Larry Cannell

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Larry Cannell
Research Director
2 years at Gartner
25 years IT industry

Larry Cannell is a research director for Gartner Research, in Gartner's Burton IT1 Collaboration and Content Strategies service. Mr. Cannell covers search, content management, collaborative workspaces, as well as open-source collaboration and content solutions. Read Full Bio

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Larry Who?

by Larry Cannell  |  May 12, 2010  |  3 Comments

Since this is my first blog post on the Gartner Blog Network, I thought it might be best to introduce myself. I…

  • …am an analyst in the Collaboration and Content Strategies team in Burton Group Research (now part of Gartner).
  • …presently cover content management, enterprise search, collaborative workspaces, and open source alternatives for these solutions. However, I have plenty of opinions, so just about any IT topic is fair game on this blog.
  • …have been in an IT role for over 25 years. I’ve been a coder, sysadmin, system integrator, project planner, program manager, and IT researcher.
  • …love hearing all sides of an argument and enjoy learning different perspectives through constructive debate. I’m not afraid to say I was wrong.
  • …can be a uber-geek. I’m not so much a gadget-guy. But I don’t let things like installing servers, databases, or other software get in my way of learning something new, when it’s necessary.
  • …think virtualization is custom-made for a busy geek like me.
  • …regard open source as an incredible advancement in software. However, I consider myself a practical IT person who wants to leverage all alternatives and supports using whatever works.

However, technology alone is boring. The challenges I find most fulfilling are around discovering what it takes for technology to change people’s lives and make them more effective. Because this is when technology becomes the most interesting — when it is used and it makes a difference.

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  • 1 Guy Who?   May 12, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    [...] so far been added to the Gartner Blog Network (GBN in internal Gartner parlance). Larry had a great initial post, so I thought I’d follow his lead and describe myself. [...]

  • 2 Craig Who?   May 14, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    [...] Gartner and GBN.  In the spirit of the “hello world” posts by my teammates Guy Creese and Larry Cannell, here’s an introduction to me.  I [...]

  • 3 A New Blog, A New Voice…   May 20, 2010 at 9:16 am

    [...] that background info out of the way, I’ll introduce myself to a new audience. As Guy, Craig, and Larry have done, [...]