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Jost serves Application Development & Delivery Professionals, particularly in financial services. As an analyst, he is an expert on a number of architecture and technology topics in global banking, such as off-the-shelf banking platforms (including core banking), banking architecture, banking platform transformation, multichannel platforms, architecture, and strategy. He also led research into the business and technology aspects of banking in the future (banking in 2023).
During his more than ten years with Forrester, Jost has provided strategic analysis and pragmatic advice to executives, operational-level managers, and architects on topics such as strategy plans, architecture development, governance, and large-scale software development, integration, and deployment. As a conference speaker and quoted expert, Jost has addressed numerous topics, such as industry trends, implementation, and the operation and migration of applications and systems, as well as the economic and strategic issues around these technologies.
Jost came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. Prior to Giga, Jost was director of architecture at DG Bank, where he was responsible for the medium- and long-term development of architecture and related topics and for the definition of the technology part of its multichannel strategy. He was the chairman of the bank's architecture decision body. Prior to joining DG, Jost worked as a technology consultant for eight years. He was responsible for a consulting practice that ran projects in the architecture and information technology space. Earlier, Jost worked on database systems, operating systems, software development, Unix standardization, and IT security, including contributions to the German and European IT security criteria.
Jost holds the German equivalent of a master's degree in computer science from the RWTH Aachen University.
Forrester surveyed a total of 16 vendors offering a variety of different Internet/multichannel banking solutions. The overall outcome? Many of the solutions enable multichannel business processes by...
Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, And Temenos Lead, With SAP, Oracle, FIS, and Polaris Software Lab Pursuing Fast
Forrester evaluated world-leading banking platform products across 80 criteria and found that Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Temenos are in the Leader category. Infosys...
Banks all over the world show strong interest in comprehensive and forward-looking solutions offering Internet and multichannel banking capabilities in a cost-effective and flexible way. Forrester...
We Identify Globally And Regionally Successful Vendors
Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals. Overall, looking at participants of both the 2007 and 2008 survey, counted deals shrunk by 10% from 2007 to...
2009 Was Not The Best Of All Times
Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2009 deals. Considering participants of both the 2008 and 2009 surveys, deal volume shrunk by 18% from 2008 to 2009....
There Are Many Reasons For Failure, But Technology Is The Least Significant
Application development and delivery teams know that they need to manage nearly unmanageable complexity when it comes to designing, selecting, and delivering a new banking platform to transform a...
Targeted EA Artifacts Can Improve Governance Even When Resources Are Tight
In difficult economic times, enterprise architecture (EA) groups must often switch from a strategic focus to more tactical issues and cost management. Nevertheless, EA groups should maintain some...
A Cold Breeze And Only One Hot Region Characterize The 2009 Market
Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2009 deals. The regional analysis shows that Asia Pacific has been the single highly active region. Most of the remaining...
Three Top Functional Areas Drive Banking Platform Projects
Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals and analyzed the results from a functional and regional perspective. This analysis shows that the global...
Some Like It Hot
Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals and analyzed the results with a regional perspective. This analysis shows that North America joined Asia...
Being A Systems Integrator Is No Longer Enough
Many banks struggle to find the right systems integrator (SI) or service partner to support their banking platform transformation initiative. Forrester talked with six vendors providing...

Small Banks Are Cloud Providers' Primary Target Market In The Banking Space
The cloud has become a key topic for many firms in many industries, including banking. In the future, banks should leverage the potential of public and community cloud solutions if they want to...
Use Processes, Not Features And Functions, To Identify The Best Solution
Based on best and next practices for off-the-shelf banking platform selection and Forrester's generic banking business processes, Forrester has identified an approach that accelerates banking...
A Tool For Initial Steps Toward Selection Of A Transformation Service Firm
Forrester surveyed six global transformation service firms with focused offerings in the off-the-shelf banking platform space. Their transformation service offerings are broad and rich, covering many...