Analyst Profile
Santhosh Rao
Sr Director Analyst
7 years at Gartner
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15 years industry experience
United Arab Emirates
Roles and Responsibilities
Santhosh Rao is a Senior Research Director, Analyst at Gartner, where he guides senior IT leaders on strategy and technology selection. He also advices technology executives on product strategy and GTM strategies and the invest clients on market trends. Mr. Rao's areas of coverage include Backup and Recovery, Edge computing, Industrial IoT, Enterprise Storage and Video surveillance. Santhosh is the lead author for the Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery solutions and Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Arrays programs.
Santhosh Rao's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Emerging Technologies: Emergence Cycle of Video Analytics
31-Mar-2021 -
Market Guide for Backup as a Service
18-Feb-2021 -
Critical Capabilities for Solid-State Arrays
01-Dec-2020
Background
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Rao worked as a Senior Solutions Architect with NetApp, where he designed storage solutions for cloud and virtualized environments. Before NetApp, he was a Senior QA Engineer with Dell India R and D Center, where he validated server, storage and systems management software solutions.
Professional Background
Dell India R and D Center, Senior Product Engineer, 5 years
NetApp, Senior Solutions Architect, 4 years
Education
B.E., Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka
PGDIB, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi
Languages
English
Indian - Hindi
Indian - Kannada
Tulu
