Buyers Guide

Data Integration Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 September 2024

Executive Summary Data Integration Data integration is a fundamental enabler of a data intelligence strategy. Analysis of individual data sources—customer or product data, for example—can provide insights to improve operational efficiency. However, the combination of data from multiple sources enables enterprises to innovate, improving customer experience and revenue generation, for example, by... Read More

Topics: Data Integration, Data Intelligence, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

Data Governance Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 September 2024

Executive Summary Data Governance Data governance is integral to an overall data intelligence strategy. Good data governance provides guardrails that enable organizations to act quickly while protecting the business from risks related to regulatory requirements, data-quality issues and data-reliability concerns. It accelerates the delivery of analytics projects, providing the confidence required... Read More

Topics: Data Governance, Data Intelligence, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

AI and Data Platforms Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by David Menninger on 06 September 2024

Executive Summary AI and Data Platforms Artificial intelligence (AI) is front and center due to a combination of factors that have dramatically increased awareness of and investment in technologies to support its purpose. Since its inception, AI has provided value no matter how or where it has been applied: helping to prevent credit card fraud, segmenting customers for more effective marketing... Read More

Topics: Artificial intelligence, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Cloud Platforms, AI Platforms

Cloud-Native AI and Data Platforms Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by David Menninger on 06 September 2024

Executive Summary Cloud-Native AI and Data Platforms Cloud computing has emerged as a fundamental technology driving the digital transformation of enterprises, irrespective of size or maturity level. It provides a robust and scalable infrastructure that supports the dynamic needs of today’s enterprises, enabling them to stay competitive in a digital world. Artificial intelligence is also front... Read More

Topics: Artificial intelligence, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Cloud Platforms, AI Platforms

Embedded Analytics Buyers Guide 2023

Posted by David Menninger on 23 August 2024

Executive Summary Embedded Analytics The processes and technology of the analytics and data software industry play an instrumental role in enabling an organization’s business units and IT to optimally utilize data in both tactical and strategic ways. To accomplish this, organizations must provide their workers technology that can access the data, generate and apply insights from analytics,... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

Data Orchestration Buyers Guide 2023

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 August 2024

Executive Summary Data Orchestration Data orchestration is a concept that has been growing in popularity in the past five years amid the rise of DataOps, which describes more agile approaches to data integration and data management. Data orchestration provides the capabilities to automate and accelerate the flow of data from multiple sources to support operational and analytics initiatives and... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

Data Pipelines Buyers Guide 2023

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 August 2024

Executive Summary Data Pipelines The development, testing and deployment of data pipelines is essential to generating intelligence from data. Just as a physical pipeline is used to transport water between turbines, generators and transformers in the generation of hydroelectric power, so data pipelines are used to transport data between the stages involved in data processing and analytics to... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

Collaborative Analytics Buyers Guide 2023

Posted by David Menninger on 23 August 2024

Executive Summary Collaborative Analytics Analytics almost universally involves collaboration among a team of individuals. Interpreting the results of the analyses, choosing a course of action and tracking the implementation of those actions spans multiple roles and departments within an organization. As a result, most of today’s analytics and business intelligence (BI) products support some form... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

Mobile Analytics Buyers Guide 2023

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 August 2024

Executive Summary Mobile Analytics The processes and technology of the mobile analytics software industry play an instrumental role in enabling an organization’s business units and IT to optimally utilize data in both tactical and strategic ways. To accomplish this, organizations must provide technology that can access the data, generate and apply insights from analytics, communicate the results... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data

Data Observability Buyers Guide 2023

Posted by Matt Aslett on 23 August 2024

Data Observability The need to monitor the pipelines and processes in data-processing and analytics environments has driven the emergence of a new category of software: data observability. Data observability software provides an environment for monitoring the quality and reliability of data used for analytics and governance projects. Inspired by the observability platforms that provide an... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data