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Gregor Petri
Gregor Petri
Research Director
Veghel Netherlands
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Years of Experience
2 years at Gartner
21 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Networking & Communications Services

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Roles and Responsibilities
Gregor Petri is Research Director at Gartner, covering cloud computing, hosting, data centers and communications service provider strategies. Cloud computing is proving to be a transformational force that is rapidly changing the vendor, user and service provider landscape. Presenting and sharing perspectives on the impact of cloud computing and helping organizations plan for this transition are an important part of Mr. Petri's activities. Because the "new normal" being created by cloud computing is creating an increasingly important role for service providers, Mr. Petri is a member of Gartner's CSP Enterprise Markets team.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Petri was already a regular speaker at industry events and wrote one of the first cloud primers - "Shedding Light on Cloud Computing" (2009) - which was followed by many other cloud publications, including "Lean, or the art of cloud computing management" (2011). Sites around the world syndicated his LeanITmanager blog, and he was named by Cloud Computing Journal as one of the world's Top 100 Bloggers on Cloud Computing. Earlier in his career, Mr. Petri worked as a management trainee in the office of the CIO at Akzo, helped roll out just-in-time manufacturing at Philips, and helped roll out several IT innovations, such as object-oriented ERP applications, mobile business applications and XML servers into Europe. Prior to his current position, he was senior director of product marketing EMEA at CA Technologies. Mr. Petri is a former board member of the Dutch Web-Services Association, the XML Users Group Holland and Geel-Zwart field hockey, where he still plays. He studied business economics and information technology in Rotterdam and Tilburg; during this study, he wrote and marketed one of the first European shareware applications.
Professional Background
CA Technologies, Sr. Director of Product Marketing EMEA, 8 years
Software AG, Director of Sales & Marketing, 3 years
Marcam Solutions, Director of Product Marketing EMEA, 8 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
Top 100 Blogger on Cloud Computing (according to Cloud Computing Journal)
Education
M.Sc., Economics and IT, University of Tilburg
Languages
Dutch
English




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Gartner Analytics Trends: Providing Insight Into the Future of Cloud Computing 13-May-2013 Gregor Petri
A Model for Cloud Service Providers to Pick the Right Locations for Service Delivery 08-May-2013 Gregor Petri
Cool Vendors in the European Cloud Computing Market, 2013 25-Apr-2013 Gregor Petri, Tiny Haynes, Hanns Koehler-Kruener
Cool Vendors in Cloud Services Brokerage Enablers, 2013 23-Apr-2013 Tiffani Bova, Daryl C. Plummer, Gregor Petri, Paolo Malinverno, Milind Govekar
Cool Vendors in Cloud Services Brokerages, 2013 18-Apr-2013 Tiffani Bova, Daryl C. Plummer, Gregor Petri, Ed Anderson