John R. Rymer John R. Rymer
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Application Infrastructure Technologies, Application Platforms & Programming Strategy, High-Tech, Application Development, Business Rules, Application Server Platforms, Financial Services, Application Development Processes & Tools, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Healthcare & Life Sciences

Research Focus

John serves Application Development & Program Management professionals. He is a leading expert on the market for application platforms and infrastructure software for building and running applications. Included in his coverage are the Java/J2EE application servers from BEA, IBM, JBoss, Oracle, SAP, and Sun Microsystems and the equivalent portions of Microsoft's .NET platform. John also covers the business rules platforms market.

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 in middleware for more than 12 years, starting in 1989. John's industry experience includes a stint as vice president of product marketing for IONA Technologies, where he gained firsthand 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

Oracle Versus SAP: Which Offers The Best Path To The Future Of Enterprise Applications Now? August 2008
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Platform as a Service: Growth Opportunity for Middleware Vendors December 2008
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Translating “Design for People, Build for Change” into Practice, Part I (Build for Change) September 2008
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Best Practices In Implementing Business Rules Platforms September 2008
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Hosted Platforms Overview September 2008
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Did You Know?

John enjoys running.


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Associated Press, "Microsoft Opens Up, EU Is Skeptical," February 22, 2008
USA Today, "Microsoft Says It Will Share Some Secrets," February 21, 2008
eWeek, "Analyst: Consolidation To Continue In Enterprise Software Space," December 14, 2007
SearchSAP.com, "Is SAP-Yasu The Start Of Business Rules Management Consolidation?" November 6, 2007
InformationWeek, "SAP Rules! (No Really)," October 22, 2007
BusinessWeek, "Bagging BEA Systems Won't Be Easy," October 12, 2007