Analyst Profile Detailed
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Al Gillen
Program Vice President, System Software
Team:
Client Computing
Infrastructure
Open Source
Virtualization
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As program vice president, system software, Al Gillen is responsible for IDC's operating systems and virtualization research for both client and server systems on a worldwide basis. This coverage area includes in-depth analysis on operating system adoption and deployments, the emerging software appliance market, as well as oversight for research on both server virtualization and client virtualization software.
Mr. Gillen brings 27 years of computer industry experience to IDC. His research at IDC has included annual market share studies for operating system platforms, participation in studies on total cost of ownership for Linux, Windows and Unix systems in both client and server configurations, as well as assisting in IDC's recurring demand-side research covering the growth and evolution of the Linux market. In addition, he has tracked the changing licensing and subscription programs used by Microsoft and by the major Linux vendors. Recently, he oversaw the initiation of IDC's coverage of the software appliance market.
An active contributor to IDC's operating system virtualization research starting in 2002, Mr. Gillen has been an industry advisor to major x86 virtualization players on the role of virtualization and the relationship between virtualization and operating systems software. Recently he took on worldwide responsibility to oversee IDC's virtualization research.
Mr. Gillen has participated at numerous industry events as a keynote presenter, moderating panel discussions, and as an expert presenter at industry events on topics ranging from operating systems, software appliances, virtualization adoption and deployment, the relationship between virtualization software and cloud computing, open source software, free vs. paid operating systems, and business value/TCO. He is frequently quoted in trade and business publications around the world.
Prior to joining IDC in 1999, Mr. Gillen was editor-in-chief of ENT, an 80,000 circulation, 20-times per year trade publication that focused on the use and deployment of Windows NT Server and Windows 2000 Server in business environments. Prior to running ENT, Mr. Gillen served as editor-in-chief of MIDRANGE Systems, a 24-times per year trade publication that focused on the use and deployment of IBM AS/400 (System i) servers. Mr. Gillen spent the first 10 years of his career at an engineering firm where he performed embedded system design, development and real time programming. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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Citrix Targets Making Smart Phones Smarter
Al Gillen, Ian Song
Feb 2010 - Doc # lcUS22192110
IDC Link
Ever wished you can be as productive on your smart phone as you are on a laptop? Thanks to Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) and Citrix, that objective may become a little more realistic.In a joint announcement made by OK labs and Citrix today, a ...
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