Leaving Crisp Research

Dear Crisp Research clients and friends,

In February 2014, I joined Crisp Research as senior analyst & cloud practice lead, taking over the responsibility for the entire cloud computing, IT infrastructure, IT platforms, IT automation and Internet of Things research. The last years it was fun to help propagating the brand “Crisp Research” and its awareness in the German and international markets from scratch.

I had the honor to work with a team of talented people including Maximilian Hille, Bjoern Boettcher, Meike Buch et al. The team and his support helped me to publish 93 research notes as well as 45 studies, strategy papers and analyst reports, including:

• The first German Platform-as-a-Service compendium and the “SAP Monsoon“ chapter in the book “SAP on the Cloud.“
• Studies: „Container in the Enterprise“, „Data Sovereignty as Success Factor in the Digital Age“, “OpenStack as Foundation for Open Cloud Architectures,” “Cloud Price-Performance Evaluation,“ “OpenStack in the Enterprise,“ “Digital Business Readiness,“ and “Multi-Cloud-Management in the German Mittelstand.“
• Vendor comparison: “IoT Backend Providers“ and “Managed Public Cloud Providers.“

I also had the honor to speak at several national and international summits and vendor conferences resulting in

• 40 keynotes, moderations and panels

Not to forget the German and international media like Computerwoche, CIO Magazin, LANline, Silicon.de, New York Times, Forbes Magazin, Handelsblatt, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche, Manager Magazin, Harvard Business Manager et al. who cited me as part of their articles – leading to

• 210 comments and quotations

Now, after almost three years I am leaving Crisp Research. I want to say thank you to all my Crisp Research fellows, clients, analyst relations, PR agencies and journalists I’ve been working with over the years. It was a great pleasure to collaborate with all of you and I hope we have the chance to stay in touch.

Rene