Sponsor: HP
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Andrew Butler
Type: Video (8 minutes)
Virtualization continues to be one of the most effective ways to consolidate, reduce cost, and make data centers more efficient. Gartner research outlines how to get the most from your virtualization efforts in their paper titled “Best Practice: Virtualize Your IT Systems Incrementally to Reduce Costs”. HP BladeSystem fits the needs of today’s demanding virtualized workloads to maximize the benefits recommended in Gartner’s research.
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About Andrew Butler,
VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
Andrew Butler is a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner
Research. Initially recruited to address the Unix and midrange server
market, his coverage area now encompasses market and technology trends
for most server technologies (other than mainframes), including
operating system evolution, architectures, platforms and vendor
strategies. He is the lead analyst for Cisco Systems, authors the Magic
Quadrant on blade and modular servers, and is closely involved in
Gartner's growing research coverage on compute fabrics and integrated
systems.
Prior to joining Gartner in 1997, he worked for HP for 14 years in the
U.K. and Germany, most recently as European marketing manager for
midrange Unix servers. His period of employment at HP also included
channel marketing, European and worldwide product management roles for
messaging and imaging software products, and a consulting role in the
professional services organization. His previous industry experience
includes software development on IBM midrange computers for Altergo, a
leading U.K. software developer during the 1980s, as well as
programming and systems analysis roles on IBM mainframes and midrange
computers for Boehringer Ingelheim, Schwarzkopf and Nielsen Research.
