Stefan Ried, Ph.D.Senior Analyst
Application Development, Application Development Processes & Tools, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Application Planning & Strategy, Application Platforms & Programming Strategy, Application Server Platforms, Architecture & Technology Strategy, B2B Sales & Marketing, EA Governance Processes, EA Organizational Structure, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Practices, Enterprise Service Bus, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Professional Services, Repositories & Registries, SOA & Web Services, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture
Stefan serves Vendor Strategy professionals. He has deep knowledge of the middleware software market and spent more than 10 years in leading engineering and product management and product marketing roles at international software vendors. Stefan publishes and consults vendors on product and M&A strategies, portfolio development, and the investment in emerging technology to improve business results. He also maintains research interests in the areas of SOA governance, complex event processing, Web 2.0, and AJAX, as well as other emerging areas of application development. Stefan is based in Forrester's Frankfurt office but advises vendors and users around the world.
Stefan came to Forrester from Software AG, where he headed the product management for integration technology (now WebMethods). Prior to this, he was leading the product management division for SAP's infrastructure Netweaver.
In addition to the vendor side, Stefan held a senior management role in the IT service spinoff of Deutsche Post in 2002 and was responsible for the company's portfolio management. He led also a system architecture division addressing consulting challenges on enterprise architecture across Deutsche Post and DHL.
Prior to Deutsche Post, Stefan acquired decent experience at the European eCommerce vendor Intershop and a startup company in the CRM space.
Stefan has had the chance to gather wide experience of the demand and supply side of software technology and was personally involved in large enterprise architecture, middleware, and M&A projects.
A native of Germany, Stefan is a graduate of physics at Stuttgart University and was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. in physics by the Max Planck Institute, Germany. His thesis explained pattern-forming phenomena in complex fluids based on calculations on supercomputers.
Market Momentum: Middleware Software Market, H2 2008 And H1 2009 October 27, 2009 (Rating: 8) BookmarkPDF
The Tier One Middleware Vendors September 04, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Yet Another Cloud July 30, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Software AG Acquires IDS Scheer To Finalize Its Five-Year Restructuring Plan July 15, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Platform-As-A-Service Market Sizing July 13, 2009 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
Holistic View: Middleware Market January 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Forrester's Cloud Computing Vision December 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Platform-As-A-Service: Growth Opportunity For Middleware Vendors December 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Middleware Market Overview December 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
SWOT: Middleware Vendor Tier 2 December 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Stefan likes Web 2.0 and social computing. He is reachable on Skype "stefan-ried.de," LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stefanried, Xing: www.xing.com/profile/Stefan_Ried, Twitter: www.twitter.com/StefanRied, and on his personal blog: www.stefan-ried.de.
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