Analyst Profile
Bob Gill
VP Analyst
8 years at Gartner
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40 years industry experience
CT USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Bob Gill is a Vice President and Agenda Manager in Gartner's Infrastructure Strategies group. Mr. Gill is a leading authority in data center planning, aligning business and IT strategy, cloud computing, edge computing architectures, managed DNS, content distribution, and colocation. He also manages the Research Agenda for Infrastructure Delivery, which centers on the evolution from on-premises, data-center-based IT, to hybrid IT including colocation and cloud computing. Mr. Gill's experience extends over 38 years in the business and technology arena, including data network design, networked operating systems, internet services, network computing and data center services.
Areas of Coverage
- Servers & Storage
Bob Gill's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Hype Cycle for Edge Computing, 2020
31-Jul-2020 -
Cloud and Edge Infrastructure Primer for 2020
24-Jan-2020 -
Hype Cycle for Edge Computing, 2019
09-Aug-2019
Background
Previous Experience
Starting in 1989, Mr. Gill spent 15 years at Gartner in research and executive roles, including Group Vice President and Director of Research for a startup synthesized within Gartner. In 2002, Mr. Gill was VP of Business Development for a value-added reseller focused on the SMB medical market. He then served as Chief Research Officer for The Information Project, where he was responsible for the overall research agenda and process, as well as Managing Director of the Server practice, which spawned the virtualization and cloud practice areas. Mr. Gill returned to Gartner in 2012.
Professional Background
Gartner, Group Vice President and Director of Research, 15 years
The Information Project, Chief Research Officer and Managing Director, 6 years
Western Electric/AT&T/Bell Laboratories, Manager, 10 years
Education
B.A., Business, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
M.S., Management Information Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey
Professional Certificate, Innovation in Sustainability, University of Vermont
Languages
English
