and Windows infrastructure platforms. He focuses on virtualization, portfolio consolidation, ERP migration and rationalization processes as key components of his virtualization coverage and enabling cloud delivery. He has been at Gartner for 13 years and has more than 26 years of experience in the IT industry.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner through the Meta Group acquisition, Mr. Dawson was competitive market research manager for Sequent Computer Systems, Europe. In this role, he worked within product marketing, helping develop UNIX/NT Integration Strategies and the introduction of Intel IA-32/IA-64 NUMA platforms. Before this, he worked at Santa Cruz Operation as product marketing manager for all layered products.
Professional Background
Meta Group, Vice President, 5 years
Sequent Computer Systems, Competitive Market Research Manager, 5 years
Santa Cruz Operation, Product Marketing Manager, 3 years
Education
B.A. (honors), Computing in Business, Huddersfield Polytechnic
Diploma, Computer Studies
Languages
English
Yorkshire




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Agenda Overview for Data Center, Server, Storage, Network Infrastructure and Modernization, 2013 03-Jan-2013 Philip Dawson, Mike Chuba, Rakesh Kumar
Infrastructure Utility for SAP: When to Consider Using Fujitsu's FlexFrame 13-Dec-2012 Claudio Da Rold, Gianluca Tramacere, Philip Dawson, Derek Prior, Frank Ridder
Infrastructure Utility for SAP Applications: CSC CloudIU for SAP 01-Nov-2012 Claudio Da Rold, Gianluca Tramacere, Frank Ridder, Philip Dawson, Derek Prior
IT Market Clock for Server Virtualization and Operating Environments, 2012 13-Sep-2012 Philip Dawson, Andrew Butler
IU4SAP Offerings: Accenture's Private Cloud Solution for SAP 14-Aug-2012 Claudio Da Rold, Philip Dawson, Derek Prior, Gianluca Tramacere