Analyst Biographies
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Gary BurgessSenior Vice President and Senior Analyst – IT Infrastructure Support Services ResearchGary Burgess, Senior Vice President and Senior Analyst, specializes in IT Infrastructure Support Services research for the North American and Asia Pacific marketplaces. Gary is the lead analyst for the CPService module of Competitive Profiles, a comprehensive web-based tool that details the features and pricing characteristics of server and storage infrastructure services, focusing on hardware maintenance, software support, mission-critical services, and installation services.... Full PDF profile » |
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Jim BurtonVice President and Senior Analyst – Entry Servers ResearchJim Burton, Vice President and Senior Analyst, specializes in Servers research. Throughout his career in the analyst industry, Jim has been involved in various initiatives covering microarchitectures, system architectures, high-performance computing (HPC), scale-out computing, systems management, and corporate strategies. At Ideas International, he examines platform strengths, weaknesses, and pricing, determining which systems are best suited for specific deployments.... Full PDF profile » |
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Peter CullenSenior Vice President – Information ServicesAfter a lengthy association as an Ideas International subscriber, Peter Cullen joined IDEAS in 1999 to manage a new research service. From this role, Peter progressed to managing the analyst team at IDEAS, and now heads up the global Information Services group within IDEAS. In this role, Peter’s primary responsibility is managing the content and development of IDEAS’s Competitive Profiles product.... Full PDF profile » |
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Andrew DunSenior Analyst – Server Information ServicesAndrew Dun, Senior Analyst, oversees server and workstation research for Ideas International’s Competitive Profiles product. He is also the principal server analyst for IDEAS in the Asia Pacific region.... Full PDF profile » |
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Tony IamsVice President and Senior Analyst – System Software ResearchTony Iams, VP and Senior Analyst, manages Ideas International’s System Software research program. Tony focuses on evaluating and contrasting the features and functions of the leading operating system and virtualization technologies in use today.... Full PDF profile » |
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Walter (Wally) KatzVice President and Senior Analyst – Information ServicesWalter Katz, Vice President and Senior Analyst, Information Services, manages the EMEA-based content of the CPService module of Ideas International’s Competitive Profiles product. The CPService module provides cost of ownership and services analysis of server, workstation, and storage products. Wally is also responsible for developing and extending the IDEAS server performance metrics used for price/performance positioning throughout IDEAS’s research deliverables and within its server consolidation tool.... Full PDF profile » |
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Christian (Chris) OberVice President and Senior Analyst – Storage Information Services
Chris
Ober,
Vice
President
and
Senior
Analyst,
specializes
in
Storage
and SAN
research.
He heads
up the
Competitive
Profiles
CPStorage
research
program,
with
responsibility
for both
North
American
and
Asia/Pacific
regional
coverage
of disk,
NAS, and
tape
subsystems,
as well
as
storage
software
and SAN
connectivity
products....
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Richard (Rich) PartridgeVice President and Senior Analyst – Server ResearchRichard Partridge, Vice President and Senior Analyst, brings two decades of server hardware development experience to his analysis of midrange and enterprise-level systems. Rich leads Ideas International’s Enterprise Servers service, evaluating architectures, performance, and pricing of a wide range of hardware and software products, from microprocessors to massively parallel servers.... Full PDF profile » |
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Joseph (Joe) ZhouSenior Analyst – Storage ResearchJoseph Zhou, Senior Analyst, specializes in Storage research. He leads Ideas International’s Enterprise Storage Solutions research service, which helps vendors and end users formulate storage strategies; evaluates the latest storage technologies, products, and services; and analyzes the competitive positioning and value propositions of current market offerings.... Full PDF profile » |
