
Ken Clipperton
Principal storage analyst & Partner,
dcig, llc.
Ken Clipperton is the Principal Storage Analyst and a Partner at DCIG. Ken brings more than 20 years of information technology leadership to his current role. Prior roles include server administrator, systems analyst, and then information technology director at a series of three private colleges and universities. Ken has served on multiple corporate advisory boards, state-wide technology commissions, national user group boards, and presented at many national and regional technology conferences.
Throughout his career, Ken has specialized in evaluating and implementing innovative technologies to address operational, tactical and strategic business priorities. For example, Ken was a key leader in the creation of the world’s first comprehensive wireless community at Buena Vista University–a project called eBVyou–that became a national model and drew visiting teams from hundreds of colleges, universities and K-12 school districts.
Ken earned his MBA in Management Information Systems from Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN and a BA in History from Crown College.
Latest Posts By Ken Clipperton

2022-23 DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solutions Report Now Available
DCIG is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the 2022-23 DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solutions report. This report provides guidance on the TOP 5 solutions enterprises should consider for their storage as service requirements.

Observations from DCIG’s Research into Storage as a Service
DCIG recently completed its inaugural research into storage as a service and will soon release its first DCIG TOP 5 report based on this research.

Zadara zStorage recognized as a DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solution
DCIG is pleased to recognize Zadara zStorage as a DCIG TOP 5 solution in the forthcoming 2022-23 DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solutions report. That report is based on DCIG’s independent research into the burgeoning storage as a service marketplace.

Pure as-a-Service recognized as a DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solution
[Press Release] DCIG is pleased to recognize Pure as-a-Service™ from Pure Storage as a DCIG TOP 5 solution in the forthcoming 2022-23 DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solutions report. That report is based on DCIG’s independent research into the burgeoning storage as a service marketplace.

Software-defined Memory in the Wild
The era of large, software-defined memory is upon us. In fact, it is “in the wild” now and is already delivering dramatic performance and cost benefits to many organizations.