Gartner Expert

Christian Canales

Sr Director Analyst

Christian Canales is a Senior Director, Analyst with Gartner's High Tech and Investment's (HTI), Emerging Market Dynamics Group and is responsible for providing business and technology insights. Mr. Canales specializes in analyzing the intersection between AI and enterprise (business) networking technologies, including network security and WAN edge. He also covers the enterprise wired and wireless LAN market, encompassing market trends, competitive landscapes, and buying behavior and implementation best practices.

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
  • Product Strategy and Go-to-Market Execution in the CSP Industry

  • AI, Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure

  • Technology Market Business and Economics

  • Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services

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)