Peter Burris

Peter Burris is the Chief Research Officer and General Manager of Wikibon, SiliconANGLE's research arm. He is a leading authority on digital transformation and the evolving relationship of business and technology. Previously, he had senior analyst and management jobs at leading research firms like Forrester Research, META Group (now Gartner), and IDC. At Forrester, he led the company's research into the business technology agenda, which described how technology was being applied to grow customer engagement and business revenue. Peter lives in Silicon Valley.

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The future of converged infrastructure is now

This is a sponsored post commissioned by Dell EMC. Sponsored posts are paid content that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. For pricing and inquiries, email sponsor@siliconangle.com. Premise The tie between business strategy and infrastructure investments has been tenuous at best. But that’s changing with digital business transformations. New converged infrastructure solutions are ...

HCI: A foundation for cloud computing

This is a sponsored post commissioned by Dell EMC. Sponsored posts are paid content that appear on all pages of SiliconANGLE.com, supporting editorial efforts. For pricing and inquiries, email sponsor@siliconangle.com. Premise As enterprises gain experience with cloud computing, the practical limits with public cloud options become more obvious. Hybrid cloud is the necessary response, but enterprises ...

Through thick and thin: Gauging supplier priorities during industry transitions

Periods of significant transformation and disruption like the move to digital business currently underway create enormous uncertainty for every company. How well a company deals with that uncertainty, that stress, in stormy business weather says a lot about the company’s culture and leadership. Does it take a longer-term view and reposition? Does it look for ...
PREDICTIONS 2018

Wikibon’s 2018 predictions: Data and the cloud will transform every business

One prediction in today’s tech universe is easy: Digital transformation will remain near the top of 2018 corporate strategies. But what issues will shape the directions transformations take in the next few years? To answer these questions, analysts at Wikibon, the sister research company of SiliconANGLE, convened recently for our annual predictions webinar. Of the 24 predictions ...

Here’s what to expect at Amazon Web Services’ big re:Invent conference this week

In between meeting with customers, crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at topics from the standpoints of business, the Internet of Things, big data, ...

Open, with an opinion: Trip report from Dell EMC 2017 Analyst Summit

The Dell EMC Analyst Summit in New York City during the week of Oct. 9 was attended by four Wikibon analysts. After spending the better part of a year-and-a-half discussing integration plans and scale opportunities (e.g., “look at all the markets in which we’re #1!”), the company has pivoted to focus on customer problems and ...

Businesses must develop a data taxonomy for edge-related systems

In between meeting with customers, Crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at topics from the standpoints of business, the “internet of things,” big data, ...

Deep learning must happen at the edge, too

In between meeting with customers, crowdchatting with our communities and hosting theCUBE, the research team at Wikibon, owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE, finds time to meet and discuss trends and topics regarding digital business transformation and technology markets. We look at topics from the standpoints of business, the Internet of Things, big data, ...

Wikibon’s VMworld 2017 trip report: What a difference two years makes

As we have every year since 2010, Wikibon and SiliconANGLE Media’s video unit theCUBE descended on VMworld in force. After a few days of an analyst summit, 50 briefings, and close to 130 interviews on theCUBE, we left thinking, “What a difference two years makes.” Way back in 2015, VMware Inc.’s license revenue was flattening, ...

What to look for at VMworld 2017 this week: the rise of the true private cloud

Every August, infrastructure professionals make a pilgrimage to VMworld – temporarily in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay because of construction in its usual venue in San Francisco – to hear what the leaders of VMware Inc. have to say about the future of computing platforms. What started out as a clever way to greatly increase server ...