Analyst Profile

Dave Russell

VP Distinguished Analyst

12 years at Gartner , 27 years industry experience
AZ USA

Roles and Responsibilities

Dave Russell is a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, where his research focus is on storage strategies and technologies, with an emphasis on backup/recovery, snapshot and replication, SSD/flash optimization software, software-defined storage (SDS) and storage management. Mr. Russell covers both distributed and mainframe storage solutions. In addition, he covers the overall storage capabilities and portfolios of many of the industry's top providers as well as emerging providers, and also focuses on how CIO objectives and priorities cascade down to the I&O and the storage teams.

Areas of Coverage

Servers & Storage - Competitive Positioning
Servers & Storage

Dave Russell's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Market Share Analysis: Data Center Backup and Recovery Software, Worldwide, 2016
09-Aug-2017
Critical Capabilities for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions
31-Jul-2017
Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions
31-Jul-2017

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Building Better Backup
20 October 2016
Backup: Fix It or Ditch It?
10 May 2017

Background

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Russell spent 15 years at IBM in storage product development as a Software Engineer in mainframe storage and as a manager of product development, architecture and strategy teams for distributed systems storage solutions.

Professional Background

IBM, Program Director for Technical Strategy, 15 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

Gartner Inquiry Excellence Award

Education

B.S., Management Information Systems, University of Arizona
M.S., Management Information Systems, University of Arizona

Languages

English

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29 August 2017
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11 August 2017
2017 Hype Cycles Highlight Enterprise and Ecosystem Digital Disruptions: A Gartner Trend Insight Report Leading CIOs are engaged across and outside their enterprises to create new business opportunities and improve operational effectiveness. Gartner's 2017 Hype Cycle special report focuses on the biggest trends influencing technology-enabled businesses.

25 Sep 2017
Cloud Computing Primer: Eliminate Confusion EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | GMT: 14:00 Cloud computing, in its many forms, has become an integral part of IT. Yet, even after 10 years of cloud hype, confusion is still rampant. Learn the best practices that will help IT leaders, CIOs and IT professionals develop strategies that take full advantage of cloud as they shift to digital business.
26 Sep 2017
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