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John R. Rymer

John R. Rymer
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Application Development, Application Development Processes & Tools, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Application Platforms & Programming Strategy, Application Server Platforms, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Business Rules, Platform-As-A-Service

Research Focus

John serves Application Development & Delivery Professionals. He is a leading expert on enterprise middleware. Included in his coverage are the Java/J2EE application servers from IBM, Red Hat JBoss, Oracle, and SAP, as well as Microsoft's .NET platform, and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings. John is an authority on the enterprise strategies of IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. John contributes to Forrester's coverage of business rules platforms, Microsoft SharePoint, and complex event processing.

Previous Work Experience

John came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group and has a combined total of six years with the company. He has worked as an industry analyst for more than 15 years, starting in 1989. John's industry experience includes a stint as vice president of product marketing for IONA Technologies, where he gained first-hand experience in creating and executing market strategies.

Before joining IONA, John was principal consultant and founder of Upstream Consulting, a vendor strategy consulting group within Fleishman-Hillard International Communications.

John is a frequent speaker at Forrester conferences for IT professionals.

Education

John graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in journalism.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Sizing The Smart Process Applications Market April 2012
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CIO Executive Overview: Cloud Computing April 2012
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John enjoys running.


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Computerworld (UK), "Cloud Computing Is Shaking Up The Enterprise And Cloud ...," Dec. 5, 2011
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CIO, "SharePoint 2010: To Cloud Or Not To Cloud?," Oct. 7, 2011
IDG News Service, "Google App Engine Gets Added Cloud SQL Goodness," Oct. 7, 2011
IDG News Service, "Oracle May Launch Its Own PaaS Offering," Sept. 30, 2011