Analyst Profile

Philip Dawson

Research VP

18 years at Gartner , 30 years industry experience
United Kingdom

Roles and Responsibilities

Philip Dawson is a Vice President and Agenda Manager in Gartner Research. He specializes in infrastructure modernization, cloud, ERP and server platforms. Mr. Dawson is a leading authority on Linux, Unix and Windows server infrastructure strategies. He focuses on virtualization, portfolio consolidation, ERP migration and rationalization processes, and enabling cloud delivery as key components of his coverage. He has been at Gartner for 17 years and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry.

Areas of Coverage

Open Source
Servers & Storage

Philip Dawson's Recent Gartner Activity

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Background

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Gartner through the Meta Group acquisition, Mr. Dawson was a Competitive Market Research Manager for Sequent Computer Systems, Europe. In this role, he worked in 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
Santa Cruz Operation, Product Marketing Manager, 3 years
Sequent Computer Systems, Competitive Market Research Manager, 5 years

Education

B.A., with honors, Computing in Business, Huddersfield Polytechnic
Diploma, Computer Studies

Languages

English
Yorkshire

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