Analyst Profile

Santhosh Rao

Sr Director Analyst

7 years at Gartner , 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

Critical Capabilities for Primary Storage
11-Oct-2021
Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
11-Oct-2021
Market Guide for Edge Computing Solutions for Industrial IoT
17-Aug-2021

Upcoming Gartner Events

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo®
30 November 2021 - 02 December 2021

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

Become a Client

Call us now at:

+1-800-213-4848 Or

Free Research

Discover what 12,000
CIOs and Senior IT leaders
already know.

Free Access

2 May 2019
Three Critical Factors in Building a Comprehensive Security Awareness Program Three key elements form the foundation of a successful awareness education program: knowledge of audiences, pervasive and continuous communication and interactive education on security tactics. Security and risk management leaders should use this research to implement a comprehensive program.

25 October 2021
The Gartner 2021 Top Trends for Data and Analytics EDT: 10:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00
Artificial intelligence is not the only thing driving rapid change in data and analytics. There is also swift evolution in how and where analysis can be deployed. Organizations must keep pace with these ever-evolving major trends, including the next generation of augmented user experiences and beyond, composing and operationalizing data and analytics at scale, engineering decision intelligence, and enabling data and analytics at the edge. Organizations must understand the business impact of these changes to optimize resources, accelerate change, drive innovation and transform society over the next three years. This complimentary webinar explores how data and analytics leaders can leverage these trends to anticipate, shift and accelerate transformation in the face of disruption, uncertainty and opportunity.

Return to this web page to watch the webinar. Contact us at gartnerwebinars@gartner.com with questions about registering or watching.
25 October 2021
Top Emerging Trends Impacting R&D Leaders and Actions for Future Success EDT: 11:00 a.m. | BST: 16:00

Looking ahead to the future, R&D leaders must understand today’s top emerging trends impacting their operations, teams, and technologies, and the ways these trends will fundamentally alter the innovation process. R&D leaders must act immediately on major challenges, such as rapidly changing customer expectations, developing technologies like AI, and the fragility of the global supply chain, or their enterprise risks falling hopelessly behind the competition. This complimentary webinar will help R&D leaders prepare for the future by taking action today to create capabilities to sense, evaluate and respond to the myriad changes ahead.

Return to this web page to watch the webinar. Contact us at gartnerwebinars@gartner.com with questions about registering or watching.

Analyst Profile

Santhosh Rao

Sr Director Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

Santhosh Rao's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Upcoming Gartner Events

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

Languages

Manage Finance Talent Supply & Demand

Creating a Culture That Performs

Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018

Managing R&D Portfolios

Speed Up Legal Reviews

Should You Build or Buy a Customer Data Platform?

Gartner Predictions for the Future of Supply Chain Operations in 2018

Effortless Experience Explained

To the Point: Lifting the Fog Around AI and Advanced Analytics in Healthcare

Gain an essential edge with independent, objective, accurate and rigorously researched insights drawn from over 1,900+ analysts and 380,000 client interactions — including 130,000+ executive interactions — each year.

Improve performance, reduce risk and optimize return on your investments through our combination of research insight, benchmarking data, problem-solving methodologies and hands-on experience.

Master your role, transform your business and tap into an unsurpassed peer network through our world-leading conference series.

View Our Event Calendar

ReimagineHR

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2018

Gartner Digital Marketing Conference 2018

Supply Chain Executive Conference

Tech Growth & Innovation Conference

Your Job as CIO Is Changing. Here's How to Master the New One.

6 Ways Compliance Can Build Data Analytics Skills

Lead Culture Change

Make it Easier for Customers to Buy

6 Ways the Workplace Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Feed your business — not the newsfeed

CIOs Must Transform into Digital Leaders

Understand the continuous evolution of the B2B buying journey