IDC''s former director of SOA research joins Butler Group
05 Oct 2006
Mumbai: Rob Hailstone has taken charge as software infrastructure practice director with Butler Group, the 'IT end user' division of Datamonitor Plc and a leading provider of IT research, analysis.
Earlier Hailstone was with IDC, where as director of its European service oriented architecture (SOA) and application platforms service, he researched the markets for service oriented architecture, composite application platforms, business process automation and Web services. Prior to joining IDC, Hailstone spent three years as an analyst with Bloor Research, becoming the company's research director.
Hailstone is a graduate of the Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth.
Meanwhile Mike Thompson, formerly principal research analyst at Butler Group, has been appointed as business process management (BPM) practice director.
Butler Group has a strong background in software infrastructure research including SOA and BPM, and Hailstone and Thompson will further develop this work, including research notes, major reports, and presenting at the company's highly-regarded Master Classes and Symposia.
