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

Latest Research

Simplifying Mode 2 Workload Infrastructure
19-Jul-2017
Simplify Bimodal Delivery With Commercial Off-the-Shelf Infrastructure
29-Jun-2017
Simplifying Mode 1 Workload Infrastructures
28-Jun-2017

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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11 July 2017
Capitalizing on Your Business Ecosystems Economy: A Gartner Trend Insight Report Organizations are increasingly focusing outward on their business ecosystems to fuel innovation. To capitalize on these opportunities, CIOs must develop a proactive strategy for engaging in their business ecosystems, and select the right mix of business and technology to support this strategy.
7 July 2017
Forecast Alert: IT Spending, Worldwide, 2Q17 Update Gartner's forecast for 2017 worldwide dollar-valued IT spending growth has been revised up 1.0% to 2.4%, an increase from 0.3% in 2016. The constant-currency forecast is unchanged at 3.3% for 2017. Technology product management leaders should pay close attention to currency fluctuations in 2017.

24 Jul 2017
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26 Jul 2017
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