Enterprise Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Platforms & Programming Strategy, Application Development, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Application Server Platforms, Repositories & Registries, Application Infrastructure Technologies, EA Governance Processes, EA Organizational Structure, Application Planning & Strategy, Enterprise Architecture Practices, High-Tech, SOA & Web Services, Application Development Processes & Tools, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Enterprise Service Bus, SOA Governance, Professional Services
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.
Health Check For The Software Industry: Software Market Momentum, H1 2008 November 20, 2008 BookmarkPDF
Integration Vendors: Make Your Q4 Goals October 14, 2008 BookmarkPDF
Market Momentum: Middleware Software Market, H1 2008 September 16, 2008 BookmarkPDF
Forrester's SaaS Maturity Model August 14, 2008 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
To Share Or Not To Share IP: That Is The Question July 08, 2008 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
SOA Governance and IT Management, Market Overview And Size December 2008 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Platform as a Service: Growth Opportunity for Middleware Vendors February 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Cordys Vendor Strategy, Q4 2008 (SWOT) January 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Vendor Positioning Benchmark: General Software Q3, 2008 December 2008 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Casestudy ARAS: Transfer An Application Vendor To Open Source January 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.stefan-ried.de/twitter) and his personal blog is available at www.stefan-ried.de.
English, German
