ISG Software Research Analyst Perspectives

Snowflake Expands Beyond Analytics in the Cloud

Posted by Matt Aslett on 11 May 2023

The data platforms market has traditionally been divided between products specifically designed to support operational or analytic workloads, with other market segments having emerged in recent years for data platforms targeted specifically at data science and machine learning (ML), as well as real-time analytics. More recently, we have seen vendor strategies evolving to provide a more... Read More

Topics: Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, analytic data platforms, Analytics and Data, AI and Machine Learning

MongoDB’s Atlas Delivers Data-Driven Applications

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 April 2023

The recent publication of our Value Index research highlights the impact of intelligent applications on the operational data platforms sector. While we continue to believe that, for most use cases, there is a clear, functional requirement for either analytic or operational data platforms, recent growth in the development of intelligent applications infused with the results of analytic processes,... Read More

Topics: Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, analytic data platforms, Analytics and Data

Tame Telemetry Data with Mezmo Observability Pipeline

Posted by Matt Aslett on 18 April 2023

As engagement with customers, suppliers and partners is increasingly conducted through digital channels, ensuring that infrastructure and applications are performing as expected is not just important but mission critical. My colleague, David Menninger, recently explained the increasing importance of observability to enable organizations to ensure that their systems and applications are operating... Read More

Topics: Data Management, Data, Digital Technology, Analytics and Data

Seek Solace for Event-Driven Architectures and Applications

Posted by Matt Aslett on 12 April 2023

I have written recently about the increasing importance of managing data in motion and at rest as the use of streaming data by enterprise organizations becomes more mainstream. While batch-based processing of application data has been a core component of enterprise IT architecture for decades, streaming data and event processing have often been niche disciplines typically reserved for... Read More

Topics: Data, Streaming Data Events

Reltio Simplifies Connecting Data with Master Data Management

Posted by Matt Aslett on 06 April 2023

To execute more data-driven business strategies, organizations need linked and comprehensive data that is available in real time. By consistently managing data across siloed systems and ensuring that data definitions are agreed and current, organizations can overcome the challenges presented by data being distributed across an increasingly disparate range of applications and data-processing... Read More

Topics: Data Management, Data, data operations

DataOps: Understanding the Definition and Differentiation

Posted by Matt Aslett on 04 April 2023

Data Operations (DataOps) has been part of the lexicon of the data market for almost a decade, with the term used to describe products, practices and processes designed to support agile and continuous delivery of data analytics. DataOps takes inspiration from DevOps, which describes a set of tools, practices and philosophy used to support the continuous delivery of software applications in the... Read More

Topics: Data Governance, Data Management, Data, data operations

Alation’s Data Governance Accelerates Data Intelligence

Posted by Matt Aslett on 29 March 2023

As data continues to grow and evolve, organizations seek better tools and technologies to employ data faster and more efficiently. Finding and managing data remains a perennial challenge for most organizations, and is exacerbated by increasing volumes of data and an expanding array of data formats. At the same time, organizations must comply with a growing list of national and regional rules and... Read More

Topics: Data Governance, Data Management, Data, data operations

Streaming Databases Enable Continuous Analysis and Data Persistence

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 March 2023

Success with streaming data and events requires a more holistic approach to managing and governing data in motion and data at rest. The use of streaming data and event processing has been part of the data landscape for many decades. For much of that time, data streaming was a niche activity, however, with standalone data streaming and event-processing projects run in parallel with existing... Read More

Topics: Analytics, Data, Digital Technology, Streaming Analytics, Streaming Data Events, analytic data platforms, Analytics and Data

AWS Enables Data Democratization with Amazon DataZone

Posted by Matt Aslett on 21 March 2023

I have previously written about the importance of data democratization as a key element of a data-driven agenda. Removing barriers that prevent or delay users from gaining access to data enables it to be treated as a product that is generated and consumed, either internally by employees or externally by partners and customers. This is particularly important for organizations adopting the data... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data Governance, Data Management, Data, Digital Technology, data operations, Analytics and Data

Hitachi Vantara DataOps Improves Analytics and Decision-Making

Posted by David Menninger on 21 March 2023

Now more than ever, effective data management is crucial to enable decision-makers to better assess information and take calculated actions. It is also important to keep up with the latest trends and technologies to derive higher value from data and analytics and maintain a competitive edge in the market. However, every organization faces challenges with data management and analytics. And as... Read More

Topics: Analytics, Data Governance, Data Management, Data, data operations, analytic data platforms

Cockroach Labs Promotes Developer Efficiency for Distributed Databases

Posted by Matt Aslett on 15 March 2023

I recently wrote about the potential use cases for distributed SQL databases as well as techniques being employed by vendors to accelerate adoption. Distributed SQL is a term that is used by several vendors to describe operational data platform products that combine the benefits of the relational database model and native support for distributed cloud architecture, including resilience that spans... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, Analytics and Data

Exasol Accelerates Analytics With an In-Memory Database

Posted by Matt Aslett on 07 March 2023

Organizations require faster analytics to continuously improve business operations and stay competitive in today’s market. However, many struggle with slow analytics due to a variety of factors such as slow databases, insufficient data storage capacity, poor data quality, lack of proper data cleansing and inadequate IT infrastructure. Challenges such as data silos can also decrease operational... Read More

Topics: Data Management, Data, analytic data platforms

Explore Graph Databases for Better Relationships

Posted by Matt Aslett on 01 March 2023

I have previously written about the functional evolution and emerging use cases for NoSQL databases, a category of non-relational databases that first emerged 15 or so years ago and are now well established as potential alternatives to relational databases. NoSQL is a term that is used to describe a variety of databases that fall into four primary functional categories: key-value stores, wide... Read More

Topics: Data

Promethium Provides Data Fabric and Self-Service for Speed to Insights

Posted by Matt Aslett on 22 February 2023

The market for data and analytics products is constantly evolving, with the emergence of new approaches to data persistence, data processing and analytics. This enables organizations to constantly adapt data analytics architecture in response to emerging functional capabilities and business requirements. It can, however, also be a challenge. Investments in data platforms cannot be constantly... Read More

Topics: Data Governance, Data Management, Data, data operations

Soda Provides Collaborative Approach to Data Observability

Posted by Matt Aslett on 16 February 2023

Data observability was a hot topic in 2022 and looks likely to be a continued area of focus for innovation in 2023 and beyond. As I have previously described, data observability software is designed to automate the monitoring of data platforms and data pipelines, as well as the detection and remediation of data quality and data reliability issues. There has been a Cambrian explosion of data... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data Management, Data, Digital Technology, data operations, Analytics and Data

Data-Intensive Applications Need Real-Time Analytic Processing

Posted by Matt Aslett on 14 February 2023

I have written about the increased demand for data-intensive operational applications infused with the results of analytic processes, such as personalization and artificial intelligence-driven recommendations. I previously described the use of hybrid data processing to enable analytics on application data within operational data platforms. As is often the case in the data platforms sector,... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, analytic data platforms, Analytics and Data

Tamr Directs Data Integrity

Posted by Matt Aslett on 08 February 2023

Organizations across various industries collect multiple types of data from disparate systems to answer key business questions and deliver personalized experiences for customers. The expanding volume of data increases complexity, and data management becomes a challenge if the process is manual and rules-based. There can be numerous siloed, incomplete and outdated data sources that result in... Read More

Topics: Data Governance, Data Management, Data, data operations, analytic data platforms

SnapLogic Promotes Intelligent Automation for All

Posted by Matt Aslett on 31 January 2023

Despite the emphasis on organizations being more data-driven and making an increasing proportion of business decisions based on data and analytics, it remains the case that some of the most fundamental questions about an organization are difficult to answer using data and analytics. Ostensibly simple questions such as, “how many customers does the organization have?” can be fiendishly difficult... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data Management, Data, data operations, Analytics and Data, AI and Machine Learning

Analytic Data Platforms Ranked and Rated for 2023

Posted by Matt Aslett on 26 January 2023

I am happy to share insights from our latest Ventana Research Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The 2023 Analytic Data Platforms Value Index is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, analytic data platforms, Analytics and Data

The 2023 Analytic Data Platforms Value Index: Market Observations

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 January 2023

Ventana Research recently published the 2023 Analytic Data Platforms Value Index. As organizations strive to be more data-driven, increasing reliance on data as a fundamental factor in business decision-making, the importance of the analytic data platform has never been greater. In this post, I’ll share some of my observations about how the analytic data platforms market is evolving. Our Value... Read More

Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, analytic data platforms, Analytics and Data