Enterprise Architecture, Storage & Data Management, Security & Risk, Data-Centric Security, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Data Integration, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Financial Services, Telecommunications Services, Data Security, Information & Knowledge Management, Computer Architectures, Information Protection, Integration Technologies, Data Protection, High-Tech, Clustering, Database Management Systems, Data Management, Mobile Services, Data Center Management
Noel serves Application Development & Program Management professionals. He primarily covers database management systems (DBMSes), information-as-a-service, data replication and integration, data security, data management tools, and related online transaction processing issues. His current primary research focus is on customer usage experiences and broad industry trends of DBMS, information-as-a-service, data security, enterprise data grids, outsourcing, information life-cycle management, open source databases, and other emerging database technologies.
Noel has more than 20 years of experience in IT and has held various technical and management positions. He came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. Prior to joining Giga, Noel spent several years at Exodus Communications and led a group responsible for planning and implementing mission-critical enterprise applications. Prior to Exodus, he served as a principal consultant, benchmark specialist, and data architect for Amdahl. He has worked on several large, terabyte-sized database applications and deployed high-availability and high-scalability solutions for various enterprises. He has vast experience in implementing and supporting leading DBMSes and data management products.Noel has spoken at numerous industry conferences around the globe and is quoted frequently in industry publications, such as CNET News.com, Computerworld, eWeek, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Search.com, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He has taught several technical and management programs on grid computing, data management, security, scalability, consolidation, and information fabric.
Noel holds a bachelor's degree in business and a postgraduate degree in business administration. Noel is the author of an Oracle book and is currently working on another book on data security.
Market Update: Open Source Databases July 17, 2008 BookmarkPDF
Information-As-A-Service: Delivering Real-Time Information Drives Market Toward The Mainstream May 02, 2008 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
A New Role Is Emerging Within IT: Database Security Analyst (DSA) April 04, 2008 (Rating: 8) BookmarkPDF
Sybase ASE Remains A Strong Enterprise DBMS March 05, 2008 (Rating: 8) BookmarkPDF
The Forrester Wave: Information-As-A-Service, Q1 2008 January 23, 2008 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
Market Overview: Enterprise Data Modeling July 2008 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Securing Information Services: The Next Generation Of Data Security (Q3) October 2008 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
The Forrester Wave: DBMS, Q4 2008 January 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
