Jim Burton is a member of the Interactive Research Group in the Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) research organization. Mr. Burton has a deep background in servers and other forms of computing infrastructure. He specializes in data center infrastructure with a specialty in computing infrastructure, such as servers, integrated systems and hyperconverged integrated systems. He works on tools such as Gartner Competitive Profiles, Gartner Technology Planner and Gartner Cloud Decisions. Most of the work on the tools is performed in Australia and he is the only U.S. employee in the Interactive Research Groups. As a result, he handles many of the inquiries and questions that come in from North and South America, plus Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Previously, Mr. Burton was a Senior Director Analyst covering IT service management (ITSM). He has ten years of experience in the implantable medical device industry and 34 years of experience in the technology industry, primarily with Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Other than data center, his skills include mechanical design, hardware engineering, metallurgy, biomedical engineering, product management, marketing, high performance computing (HPC), and manufacturing engineering. He came to Gartner through the Ideas International acquisition in June 2012.
Ideas International, Inc.
VP and Senior Analyst
CompeteNet
Senior Server Competitive Analyst
Hewlett-Packard
Competitive Analyst - UNIX Systems Division
Cloud Computing for Technical Professionals
Data Center Infrastructure for Technical Professionals
B.E., Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, Vanderbilt University
1Integrated Systems and Hyperconverged Infrastructure
2Computing Infrastrcuture Life Cycles
3Emerging Computing Technology
4The Future of Computing
5Selecting Cloud Vendors