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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30 May 2018
Creating a Sustainable Strategy for Sourcing at Midsize Enterprises CIOs of midsize enterprises lack dedicated sourcing, procurement and relationship management resources. To remedy this, they must implement a pragmatic sourcing strategy that aligns with business goals, achieves the desired outcome of decisions, and leads to an understanding of the marketplace.
24 May 2018
The Resilience Premium of Digital Business: A Gartner Trend Insight Report Committing to resilience will equip your digital business with the mindset, resources and planning to recover from inevitable disruptions. Security and risk management leaders must deliver by building a culture of systemic resilience through viewing resilience as a premium and not as a cost.

21 Jun 2018
Data and Analytics Key Roles, Responsibilities, and Organization EDT: 9:00 a.m. | PDT: 6:00 a.m. | BST: 14:00 To succeed in digital business, data and analytics must be at the pulse of the organization and incorporated into all key decisions. As a result, new roles have emerged over the last few years and additional skills and competencies are required for existing roles. This webinar highlights the key roles and responsibilities in data and analytics and also the impact on the data and analytics organization model.
25 Jun 2018
Overcome IT Cost Optimization Challenges EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00 It's now more critical than ever to understand enterprise technology spend in order to effectively optimize both cost and value. This webinar focuses on the challenges and Gartner Top 10 Recommended Cost Optimization Ideas to help you optimize cost to prepare for the future. Learn how to implement a cost optimization program to evaluate these and other cost optimization ideas in order to pick the right ones for your organization.