One of the IT industry's most respected analysts and consultants, Jamie Lewis drives and provides strategic direction for Burton Group's overall research efforts. With over 19 years of experience in the IT industry, Lewis has both studied and influenced the development of core network infrastructure technologies. In his five-year tenure at Novell, for example, Lewis helped educate the market about the emergence of the network operating system, directory services, and messaging systems.Lewis continued to focus on these and other core technologies after co-founding Burton Group in 1990. He has dedicated 14 years to Burton Group, working as both an analyst and a consultant. During that time, Lewis was instrumental in defining the concepts relevant to enterprise directories, meta-directories, access management systems, and other essential components of the emerging identity and access management infrastructure. More recently, Lewis charted Burton Group's expansion into Web services and application platforms with the launch of the Application Platform Strategies service. With Lewis' reliable guidance, Burton Group continues to monitor the evolution of these core technologies to support networked business models. Prominent users and vendors turn to Lewis for his keen insights into the evolution of these technologies and the markets that drive their development. |