Analyst Profile

Philip Dawson

Research VP

19 years at Gartner , 31 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

Latest Research

What You Need to Know When Selecting a SAP HANA Server Vendor
16-May-2018
Optimizing Server Platforms for Deploying SAP HANA
15-May-2018
Cool Vendors in Cloud Infrastructure
09-May-2018

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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The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2018 This research unveils the 14th annual global Supply Chain Top 25. It highlights the advanced practices of leading companies that heads of supply chain and strategy organizations can adopt and adapt to compete with the best in the world.
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IoT's Opportunities and Challenges in 2018 EDT: 9:00 a.m. | PDT: 6:00 a.m. | BST: 14:00 This webinar focuses on how IoT has evolved over the last two years in commercial and enterprise applications, and what the outlook is for its adoption in 2018.
29 May 2018
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