Jean-Pierre Garbani Jean-Pierre Garbani
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Capacity Modeling & Planning, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Organization, Go-To-Market Strategies, Telecommunications Services, IT Management, IT Process Automation, Product & Solutions Strategies, IT Management Software, Job Scheduling & Workload Management, High-Tech, ITIL, Organizational Design & Change Management, Business Service Management, Data Center Management

Research Focus

J.P. serves Vendor Strategy professionals. He has acquired several decades of experience as an IT technology designer and marketer as well as a client of IT technology. He has broad experience in designing advanced technology solutions in industrial and commercial applications and bringing them to market.
Over the past years, J.P. has written extensively on technology for several business publications and has focused on innovations in IT management software and in IT operations. J.P. is often a featured speaker in vendor-sponsored events and Webinars.

Previous Work Experience

J.P. came to Forrester through the acquisition of Giga Information Group, where he was the research director of the computing infrastructure group. J.P. started his IT career in early 1968 as a software engineer working on the automation of nuclear power plants in France. J.P. then joined Bull General Electric in Paris (subsequently Honeywell Bull) where he was a designer and project leader of very large network infrastructures in France, Scandinavia, and the US. At Bull, J.P. occupied several positions in engineering, marketing, and sales. J.P. moved to the US in 1984 and filled several engineering and marketing positions with Bull Information Systems. In 1994, J.P. created Epitome Technology Corporation, a middleware software company focused on manufacturing execution systems. Prior to joining Giga, J.P. worked as an IT management consultant for several large financial institutions in the US.

Education

J.P. graduated from Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (Supelec) in Paris, France (M.S. in computer science). J.P. is a US citizen based in Naples, Fla., and speaks French fluently.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Evaluating the Emerging IT Risk Reduction Services Markets September 2008
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BSM's Future September 2008
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Evolution of the Management Software Mid-Market September 2008
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The Future of Analytics in Management Solutions December 2008
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IT Management Software: Tier 2 (SWOT) September 2008
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Did You Know?

J.P. enjoys flying and is a private pilot. He also likes racing cars, antique cars, and rugby.

Languages Spoken

French


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Upcoming Appearances
Jean-Pierre Garbani will be speaking at the following upcoming events:
  • Software Business 2008
    Keynote Speech: Is hardware the future of software?
    October 30, 2008, 08:00AM
    Marriott San Francisco,San Francisco, CA,US
Recent Media Citations
Computer Weekly (UK), "IT Departments Failing To Meet Service Level Agreements," June 23, 2008
Computerworld (UK), "Service Level Agreements Are Failing: Forrester," June 24, 2008
Network World, "Forrester Research Examines The Mega-Management Vendors," June 2, 2008
destinationCRM.com, "Forrester Wave Comes Ashore: End User Experience Monitoring," October 22, 2007
eWeek, "Opsware Injects Automation Into The Data Center," September 18, 2007
Network World, "The Thing With Agents," August 8, 2007
Network World, "More On HP's Big Software Strategy," July 30, 2007
Computer Zeitung (Germany), "BMC And HP Force IT Process Automation," July 23, 2007