Analyst Profile
Anne Thomas
Distinguished VP Analyst
16 years at Gartner
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39 years industry experience
RI USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Anne Thomas is a VP and Distinguished Analyst in the Enterprise Software team in the Gartner for IT Leaders research group. She covers Application Architecture and Infrastructure. Her current major topics include microservices, APIs, Docker, Kubernetes and PaaS.
Anne Thomas's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Not Just Microservices: Choose the Right Service Granularity for Your Applications
17-Jul-2019 -
Evaluate Your Options Now to Minimize the Impact of Costly Support Fees for Oracle Java SE Licensing
09-May-2019 -
Re-Evaluate Your Java Strategy, Given Oracle’s Changes to Licensing and Support in 2019
17-Apr-2019
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Top Application Architecture Trends That Enable Digital Business Transformation
27 February 2019
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
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Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
27 October 2019 - 29 October 2019
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
Ms. Thomas developed her expertise working at a number of the world's leading hardware and software companies, including Systinet (now HP), Sun (now Oracle), Open Environment Corp. (now Micro Focus), Digital Equipment Corp. (now HP), Cullinet (now CA) and IBM. She developed product strategy, developed distributed computing standards, evangelized emerging technologies, conducted training and supported clients.
Professional Background
Patricia Seybold Group, Editor in Chief, 3 years
Sun Microsystems, Director of Market Innovation, 2 years
Systinet, Chief Technology Officer, 1 year
Industry Awards/Accolades
Enterprise Systems Journal listed her among the 2001 Power 100 IT Leaders
NetworkWorld named Ms. Thomas one of the 50 most powerful people in networking in 2002
Education
B.A., Economics, Wellesley College
Languages
English
