Gartner Expert

Christian Canales

Sr Director Analyst

Christian Canales is a Senior Research Director within Gartner's Technology Market Insights team, part of the Technology and Service Providers research group. Mr. Canales specializes in analyzing the enterprise (business) wired and wireless LAN market, encompassing market sizing, forecasting, market trends, competitive landscapes, and buying behavior and implementation best practices. He additionally covers network security and WAN edge technologies.

Previous experience

Prior to his current position, Mr. Canales worked as a statistics coordinator for telecommunication projects in Gartner's Statistical Unit in London.

Professional background

Research International, Market Researcher, 1 years

Areas of coverage
  • Technology Market Essentials

  • Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services

  • Communications Industry Strategy and Go-to-Market

  • I&O Platforms

  • Capitalize on the Tech Market Landscape

Education

Degree, University of Westminster, London

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

01

Market trends, competitive landscape and market sizing for the overall enterprise network equipment market, including LAN, WAN and network security technologies

02

LAN vendor evaluation (switches and WLAN equipment) and implementation best practices

03

Enterprise network equipment vendor market shares, including network switches, WLAN (Wi-Fi), SD-WAN, firewall, NDR and ZTNA

04

Network firewall and FWaaS market trends, including SASE as an adjacent market

05

Network detection and response (NDR)