Analyst Profile

Nik Simpson

Managing VP

10 years at Gartner , 31 years industry experience
United Kingdom

Roles and Responsibilities

Nik Simpson covers a variety of topics focused on these areas: 1. Private cloud 2. Private cloud cost modeling 3. Thick-, thin- and zero-client desktop platforms 4. Windows 7 migration planning

Areas of Coverage

Servers & Storage

Nik Simpson's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Calculating per-VM Costs in the Data Center
09-Mar-2016
Solution Comparison for Public IaaS Cloud Providers
21-Sep-2015
In-Depth Assessment of VMware vCloud Air
11-Jun-2015

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

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11 July 2017
Capitalizing on Your Business Ecosystems Economy: A Gartner Trend Insight Report Organizations are increasingly focusing outward on their business ecosystems to fuel innovation. To capitalize on these opportunities, CIOs must develop a proactive strategy for engaging in their business ecosystems, and select the right mix of business and technology to support this strategy.
7 July 2017
Forecast Alert: IT Spending, Worldwide, 2Q17 Update Gartner's forecast for 2017 worldwide dollar-valued IT spending growth has been revised up 1.0% to 2.4%, an increase from 0.3% in 2016. The constant-currency forecast is unchanged at 3.3% for 2017. Technology product management leaders should pay close attention to currency fluctuations in 2017.

24 Jul 2017
How to Build an Effective ITAM Policy EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | GMT: 14:00 Policies are important. They have far-reaching consequences in terms of budget, risk control and legal position. We discuss some pragmatic considerations to help you get your IT asset management (SAM) policy right.
26 Jul 2017
Enhance Your Data Governance Initiative With Information Stewardship Applications EDT: 9:00 a.m. | PDT: 6:00 a.m. | GMT: 13:00 New packaged solutions in support of information stewardship are emerging. CDOs and information stewards must look at the capabilities of these solutions to secure the right application investment.