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

Translating “Design for People, Build for Change” into Practice, Part I (Build for Change) February 2009
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Future Of Application Servers January 2009
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Platform As A Service Landscape December 2008
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Best Practices: SharePoint Development November 2008
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TechRadar: Application Platforms March 2009
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Did You Know?

John enjoys running.


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eWeek, "Third Parties Weigh In On Microsofts Dublin App Server," October 1, 2008
InfoWorld, "Microsoft Eyes Games Changer For App Dev," October 15, 2008
Computerworld, "SharePoint Challenges IT As The Excel, Access Of The Day," July 22, 2008
IDG News Service, "Warning: SharePoint Can Create Chaos If Not Used Properly," July 22, 2008
Associated Press, "Microsoft Opens Up, EU Is Skeptical," February 22, 2008
USA Today, "Microsoft Says It Will Share Some Secrets," February 21, 2008