Analyst Profile

Nik Simpson

Managing VP

11 years at Gartner , 34 years industry experience
United Kingdom

Roles and Responsibilities

Nik Simpson covers a variety of topics focused on these areas: 1. Infrastructure in the data center and public cloud 2. Infrastructure cloud cost modeling 3. Cloud exit planning 4. Hybrid cloud 5. Server operating systems and virtualization 6. Specter and meltdown mitigation

Areas of Coverage

Servers & Storage

Nik Simpson's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Designing a Public Cloud Exit Strategy
25-Apr-2018
Mitigating Spectre and Meltdown in the Enterprise
19-Mar-2018
Calculating per-VM Costs in the Data Center
09-Mar-2016

Background

Previous Experience

Previously, Mr. Simpson held a variety of roles in product marketing/product management/product planning for products including workstations, servers, storage hardware, storage software, development tools and operating systems.

Professional Background

Datacore Software, Product Marketing Manager, 4 years
Intergraph Corp., Chief Technologist for IT Services Business Unit (among other titles), 13 years
Scentric, Director of Product Marketing (and Co-Founder), 3 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

Co-author of SNIA's Guide to Storage Virtualization (2001)
Co-chair of SNIA's Information Lifecycle Management Initiative (2005-2007)

Education

B.Sc., Computer Science

Languages

English