Analyst Profile

Michael Warrilow

Research VP

5 years at Gartner , 23 years industry experience
North Sydney, Australia

Roles and Responsibilities

Michael Warrilow is part of the Technology and Service Provider team. He is focused on infrastructure software, including server virtualization, containers, cloud (IaaS) and software-defined infrastructure. Mr. Warrilow helps clients understand the best practices, leading trends and competitive landscape involved with optimizing data center infrastructure and IT operations. His focus is on the evolution of modern infrastructure software, including software defined, virtualization, containers and cloud infrastructure. Mr. Warrilow's coverage includes market share and forecast analysis in IT operations management, cloud and virtualization. He is a co-author of the 2015 and 2016 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure as well as the 2017 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers.

Areas of Coverage

Software Markets

Michael Warrilow's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Forecast Analysis: Enterprise Infrastructure Software, Worldwide, 1Q18 Update
20-Apr-2018
Forecast: Enterprise Infrastructure Software, Worldwide, 2016-2022, 1Q18 Update
16-Apr-2018
Market Guide for Virtualization of x86 Server Infrastructure, China
13-Apr-2018

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Building a Cloud Strategy that Works
20 September 2017

Background

Previous Experience

Mr. Warrilow's previous experience includes: - End-user advisory services: Best practices, governance and architectures. - Product marketing: Go-to-market planning, launch management, company spokesperson and enablement. - Analysis: Research creation, research presentation, in-context application of research to real-world customer issues and strategic consulting.

Professional Background

Hydrasight, Principal Analyst, Co-founder, 4 years
META Group, Senior Analyst, 4 years
VMware, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Cloud Infrastructure and Management, 2 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

Co-author, IBM Redbook

Education

B.S., Computer Science, Macquarie University
Postgraduate Certificate in Writing

Languages

English

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16 May 2018
The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2018 This research unveils the 14th annual global Supply Chain Top 25. It highlights the advanced practices of leading companies that heads of supply chain and strategy organizations can adopt and adapt to compete with the best in the world.
15 May 2018
Retail Supply Chainnovators 2018: Lesara Wins for Accelerating the Concept of Fast Fashion This award recognizes innovative and high-impact initiatives that transform the supply chain. Through a case study of Lesara's winning approach that accelerates fast fashion, supply chain leaders can use this research as a means to inspire, transform and elevate their own supply chain organization.

29 May 2018
IoT's Opportunities and Challenges in 2018 EDT: 9:00 a.m. | PDT: 6:00 a.m. | BST: 14:00 This webinar focuses on how IoT has evolved over the last two years in commercial and enterprise applications, and what the outlook is for its adoption in 2018.
29 May 2018
Key Capabilities to Be a Go-To E-Com Partner or Go Direct-To-Consumer EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00 E-commerce sales continue to increase across all industries and brand manufacturers want a share of this growth. To capitalize on this opportunity, brands are positioning themselves as the 'go-to' partner for retailers by offering services such as drop ship, or they're going "direct-to-consumer" without an intermediary. In this webinar, we discuss barriers to success, routes to market to consider, capabilities to enable growth and consumer connection.