James StatenPrincipal Analyst
Blade Servers, Capacity On Demand & Utility Computing, Cloud Computing, Computer Architectures, Data Center Architecture, Data Center Consolidation, Data Center Management, Grid Computing, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Server Consolidation, Server Hardware, Server Virtualization, Systems Management, X86 Servers
James serves Infrastructure & Operations professionals providing insights into server-centric issues including infrastructure consolidation and virtualization, data center migration and reconfiguration (including the transition to 10GbE), cloud computing (public and internal), and high performance and technical computing infrastructures. Staten is the author of best practice analysis on IT consolidation, the new IT service outsourcing (strategic right-sourcing), maturing your virtualization practice, building a cloud computing consumption strategy and optimizing web site infrastructures for blazing fast performance. He also assists clients in understanding the technical and vendor landscape of server and virtual infrastructure choices in the market including blade servers, CPU choice, virtualization platforms, and configuration optimizations.
James has more than 20 years' experience in the industry having served as a reseller, vendor strategist, CMO, journalist, and analyst for companies including Sun Microsystems, Gartner, Rockwell International, Autodesk, and Azul Systems.
He is a frequent speaker at industry, corporate, educational, and Wall Street events and has guest lectured at leading business schools.
Working out of Forrester's Foster City, Calif. office, James holds a master's degree from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Texas.
Driving Multitenancy In Your Virtual Environments November 18, 2009 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
Charging Back For Your Virtual Infrastructure November 18, 2009 BookmarkPDF
TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q3 2009 October 02, 2009 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
Case Study: USA.gov Achieves Cloud Bursting Efficiency Using Terremark's Enterprise Cloud September 25, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Best Practices: Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) September 09, 2009 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
Server Trends: Linux Marches On December 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Total Economic Impact Study: Cloud Computing Platforms April 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
James is an avid runner with multiple marathons under his belt and now triathlons. He is very active in the fight against cancer, specifically with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and is on the board of governors for the American Biofuels Council.
