Stefan Ried, Ph.D. Stefan Ried, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst

Research Coverage

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

Research Focus

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.

Previous Work Experience

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.

Education

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. 

Latest Research

Planned Research

SOA Governance and IT Management, Market Overview And Size August 2008
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Platform as a Service: Growth Opportunity for Middleware Vendors December 2008
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Cordys Vendor Strategy, Q3 2008 (SWOT) September 2008
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Inquiry Insights: SOA October 2008
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Vendor Positioning Benchmark: Software Q3, 2008 September 2008
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Languages Spoken

English, German


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Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany), "Firefox Snatches Microsoft," June 19, 2008
Handelsblatt (Germany), "SAP Is Collectively Held Responsible By Markets," March 28, 2008
ZDNet (Belgium), "AJAX Not Suitable For The Enterprise," March 27, 2008
Computer Zeitung (Germany), "Enterprise Service Bus Is Ready For Opensource," February 25, 2008
Computerwoche (Germany), "Web2.0 Business-Software Lets Users Down," February 26, 2008