Analyst Profile

Christian Canales

Sr Principal, Analyst

19 years at Gartner , 18 years industry experience
France

Roles and Responsibilities

Christian Canales is a Principal Research Analyst in the Technology & Service Provider Research group of Gartner. Mr. Canales belongs to the Data Center Convergence team, headed by Katherine Lord. He is a lead analyst for the enterprise (business) unified wired/wireless access layer networking market (campus Ethernet switches and WLAN technologies including 802.11ac/n). Mr. Canales additionally advises enterprises on WLAN implementation best practices and covers trends, vendor market share and forecast statistics of the enterprise network security (firewall and IPS equipment), data center switching and router markets.

Areas of Coverage

Networking & Communications Equipment

Christian Canales's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

IT Spending Forecast, 3Q18 Update: Ride the Innovation Wave
16 October 2018

Background

Previous Experience

Prior to his current position, Mr. Canales worked as a statistics coordinator for telecommunication projects in Gartner's Statistical Unit in London. Mr. Canales moved to France in 2006.

Professional Background

Research International, Market Researcher, 1 year

Education

Degree, University of Westminster, London

Languages

English
Italian
Spanish

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26 September 2018
Understanding Gartner’s Enterprise Technology Adoption Profiles An enterprise’s attitudes toward planning, control and pace of change influence how it approaches technology decisions. Gartner’s ETA Profile relies on an algorithm that categorizes enterprises to understand behaviors that impact CIOs and the vendors that serve them.
14 September 2018
The Edge Completes the Cloud: A Gartner Trend Insight Report Edge computing delivers the decentralized complement to today’s hyperscale cloud and legacy data centers. To maximize application potential and user experience, EA and technology innovation leaders need to plan distributed computing solutions along a continuum from the core to the edge.

16 Oct 2018
How AI Will Impact the Customer Experience of the Future EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled tools create smarter marketing, customer support and sales experiences that will supercharge the customer journey of the future. In this webinar, find out why AI and conversational platforms are so important in shaping the customer experience of the future. We demonstrate how CIOs can leverage AI tools to differentiate and future-proof the company in a world of hyper-intelligent customer services, sales applications and user experiences.
16 Oct 2018
IT Spending Forecast, 3Q18 Update: Ride the Innovation Wave EDT: 11:00 a.m. | PDT: 8:00 a.m. | BST: 16:00 The digital storm is rocking markets in 2018, dramatically shifting many of them. It's a daunting task to keep up with the pace of change when it occurs so rapidly. These emerging waves of innovation create opportunities. Your clients are taking advantage of innovations in digital technologies to create new business models, services and user experiences. In this webinar, we help strategic planners determine if you are ahead of your clients' needs or in danger of falling behind.

Analyst Profile

Christian Canales

Sr Principal, Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

Areas of Coverage

Christian Canales's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

Languages

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