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Tony Baer is a well-published IT analyst with over 15 years background in enterprise systems and manufacturing. Baer focuses on strategic technology utilization for the enterprise. He studies implementation issues in distributed data management, application development, data warehousing, and leading enterprise application areas including ERP, supply chain planning, and customer relationship management.
Baer's columns currently appear bimonthly in Application Development Trends. He is also a frequent contributor for Computerworld. Previously, he was contributing editor for database, data warehousing, and application development tools beats for the former Software Magazine. As principal analyst for Computerwire's Computer Finance and Software Futures services for the past 5 years, Baer is a leading authority on IT economics and cost of ownership issues.
His consulting practice, onStrategies, conducts market and cost of ownership studies for leading IT vendors and analyst firms. Baer's analyses of database and development tools markets have also been published by Summit Strategies and Hurwitz Group. He has produced white papers for vendors such as Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems, Interwoven, Informatica Corp., Cognizant Technology Solutions, QAD, Information Builders, Sybase and others.