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Aparna Bhaumik
Principal Analyst
Aparna Bhaumik is a Principal Analyst in Gartner's IT Leaders Practice's Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) research team. Her research focuses on I&O cloud and observability strategy, with an emphasis on providing I&O leaders with tactical guidance and tools to address evolving challenges. Her recent work offers actionable insights on technology roadmap, cloud sovereignty, cloud skills, migration, and FinOps maturity.
Previous experience
Aparna brings robust expertise in research, consulting, and project management, with a background in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. She has led knowledge production and strategic business case development across diverse sectors, collaborating with subject matter experts, conducting in-depth interviews, and producing research reports and frameworks that inform organizational strategy and decision-making.
Areas of coverage
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IT Operations and Cloud Management
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Cloud and Hybrid IT Strategy
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AI, Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure
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Design I&O Workflows for Increasingly Autonomous Cloud Services
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Implement Compliance, Data Privacy and Sovereignty for Cloud Platforms Supporting AI
Education
M.A., Sociology, Delhi School of Economics
B.A., Sociology (Honours), St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Cloud strategies - multicloud, workload placement, hybrid cloud infrastructure
Cloud migration - best practices, hybrid cloud infrastructure
Cloud sovereignty - data and digital sovereignty, sovereign cloud providers
IT monitoring and observability strategy and best practice
Observability business case, maturity levels and tool consolidation