Steve Duplessie Retired from Enterprise Strategy Group, TechTarget Division

According to Blocks and Files, Steve Duplessie retired from te industry, becoming a professional golfer at the Ibis Golf and Country Club in Palm Beach, FL.

Founder in 2000 and senior analyst for 24 years at Enterprise Strategy Group, acquired in 2021 by TechTarget for “a price I could’nt refuse“, he began his career in sales at EMC from 1986 to 1989, then started and ran a storage peripherals business unit at Clearpoint Research Corp., and then was the founder and CEO of Invincible Technologies Corp., a manufacturer of fault-tolerant NAS, from 1993 to 1998.

He is an internationally recognized expert in IT infrastructure technologies and markets, being a remarkable speaker at conferences and industry events worldwide, and known for his pull-no-punches, straight-shooting style. His presentations are renowned for being educational, opinionated, thought-provoking, and entertaining.

He was also an author, his insights being featured in Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, USA Today, China Daily, The Moscow Times, and other print and online publications. He was an advisor for large technology providers, including IBM, HPE, Dell EMC, NetApp, HDS, Google, Amazon, and Puppet.

He beats cancer several years ago, and got Covid in 2020, gave it to his wife, stepdaughter, and sister.

He holds a B.S. degree from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.