Analyst Profile

Philip Dawson

VP Analyst

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 intelligent infrastructure and hyperconvergence as part of integrated systems and Data Center 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 19 years and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry.

Areas of Coverage

Servers & Storage
Open Source

Philip Dawson's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

The Road to Intelligent Infrastructure and Beyond
03-Oct-2018
Vendor Rating: Cisco
18-Sep-2018
Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Strategies, 2018
17-Jul-2018

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Top 10 Technology Trends Impacting IT Operations
13 November 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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16 October 2018
Top Strategic Predictions for 2019 and Beyond: Practicality Exists Within Instability Technology-based change is happening continuously, and most organizations struggle to see the change in advance. Continuous change can begin to seem like chaos. CIOs in end-user organizations must learn to find practical approaches within the chaos.
15 October 2018
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019 Strategic technology trends have the potential to drive significant disruption and deliver significant opportunity. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must evaluate these top trends to identify opportunities, counter threats and create competitive advantage.

22 Oct 2018
How to Rollout Microsoft Teams in an Enterprise EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00 Most Office 365 customers increasingly consider Microsoft Teams a must-have. For IT, this presents both a rare opportunity and a challenge. They're tasked with deploying Microsoft Teams, a new innovative collaboration product, across the enterprise. A deployment on this scale may not have been seen since Outlook arrived. Yet, IT professionals now scramble to find the best way to successfully roll out Microsoft Teams and sustain it. Join this webinar for recommendations on how to successfully deploy Microsoft Teams across your organization.
22 Oct 2018
Digital Business KPIs: Identifying and Then Measuring Value EDT: 11:00 a.m. | PDT: 8:00 a.m. | BST: 16:00 Digital KPIs need to focus on specific business outcomes. Metrics should influence a change in behavior and support better decision making related to priorities and investments. Gartner has developed a construct for digital KPIs and has several examples across multiple industries. In this digital business webinar, we will share this construct for using digital business KPIs to identify measure value.

Analyst Profile

Philip Dawson

VP Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

Areas of Coverage

Philip Dawson's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

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