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Karen Benson
Managing VP
Paris La Defense cedex France
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Years of Experience
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19 years at Gartner
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22 years IT industry
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Roles and Responsibilities
Karen Benson is a managing vice president in Gartner Research with global responsibility for the server markets team in Gartner's Technology & Service Provider Research organization. This team of analysts is responsible for sizing and forecasting server markets, server market subsegments and technology adoption. The team analyzes competitive dynamics, identifying market opportunities and advising clients on strategic and tactical approaches to improve market position.
Previous Experience
Prior to holding this management role at Gartner, Ms. Benson was a research vice president and agenda manager with the enterprise systems team, focusing on server markets and competitive analysis, in particular Unix systems. Prior to this, she managed workstation research for Dataquest Europe. Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Benson worked in market analysis at Labinal (now Snecma Group) in France. She also gained experience in software companies in France.
Professional Background
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Labinal (Snecma Group), market analyst, 2 years
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Charbonnages de France Informatique, analyst, 1 year
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Soproga, trainee, 1 year
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Education
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B.A., computing information systems and languages, University of the West of England (formerly Bristol Polytechnic)
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M.B.A., Open University Business School, United Kingdom
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Languages
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English
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French
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Title
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Publish Date
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Author(s)
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Report Highlight for Dataquest Insight: Fujitsu Aims to Become a $10 Billion Company in North America by 2010
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03-Nov-2006
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Heeral Kota, Karen Benson
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Dataquest Insight: Fujitsu Aims to Become a $10 Billion Company in North America by 2010
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02-Nov-2006
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Heeral Kota, Karen Benson
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Market Trends: Servers, EMEA, 2Q06
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06-Oct-2006
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Samina Malik, Adrian O'Connell, Jonathon Hardcastle, Karen Benson, Errol Rasit
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Quarterly Statistics: Servers by Vertical Market and Size of Business, Worldwide, 2005
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05-Oct-2006
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Kiyomi Yamada, Karen Benson
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Market Share: Server Shipments, Worldwide, 2Q06 (Preliminary Statistics)
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24-Jul-2006
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Adrian O'Connell, Jeffrey Hewitt, Karen Benson, Jonathon Hardcastle, Samina Malik, Errol Rasit, Annie Chung, Jennifer Wu, Uko Tian, Erica Gadjuli, Naveen Mishra, Tadaaki Mataga, Hiroko Aoyama, Lillian M. Alvarado
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