Gartner Expert
David J. Cappuccio
Distinguished VP Analyst
David J. Cappuccio is a VP, Distinguished Analyst and Chief of Research for the Infrastructure teams within Gartner. Mr. Cappuccio is responsible for research in enterprise data center strategies and trends, data center physical design, retrofit, construction and cost models, data center cloud and hybrid strategies, power/cooling, green IT, and data center consolidation and migration strategies. His experience extends more than 45 years in the technology arena, including financial services, IT operations, market research and management consulting. Prior to rejoining Gartner in 2004, Mr. Cappuccio spent 10 years with the company, starting in 1992, in various research and executive roles, including Group VP and General Manager of Gartner's worldwide Research organization.
Previous experience
In 2001, Mr. Cappuccio was chief research officer of Next Economy Partners, a research and advisory firm he co-founded to augment venture capital firms' ability to assist emerging technology companies with marketing, revenue generation and strategic alliance development. Most recently, before he returned to Gartner, he was chief operating officer and SVP for Delahaye Medialink Worldwide, a leading public relations benchmarking and media research firm.
Professional background
Delahaye Medialink Worldwide
SVP, Chief Operating Officer
Next Economy Partners
Co-founder, Chief Research Officer
Aetna Life & Casualty
Corporate Officer, Data Centers, Networks, Corporate Strategy
Areas of coverage
Infrastructure and Operations Leaders
Data Center Infrastructure
Cloud and Edge Infrastructure
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Hybrid Data Center, Infrastructure and Cloud Strategies
2Edge Computing and Micro Data Centers
3Cloud and Hybrid Application and Workload Migration Planning
4Data Center Consolidation and Migrations
5Data Center Power, Cooling, Facilities Issues and HDIM (Hybrid Digital Infrastructure Management)
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