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	John R. Rymer Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

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

Research Focus

John serves Application Development & Program Management professionals. He is a leading expert on the market for 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 and contributes to Forrester's SharePoint research.

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 for more than 15 years, starting in 1989. John's industry experience includes a stint as vice president of product marketing for IONA Technologies, where he gained first-hand 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.

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Did You Know?

John enjoys running.