Paul Burns is the President and Founder of Neovise, an IT industry analyst firm that uniquely adds business perspective to technology. He works closely with executive leaders from vendors and service providers to understand, evaluate and provide input on their solutions. He also spends time with IT organizations and businesses, compiling research data, analyzing needs and providing guidance on solution investments.

Paul has nearly 25 years experience in the software industry, driving strategy for enterprise software solutions through product management, competitive analysis and business planning. He has held a series of leadership positions in marketing and R&D, and spent two years as Research Director / Senior Analyst at another firm immediately prior to founding Neovise. Paul also writes articles for industry publications and speaks at industry events. He earned both B.S. in Computer Science and M.B.A. degrees from Colorado State University. Paul’s extensive industry background offers Neovise and its clients valuable insights on technical solutions that deliver business results.

Contributions

• Report: Profiles: Cloud Service Providers - November 2009
  A web repository of profiles covering a wide array of cloud computing service providers, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
  
  
• Report: Perspective Reports - November 2009
  A list, by Neovise, of reports on cloud computing and vendor solutions.
  
  
• Article: Understanding and Improving IaaS Strategy - November 2009
  Insights on definining or refining your IaaS strategy and marketing message.
  
  
• Article: Addressing a Real Obstacle to Cloud Computing: Change - October 2009
  Seven things an IT leader should do to help individuals and teams embrace cloud computing.
  
  
• Article: Defining the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) - August 2009
  A proposed definition for virtual private cloud (VPC).
  
  

Blog: Paul Burns’ Blog