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Carolin Zhou
VP Analyst
Carolin Zhou is a VP Analyst at Gartner focusing on Infrastructure Cloud Strategy, which includes public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, multicloud management, cloud migration, cloud architecture, cloud management tool, platform service providers (AWS, Alibaba, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Tencent, etc), DevOps, CI/CD, container technologies and distributed systems, etc.
Previous experience
Prior to her career in research, Ms. Zhou has 16 years of experience in IT area with a focus on enterprise architecture, IT governance, shared service management and architecture transformation, API management, Cloud strategy and cloud migration management, solution architecture, big data, IoT, DevOps and IT compliance and risk management, etc.
Professional background
Baidu Ltd, Senior Data Mining Manager , 2 years
BMW China Automotive Trading Ltd., Region China Lead Enterprise Architect , 5 years
Lenovo, Senior IT Governance Manager and Enterprise Architect, 5 years
Areas of coverage
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I&O Organizational Strategy
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I&O Operations Management
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I&O Platforms
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Compose Platforms that Adapt to Business Needs
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Evolve Service Management and Cloud Operations
Education
MSC in e-Business Management, University of Warwick
BSC in Optoelectronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
How to choose the right cloud native service as well as platform services?
How to build cloud strategy and cloud migration strategy for public cloud/hybid cloud?
Cloud reference architecture for multiple cloud, like: AWS, Azure and Ali Cloud, etc.
DevOps, Container technologies as well as operation model for Cloud/Hybrid Cloud Adoption
Cloud Native Architecture, and Hybrid Cloud Cost Optimization