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Henry Cook
Sr Director Analyst
Henry Cook is a Research Director in Gartner for IT Leaders with particular specialization in data warehousing and related database, big data, in-memory database and analytics topics.
Previous experience
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Cook was a Principal Consultant working with customers and company teams to promote and support projects using the in-memory database SAP Hana and related database technologies. This included presentations, proposal writing, workshops and helping to make business cases.
Professional background
SAP U.K.
Principal Consultant, Global Hana Centre of Excellence
IBM
Principal Consultant, Data Warehousing, EMEA Centre of Excellence
Teradata
Managing Consultant
Areas of coverage
Data Management Solutions
Integration Architecture and Platforms (retired)
Analytics, BI and Data Science Solutions
Data and Analytics Programs and Practices
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Data warehouse/big data architecture
2Data warehouse/big data business cases
3Understanding in-memory database principles
4Understanding database principles so they can understand product differences
5Data warehouse/big data principles massively parallel, columnar, etc.