Analyst Profile
Betsy Burton
Betsy Burton
VP Distinguished Analyst
Davenport, CA USA
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Years of Experience
15 years at Gartner
24 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Enterprise Architecture

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Roles and Responsibilities
Betsy Burton is a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner Research, where she is a member of the Enterprise Architecture team and leads research on enterprise business architecture. In addition, Ms. Burton is actively involved in cross-discipline research on Pattern-Based Strategy, with a focus on Gartner's Business Pattern Framework. Previously, Ms. Burton was the role service director for the Gartner Business Intelligence and Information Management product.
Previous Experience
During her more than 15 years at Gartner, Ms. Burton has held a variety of research and leadership roles, including responsibility for defining Gartner research methodology (Vendor Ratings, MarketScopes and Magic Quadrants), lead analyst for Oracle and CA, research lead for collaboration, and research area director for the Database and Enterprise Management teams. Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Burton held product marketing, management and engineering positions at Borland International, Sybase, Santa Cruz Operations, and Brittian Lee and Digital Research. She was also an active member of numerous standards consortia, including the SQL Access Group, X/Open and Open Software Foundation.
Professional Background
Borland, Senior Product Marketing Manager, 2 years
Sybase, Senior Product Marketing Manager, 5 years
Santa Cruz Operations, Product Manager, 2 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
VARBusiness Magazine Top 20 Visionaries for 2001 (www.varbusiness.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=18818257)
Education
B.S., Computer Science, with minors in English Literature and Mathematics, University of Colorado




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Predicts 2010: Major Changes in Store for Enterprise Architecture 19-Nov-2009 David Newman, Philip Allega, Betsy Burton, Nicholas Gall, Robert A. Handler, Bruce Robertson, Julie Short, Chris Wilson
'Business Context' and 'Business Architecture' Are Not the Same 13-Nov-2009 Betsy Burton, Philip Allega, Anne Lapkin
Five Clients Explore the Use of Pattern-Based Strategy 04-Nov-2009 Betsy Burton
Enterprise Architecture Framework; CIO Desk Reference Chapter 9 01-Oct-2009 R. Scott Bittler, Betsy Burton, Nicholas Gall, Colleen M. Young
Top EA Challenges in Australia and Singapore Are People and Business Issues 10-Sep-2009 Betsy Burton