Matt Aslett's Analyst Perspectives

SnapLogic Promotes Intelligent Automation for All

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 31, 2023 3:00:00 AM

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 to answer, especially for organizations with multiple business entities, regions, departments and applications. Increasing volumes and sources of data can hinder, rather than help. Only 1 in 5 participants (20%) in Ventana Research’s Analytics and Data Benchmark research are very confident in their organization’s ability to analyze the overall quantity of data. This is a perennial issue that data and application integration vendors, such as SnapLogic, are aiming to address – increasingly through automation and products for business users as well as data management professionals.

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

Analytic Data Platforms Ranked and Rated for 2023

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 26, 2023 3:00:00 AM

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 real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to data platform vendors supporting the spectrum of analytic use-cases. Using this methodology, we evaluated vendor submissions in seven categories: five relevant to the Product Experience: Adaptability, Capability, Manageability, Reliability and Usability, and two related to the Customer Experience: Total Cost of Ownership/Return on Investment and Validation. This research-based index evaluates the full business and information technology value of analytic data platforms offerings. I encourage you to learn more about our Value Index and its effectiveness as a vendor selection and request for information/requestion for proposal tool.

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

The 2023 Analytic Data Platforms Value Index: Market Observations

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 23, 2023 3:00:00 AM

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.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, Analytics & Data, analytic data platforms, Operational Data Platforms

Operational Data Platforms: Which Software Best Meets Your Needs?

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 19, 2023 3:00:00 AM

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 Operational 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 real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to data platform vendors supporting the spectrum of operational use cases. Using this methodology, we evaluated vendor submissions in seven categories: five relevant to the Product Experience: Adaptability, Capability, Manageability, Reliability and Usability, and two related to the Customer Experience: Total Cost of Ownership/Return on Investment and Validation.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, Analytics & Data, operational data plaftforms

2023 Market Agenda for Data: Accelerating Data Agility

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 18, 2023 3:00:00 AM

Ventana Research recently announced its 2023 Market Agenda for Data, continuing the guidance we have offered for two decades to help organizations derive optimal value and improve business outcomes.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Data Governance, Data Management, Data, Digital Technology, data operations, Analytics & Data, Streaming Data & Events, analytic data platforms, Operational Data Platforms

2023 Operational Data Platforms Value Index: Observations and Insights

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 17, 2023 3:00:00 AM

Ventana Research recently published the 2023 Operational Data Platforms Value Index. The importance of the operational data platform has never been greater as organizations strive to be more data-driven, incorporating intelligence into operational applications via personalization and recommendations for workers, partners and customers. In this post, I’ll share some of my observations on how the operational data platforms market is evolving.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Analytics & Data, analytic data platforms, operational data plaftforms

The Vendor Assessment Guide for Data Platforms: Ranked and Rated

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 12, 2023 3:00:00 AM

I am happy to share insights from our latest Ventana Research Value Index, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The 2023 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 real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to data platform vendors that support the spectrum of operational and analytic use cases. Using this methodology, we evaluated vendor submissions in seven categories: five relevant to the Product Experience: Adaptability, Capability, Manageability, Reliability and Usability, and two related to the Customer Experience: Total Cost of Ownership/Return on Investment and Validation.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, Analytics & Data, analytic data platforms, Operational Data Platforms

Acceldata Enables Data Observability

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 10, 2023 3:00:00 AM

Data observability is a hot topic and trend. I have written about the importance of data observability for ensuring healthy data pipelines, and have covered multiple vendors with data observability capabilities, offered both as standalone and part of a larger data engineering system. Data observability software provides an environment that takes advantage of machine learning and DataOps to automate the monitoring of data quality and reliability. The term has been adopted by multiple vendors across the industry, and while they all have key functionality in common – including collecting and measuring metrics related to data quality and data lineage – there is also room for differentiation. A prime example is Acceldata, which takes a position that data observability requires monitoring not only data and data pipelines but also the underlying data processing compute infrastructure as well as data access and usage.

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

2023 Data Platforms Value Index: Market Observations and Insights

Posted by Matt Aslett on Jan 9, 2023 3:00:00 AM

Having recently completed the 2023 Data Platforms Value Index, I want to share some of my observations about how the market is evolving. Although this is our inaugural assessment of the market for data platforms, the sector is mature and products from many of the vendors we assess can be used to effectively support operational and analytic use cases.

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Topics: Cloud Computing, Data, Digital Technology, Analytics & Data, analytic data platforms, Operational Data Platforms

InterSystems Transforming Organizations with Cloud Smart Data Fabric

Posted by Matt Aslett on Dec 27, 2022 3:00:00 AM

The shift from on-premises server infrastructure to cloud-based and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models has had a profound impact on the data and analytics architecture of many organizations in recent years. More than one-half of participants (59%) in Ventana Research’s Analytics and Data Benchmark research are deploying data and analytics workloads in the cloud, and a further 30% plan to do so. Customer demand for cloud-based consumption models has also had a significant impact on the products and services that are available from data and analytics vendors. Data platform providers, both operational and analytic, have had to adapt to changing customer demand. The initial response — making existing products available for deployment on cloud infrastructure — only scratched the surface in terms of responding to emerging expectations. We now see the next generation of products, designed specifically to deliver innovation by taking advantage of cloud-native architecture, being brought to market both by emerging startups, and established vendors, including InterSystems.

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Topics: business intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Management, Data, natural language processing, data operations, AI & Machine Learning, Analytics & Data, analytic data platforms, Operational Data Platforms

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