Analyst Profile

Philip Dawson
VP Analyst
23 years at Gartner
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35 years industry experience
United Kingdom
Roles and Responsibilities
Philip Dawson is a Vice President in Gartner Research. Mr. Dawson specializes in digital infrastructure strategy built on intelligent infrastructure and hyperconvergence as a part of integrated systems and infrastructure modernization, cloud, ERP, and server platforms. He is a leading authority on application modernization driving virtualization, portfolio consolidation, ERP migration and rationalization processes, and enabling cloud delivery. He has been at Gartner for 22 years and has more than 35 years of experience in the IT industry.
Philip Dawson's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Vendor Rating: Fujitsu
18-Jul-2022 -
Hype Cycle for Edge Computing, 2022
12-Jul-2022 -
Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Strategy, 2022
11-Jul-2022
Background
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner through the Meta Group acquisition, Mr. Dawson was a Competitive Market Research Manager with Sequent Computer Systems, Europe. In this role, he worked in product marketing, helping develop UNIX/NT integration strategies and introduce Intel IA-32/IA-64 NUMA platforms. Before this, he worked at Santa Cruz Operation as the Product Marketing Manager for all the 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