New Team Members Expand Research Coverage of IT Early Adoption Within Financial Markets, as Well as Eco-Efficient IT, Enterprise Security, Open Source and Customer Resource Management Subsectors
The 451 Group Appoints former IDC Executive as Vice President, Major Accounts
NEW YORK--The 451 Group continues to grow at a rapid pace as it adds technology-industry veterans to help meet the demand for insight into enterprise IT innovation. The independent technology-industry analyst company has added five new analysts to its team in recent months, as well as a new Vice President of Major Client Accounts. These new team members represent strategic additions to a company with significant operations in both the United States and the United Kingdom, serving hundreds of client organizations across North America, EMEA and Asia.
Matt Aslett, former Deputy Editor of Computer Business Review, joins The 451 Group as an Analyst for Enterprise Software. John Barr, with over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, has been appointed as Research Director, Financial Markets and Head of EU Research. IT-industry veteran Andy Lawrence joins The 451 Group as Research Director for Eco-Efficient IT. China Martens, previously a Senior Writer for IDG, joins The 451 Group as a Senior Analyst focusing on the CRM marketplace. Paul Roberts, former Senior Editor at InfoWorld Media Group, is now a Senior Analyst in the Enterprise Security Practice at The 451 Group. And Patrick Hill joins The 451 Group from IDC as Vice President, Major Accounts.
"These technology-industry veterans have a combined 70 years of experience, which we are now able to tap into in order to strengthen our coverage of key innovation sectors within enterprise IT, as well as enhance the insight we deliver to our more than 700 clients," said Martin V. McCarthy, chief executive officer of The 451 Group. "We are close to wrapping up another year of record growth in 2007 – with the introduction of new services, the 451 online store, a growing client base and many new employees throughout the company. All of these activities help to enhance our position as one of the leading independent voices on innovation in the technology business."
Matt Aslett joins The 451 Group as an Analyst for Enterprise Software. Matt covers relational and nonrelational databases and other data management software. He is also an expert in open source software and contributes regularly to 451's CAOS Theory blog and to reports produced through the 451 Commercial Adoption of Open Source (CAOS) Research Service. Prior to joining The 451 Group, Matt was Deputy Editor of monthly magazine Computer Business Review and ComputerWire's daily news service.
As Research Director, Financial Markets and Head of EU Research, John Barr covers IT early adoption and innovation in the financial markets at The 451 Group. He is also responsible for The 451 Group's research activities within the European Commission Framework Program. John has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, initially writing compilers and development tools for high-performance computing platforms. The bulk of his career has been spent in a variety of technical roles for system vendors (Meiko, Convex, SGI, Sun and Intel), supporting their technical compute and HPC customers. John is also active in many industry organizations. He was coauthor of the DTI-sponsored "Unlocking the Grid" report; he sits on the Advisory Board of the Grid Computing Now! Knowledge Transfer Network; he is the driving force behind the Open Grid API for Financial Markets initiative; and is the Chairman of the British Computer Society's Parallel Processing Specialist Group.
Patrick Hill joins The 451 Group as Vice President, Major Accounts. He comes to The 451 Group from IDC and brings over 25 years of sales experience in the information technology and services industry. His previous work experience includes sales and sales management positions at Greenwich Technology Associates, Graypeak Technologies, Xerox Corp and The Meta Group.
Andy Lawrence is the new Research Director for Eco-Efficient IT at The 451 Group. He has been studying, analyzing and writing about the IT industry for more than 20 years and maintained a career as an award-winning journalist and technology publisher before becoming a full-time analyst. Before joining The 451 Group, he was cofounder and Editorial Director of London-based Infoconomy, publisher of Information Age magazine. Prior to that, Andy was the Editorial Director of ComputerWire, a global IT news service. He was also the founding editor of London-based Computer Business Review magazine, where he pioneered critical, in-depth business coverage of the IT industry in the European press.
As a Senior Analyst, China Martens focuses on the CRM and ERP markets for The 451 Group, specializing in areas such as sales-force automation, customer service and support, marketing automation and human capital management software. China has 12 years of experience writing for daily, weekly and monthly print and Web publications. Prior to joining The 451 Group, she worked as a Senior Writer for IDG's daily global online IT news service, based in offices in both the US and Asia.
Paul Roberts is a Senior Analyst in the Enterprise Security Practice at The 451 Group, where he covers malicious code detection and network access control technology. Paul has more than eight years of experience in the technology industry as a technical writer, editor and trainer for companies including Cisco Systems and Logica. Prior to joining The 451 Group, Paul was a Senior Editor at InfoWorld Media Group. Additional past reporting experiences include positions at eWEEK and the IDG News Service covering enterprise security.
About The 451 Group
The 451 Group is an independent technology-industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company's analysts provide critical and timely insight into the market and competitive dynamics of innovation in emerging technology segments. Clients of the company – at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user organizations – rely on 451 insight to support both strategic and tactical decision-making for competitive advantage.
The 451 Group is headquartered in New York, with offices in key locations, including San Francisco, London and Boston. The company also operates Tier1 Research – an independent division of The 451 Group, which analyzes the financial and industry implications of developments impacting public and private companies within the IT, communications and Internet sectors.
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