Arunasree Cheparthi is a Senior Principal within Gartner’s Emerging Market Dynamics team, part of the Business and Technology Insights practice. As a core contributor to Gartner’s global software research portfolio, she brings deep expertise in developing and maintaining comprehensive software forecast models that inform Gartner’s market outlooks, competitive assessments, and strategic vendor guidance. Her responsibilities span the end‑to‑end development of market forecasts, including detailed market sizing, trend analysis, vendor revenue and market share evaluation, and quantitative modeling to assess critical technology inflection points. Arunasree specializes in identifying and projecting growth trajectories across key software segments, including AI software markets, generative AI models, agentic AI, and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). She delivers data‑driven insights that help software vendors and service providers understand emerging opportunities, competitive risks, and strategic go‑to‑market considerations. Her work centers on quantitative analysis, including demand modeling and competitive benchmarking, across diverse software categories. Her contributions support Gartner’s flagship forecast publications as well as vendor‑ and end‑user‑facing research, ensuring that insights delivered are accurate, timely, and strategically actionable for clients navigating rapidly shifting software markets.
Before joining Gartner, Arunasree was part of the IT Market Models and Data Tools team at Informa Tech (Omdia), where she led a team of 10 and drove forecast delivery, enhancements to global IT spending data tools, and consulting engagements for major IT vendors from proof of concept through final delivery. She developed forecasts across software markets and vertical industries and contributed to improving IT spending tools. Earlier at GlobalData, she provided strategic industry analysis and authored research on key trends, competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, and innovation in the technology sector.
Informa Tech (Omdia), Lead Analyst, 9 years
GlobalData, Analyst, 2 years
Technology Market Economics
Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services
M.B.A., Kakatiya University
B.Sc., Osmania University
Software market share, market size, forecast; tend analysis, cloud vs on-premises split; GenAI impact on software, projection; PaaS forecast; software taxonomy, definitions and methodology guidance.