Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) has added four IT management experts to its research and consulting teams, promoted Scott Crawford and Andi Mann to Research Directors, expanded its sales team, and moved into larger company headquarters. "In line with the increased activity within the IT management space, EMA has seen a strong increase in demand for market analysis and consulting services," said Rick Sturm, EMA founder and CEO.

Research promotions

Scott Crawford and Andi Mann each have been promoted to Research Director. They have been the driving force behind EMA's growing Security and Risk Management Practice and Systems Management Practice respectively.

"EMA's commitment to and focus on the IT management sector has produced some of the industry's most insightful research in areas like security, IT governance and systems management, as well as on emerging trends like virtualization," said Dan Twing, EMA's chief operating officer. "Scott and Andi's promotions, coupled with the recent addition of four new EMA analysts, further strengthens our ability to produce in-depth information that helps IT professionals make informed and knowledgeable decisions when planning and deploying enterprise technology."

"IT risk management is more than just mitigating the negative aspects of security threats, compliance risks or business malfeasance. It also includes the ability to assure that the positive IT values of business-critical availability and performance are delivered according to defined objectives," said Mr. Crawford. "When aligned with business processes, this two-pronged approach to risk becomes foundational to effective IT governance."

"The systems management market is set to go through some exciting transitions, making it a critical foundation for IT and business success," said Mann. "Core disciplines have matured and new disciplines are coming through, breaking new ground, delivering unexpected benefits and creating new challenges. For instance, automation is becoming smarter, more reliable and more pervasive and infrastructure technologies like virtualization are expanding beyond the data center to deliver real end-user impact. The next couple of years promise to be very dynamic times for systems management technologies, and EMA will be at the forefront to help our clients navigate the changing landscape."

Staff expansion

The latest additions increase the size of EMA’s analyst and consultant team to 17 professionals. "As with all EMA analysts and consultants, each of our new team members has many years of direct IT management experience, allowing them to provide actionable research and real-world advice to our growing base of enterprise IT and IT vendor clients," said Mr. Sturm.

Joining EMA are:

• Paul Burns, Senior Analyst, Configuration Management: Following 20 years with HP, Mr. Burns will work with Dennis Drogseth to expand the company’s CMDB and Asset Management efforts.
• Larry Burton, Senior Analyst, Network Management: Following 25 years in a broad range of technical management and engineering roles, Mr. Burton will focus on network management of IT environments as well as product and service virtualization and its impact on network management. He will also have an emphasis in the areas of VoIP and wireless technologies.
• Terry Camit, Senior Consultant, Service Management and CMDB: Mr. Camit continues a 20-year career in IT governance, compliance and operational frameworks consulting. He holds ISACA’s CISA (Certified IS Auditor) and CobiT certifications, and the ITIL Foundation certification from the IT Service Management Forum.
• Mike Montecillo, Analyst, Security and Risk Management: Most recently an IT Security Officer and Vulnerability Management Coordinator in state government, Mr. Montecillo’s hands-on experience with application security will benefit EMA’s clients as he works with Scott Crawford to expand the firm’s security and risk management practice.
• Johnny Johnson, Business Development Manager: Mr. Johnson will focus on new opportunities within enterprise IT organizations.

New company headquarters

The company, based in Boulder, Colorado, also moved into new company headquarters, designed to accommodate the current staff and future growth. See the EMA profile in the Tekrati Firms Directory, or visit the company website at the link below.

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