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Today Ventana Research released its 2023 Buyers Guide for Analytics and Data, a quantified, research-based report evaluating technology providers and products. The Buyers Guide assesses 22 vendors’ products using our Value Index methodology to evaluate software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Buyers Guide evaluates how well vendors' offerings will address organizations' requirements for analytics and data software.

Ventana Research announces the winners of the 16th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These awards identify the technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets. The prestigious Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards recognize trailblazing vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change and increase value for organizations worldwide, backed by market research and analyst expertise across business and IT.

Ventana Research today released its 2023 Operational Data Platforms Value Index, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses 19 vendors’ products using our Ventana Research methodology and blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Value Index evaluated the maturity of software vendors and products and their value for enterprise use as...

Ventana Research today released its 2023 Analytic Data Platforms Value Index, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses 14 vendors’ products using our Ventana Research methodology and blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Value Index evaluated the maturity of software vendors and products and their value for enterprise use as...

Ventana Research today released its 2023 Data Platforms Value Index, a quantified, research-based index evaluating technology providers and products. This Value Index assesses 13 vendors’ products using our Ventana Research methodology and blueprint, evaluating software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research. The Value Index evaluated the readiness of software vendors and products and their value for supporting data platforms. This...

Ventana Research today announced the finalists of its 15th Annual Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards spotlight the individuals and organizations that have utilized and championed modernization and transformation across their people, processes, information, and technology to grow their business and industry market potential.

Ventana Research today released its latest market research on Data Lakes. We undertook this research to understand how organizations are adopting and implementing data lake products and services to aid effective decision-making. This research examines data lake approaches currently in use as well as opportunities for, and barriers to further adoption of data lake products and services. It provides insights on data and integration issues and the availability of various architectural foundations...

Ventana Research announces the winners of the 15th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These awards identify the technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets. The prestigious Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards recognize trailblazing vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change and increase value for organizations worldwide, backed by market research and analyst expertise across business and IT.

Ventana Research today released its latest market research on Data Governance. We undertook this research to determine attitudes toward, and utilization of, data governance software. Today’s information architectures have grown significantly to accommodate an unprecedented deluge of data spread across cloud computing and on-premises infrastructure. To compete effectively, organizations must rise to the challenge of deploying and maintaining applications, data and analytics across a myriad of...

Ventana Research today released its latest benchmark research on Analytics and Data. This benchmark research offers a market assessment of the use of analytics and data within organizations and reveals significant new key insights into the connection between technology and improving outcomes. The benchmark performance analysis shows less than a fifth (18%) of organizations were innovative in their use of analytics and data. Innovative organizations were most often in services industries and...

Ventana Research today unveiled a distinctively focused and digitally innovative market agenda for 2021. This agenda details the areas of expertise the firm will focus on this year. The overview described in this annual agenda, and continuously updated calendar, provide support to enable business and IT to maximize and refine their people, processes, information and technology using enterprise software and technology.

Ventana Research is excited to announce nominations are now open for its 14th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These Awards identify the top technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets and recognize pioneering vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change and increase value for organizations worldwide.

Ventana Research today announced new Dynamic Insights research on natural language processing. This initiative will evaluate how organizations are using natural language processing to make information more accessible and understandable as well as the differences between organizations use of natural language generation and natural language query. We also seek to understand how they are addressing difficulties in deploying natural language for analytics and applications.

Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative on Trends in Data Governance. The research will evaluate ways that organizations are making information more accessible while also retaining appropriate controls over use of data. We also seek to understand difficulties in establishing data governance policies that align information systems with business priorities and comply with regulations, and how data governance processes impact the management of IT assets, processes...

Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative, focusing on Analytics and Data. The research will evaluate how analytics is evolving to address issues posed by big data, the cloud, the intensification of business collaboration, streaming data, mobile computing and location intelligence. We’ll examine the importance of various data sources in analytic processes and explore preferences for on-premises, cloud or hybrid deployments. We’ll also assess the importance of...

Ventana Research is excited to announce that nominations are now open for its 13th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. The awards honor technology providers and the technologies they offer in their products that are making or have the potential to make a positive impact on their users and business at large. Ventana Research created these awards to recognize pioneering vendors, those that develop and provide advances in technology that drive change and increased value for organizations worldwide.

Ventana Research today unveiled a distinctively focused and digitally innovative research agenda for 2020. This agenda details the areas of expertise the firm will focus on this year. The research described in this annual agenda and continuously updated research calendar provides support to enable business and IT to maximize and refine their people, processes, information and technology using enterprise software.

Ventana Research today announced the 10 winners of the 12^th Annual Digital Leadership Awards. These awards spotlight organizations and those individuals with supporting technology vendors that utilize technology to advance business and IT. The prestigious Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards recognize individuals and companies that have utilized and championed improvements across their people, processes, information, and technology to grow their business and industry potential.

Ventana Research announced today that nominations are open for its 12th Annual Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards honor technology and business leaders who are championing and implementing advanced business practices and technology to drive better results. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination and the concerted efforts of a team.

Ventana Research announced today its newest market research endeavor on Streaming Data in the form of a new Ventana Research Dynamic Insights survey. Today’s businesses not only have more access to data, but an increasing need to access the latest data at the point that the data is created. With the increasing number of data sources, both structured and unstructured, businesses are faced with new opportunities and challenges around all of this data.

Ventana Research today announced the 10 winners of the 12^th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These awards identify the technologies that have the most striking innovation and impact in their respective categories. The prestigious Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards recognize trailblazing vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change, and increase value for organizations worldwide. The awards are backed by market research and analyst subject matter and technology...

Ventana Research today announced the 27 finalists of the 12^th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These awards identify the top technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets, recognizing pioneering vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change and increase value for organizations worldwide. Out of all the nominations, these 27 finalists are exemplar providers who push technology to go further.

Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative into the Internet of Things (IoT). This research will provide a detailed picture of the current state and future direction of IoT. It will also identify technologies and processes that organizations are deploying and exploiting related to IoT, examine the IoT market impact on businesses and competition and explore driving forces behind IoT initiatives.

Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative into the Big Data for Business. This research will provide a detailed picture of the current state and future direction of the internet of things. It will also identify tools, applications, and processes that companies are deploying to leverage big data, reveal how companies are determining investment allocations, examine the market impact big data is having on businesses and competition, explore driving forces behind big...

Ventana Research announced today that nominations are open for its 12^th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These Awards honor technology providers, and the technologies they offer in their products, that are making or have the potential to have a positive impact on their users and business at large. Ventana Research created these awards to recognize pioneering vendors; those that develop and provide advances in technology that drive change and increased value for organizations worldwide.

Ventana Research today unveiled a sharply focused and digitally innovative research agenda for 2019. This agenda details the areas of expertise the firm will focus on in 2019. The research detailed in this agenda provides support to enable businesses to maximize and refine their people, processes, information and technology using enterprise software.

Ventana Research today announced the 10 winners of the 2018 Digital Innovation Awards. These awards, presented annually, identify the technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets. The prestigious Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards recognize pioneering vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change, and increase value for organizations worldwide, backed by market research and analyst expertise across business and IT.

Ventana Research today announced the finalists of the 2018 Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards. The Digital Innovation Awards recognize technology providers that have introduced noteworthy innovations in technology that advance business and IT. They showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency, productivity and the performance of an organization.

Ventana Research today announced the recipients of the 2018 Digital Leadership Awards. These awards, presented annually, spotlight organizations and those individuals with supporting technology vendors that utilize technology to advance business and IT. The Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards is a prestigious leadership awards program, backed by a proven industry analyst firm with market research and expertise across business and IT. The awards recognize individuals and companies that...

Ventana Research announced today that nominations are open for its 2018 Digital Innovation Awards. These Awards, presented annually, honor technology providers, and the technologies they offer in their products, that are making or have the potential to have a positive impact on their clients. Ventana Research created these awards to recognize pioneering vendors; those that develop and provide advances in technology that drive change and increased value for organizations worldwide.

Ventana Research, the leading business technology research and advisory services firm, today unveiled a sharply focused and digitally innovative research agenda for 2018. This agenda, which continues the firm's 15-year history of research and its extensive reach with both buyers and users of business technology, details the areas expertise the firm will focus on for 2018. The research detailed in this agenda will provide continued support to enable businesses to utilize their technology and...

Ventana Research today released its latest research on Data Preparation. Data preparation is critical to the effectiveness of both operational and analytic processes. Operational processes today are fed by streams of constantly generated data. Our research and that of others have consistently shown that organizations spend more time in preparing data for analysis than in analyzing the data – a situation that negatively impacts their productivity. Data now comes from a wider variety of sources...

Ventana Research today announced the 10 recipients of the 2017 Digital Leadership Awards. These awards, presented annually, spotlight organizations and those individuals with supporting technology vendors that utilize technology to advance business and IT. The Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards is a prestigious leadership awards program, backed by a proven industry analyst firm with market research and expertise across business and IT. The awards recognize individuals and companies that...

Ventana Research announced today its newest market research endeavor on Data Lakes using its latest innovative service, Ventana Research Dynamic Insights. This new approach to research comes from the industry’s most trusted market research provider; one that has built its reputation on research facts that reliably guide buyers and organizations through evaluating the performance and effectiveness of their current environment and enables them to determine next steps. The new Ventana Research...

Ventana Research today announced the 10 winners of the 2017 Digital Innovation Awards. These awards, presented annually, identify the technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets. The Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards are the most prestigious technology awards program, backed by a proven industry analyst firm with market research and expertise across business and IT. The awards recognize pioneering vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive...

Ventana Research today announced the finalists of the 2017 Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards. The Digital Innovation Awards recognize technology providers that have introduced noteworthy innovations in technology that advance business and IT. They showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency, productivity and the performance of an organization.

Ventana Research announced today that nominations are open for its 2017 Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards, presented annually, honor business and technology leaders that are championing and implementing advanced business practices, using  technology to drive maximum results. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination, and the concerted efforts of a team.

Ventana Research announced today its newest market research endeavor on machine learning using its latest innovative service, Ventana Research Dynamic Insights. This new approach to research comes from the industry’s most trusted market research provider; one that has built its reputation on research facts that reliably guide buyers and organizations through evaluating the performance and effectiveness of their current environment and enables them to determine next steps. The new Ventana...

Ventana Research announced today a dramatic shift in the market research industry, as the research and advisory services firm rolls out a new product to address two major obstacles that have impeded firms’ ability to deliver maximum value to the market: the challenge to deliver ongoing insights on the market trends and the state of best and worst practices by providing continuous research, and the need to provide to the research participant immediate value in the form of insights and guidance...

Ventana Research announced today that nominations are open for its 2017 Digital Innovation Awards. These Awards, presented annually, honor technology providers, and the technologies they offer in their products, that are making or have the potential to have a positive impact on their clients.  Ventana Research created these awards to recognize pioneering vendors; those that develop and provide advances in technology that drive change and increased value for organizations worldwide.

Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative studying the topic of data preparation. This research will examine existing and planned approaches to data reparation, as well as related technologies, best practices for implementing them, and market trends related to this topic. It will also investigate how organizations are implementing data preparation tools to support operational and business intelligence processes.

Ventana Research releases its full research report on the Internet of Things and Operational Intelligence, identifying best practices and trends associated with these cutting-edge technologies and processes. The Internet of Things (IoT) extends digital connectivity to devices and sensors in homes, businesses, vehicles and more, enablable virtually any device to transmit its data, to which analytics can then be applied to facilitate monitoring and a range of operational functions.

Ventana Research, a cutting-edge business technology research and advisory services firm connecting to improve business performance, today unveiled a sharply focused and far-reaching research and education agenda for 2017. This agenda, based on a continuation of the firm’s more than decade of research and its analysts’ extensive contacts with both buyers and users of business technology, details the research and functional areas the firm will focus on. The research this agenda details will make...

Ventana Research, the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm, today announced the introduction of its redesigned digital community: www.ventanaresearch.com. This cutting-edge online resource provides otherwise unavailable educational content and industry insights for business users as well as premium content for enrolled members of the Ventana Research community. The design of this new community provides radically simplified...

Ventana Research today announced the 28 winners of the 2016 Leadership Awards. These prestigious Awards, selected and presented annually, identify business and IT leaders who are using technologies and applying best practices to create the best possible outcomes in productivity, performance and support of an organization’s goals and objectives. The awards thus recognize pioneering leaders and organizations that embrace technology to drive change and increase value for organizations across the...

Ventana Research today announced the 30 winners of the 2016 Technology Innovation Awards. These Awards, presented annually, identify the technologies that have had or have the potential to have the most striking positive impact and honor their providers. The Technology Innovation Awards are the most prestigious annual industry technology awards backed by a proven industry analyst firm with market research and expertise across business and IT. The awards thus recognize pioneering vendors that...

BEND, OR, September 9, 2016 - Ventana Research today released its 2016 Value Index for Mobile Analytics and Business Intelligence, the only quantified, research-based index evaluating technology vendors and products. The Mobile BI Value Index assesses software operating on mobile technology devices. Mobile analytics and business intelligence provides the ability to access analytics and business intelligence tools through mobile devices at any location. Information availability at any time or...

Ventana Research today announced that nominations are now open for its 2016 Technology Leadership Awards. These Awards, presented annually, recognize organizations and individuals that have achieved notable success in leading change, increasing productivity and attaining superior business outcomes. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination and the concerted efforts of a team.

Ventana Research today announced that nominations are now open for its 2016 Technology Innovation Awards. These Awards, presented annually, honor technology providers and technologies they offer in their products that are making or have the potential to have a positive impact on their clients. Ventana Research created and annually delivers these awards to recognize pioneering vendors, those that develop and make available advances in technology that drive change and increased value for...

Ventana Research today launched its latest market research study, The Internet of Things and Operational Intelligence, which will identify best practices associated with these cutting-edge technologies and processes. The Internet of Things (IoT) involves a new digital connectivity to devices and sensors in homes, businesses, vehicles and potentially almost anywhere. This innovation means that virtually any device can generate and transmit data about its operations – data to which analytics can...