List of Products in The Data Management Survey

dataspot. is a privately-owned consultancy company and a service and technology provider headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 2016, the company currently has more than 25 employees (plus 15 freelancers) and operates mainly in the DACH region. dataspot. started out as a data governance consultancy before developing its own data cataloging software for metadata management. Today, it provides a data governance solution and metadata management software, data excellence consulting and education services.

Exasol is a technology provider with headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 2000, the company operates mainly in Europe and the United States although the majority of its customers still come from German-speaking countries. However, approximately 15 percent of total sales are generated in the United States, with a strong upward trend. Exasol is leveraged and has been operating profitably for five years. The company went public in May 2020. Organizations of various sizes and industries use Exasol, which has a broad network of implementation and technology partners. In addition to its partners, Exasol works closely with its community, which develops the integration capabilities of the database based on a free open source version of the Exasol database on GitHub. Developments from the community are moderated and reviewed by a dedicated dev team.

TimeXtender is a software provider specializing in data warehouse automation. Its headquarters are located in Aarhus (Denmark) and Washington (USA). Having identified the need for an automated solution to extract data with the least possible hand-coding and one which reduces or eliminates repetitive tasks, TimeXtender was founded in 2006. In the following years, the company embarked on technology partnerships with several large companies and increased its activities in the United States. The company now has 72 employees internationally. More than 3,300 customers use TimeXtender, which is sold exclusively via a worldwide network of over 200 partners.

Alation is a software provider that aims to help enterprises create a data culture where anyone can find, understand and trust data. Founded in 2012 in Redwood City, California, the company now operates worldwide in 32 countries and has 650 employees, about 35 percent of whom work in R&D. The company’s 400+ customers come from a wide variety of industries and the software is vertical-agnostic. Today, Alation collaborates with more than 20 implementation partners, more than 40 strategic technology/ecosystem partners and 80+ channel partners. Growth is set to be accelerated through expansion into additional geographies and new product offerings (e.g., the Data Governance App).

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon. It offers cloud-based services across the world on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. The foundation of today’s AWS data and analytics services was laid in 2006 with a relaunch of the AWS platform, initially featuring the Amazon S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) and EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) services, which are still essential components of the platform today. Amazon now offers a set of over 200 global cloud-based products for data processing, storage, analysis and more. Its partner landscape is immense, as is the number of AWS customers. Amazon’s Availability Zones are located around the world. Amazon currently serves 87 Availability Zones (logical network of data centers) in 27 regions.

During their experience gained from working on implementation projects, the founders of AnalyticsCreator recognized a market need and the possibility to develop a framework to automate data warehouse creation and loading. They built a code framework in 2008, which they began to use in customer projects. However, the company AnalyticsCreator was not founded until 2017, by which point the framework had been rebuilt into a UI-based product and the vendor was able to promote it commercially.

Founded in 2008 as a spin-off of Vrije University Brussels, Collibra’s headquarters are today in Brussels and New York City. It is one of the big players in the data governance market. With around 1,100 employees, Collibra has good geographical coverage with 12 offices worldwide and operations in 25 countries. Its 560+ customers come from a wide variety of industries and the software is used in multiple verticals such as financial services, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and others. Collibra’s partner program includes implementation, technology, cloud and channel partners (currently 240 partners). The vendor also provides educational services (Collibra University, training and certification program) and coaching. In the future, Collibra intends to enhance its partner program and tools for partners, as well as provide more training content via Collibra University with the purpose of educating customers in data intelligence.

[The Data Management Survey 22 results, not included in Data Management Survey 23] 2150 Datavault Builder AG is a Swiss service provider specializing in data warehousing and business intelligence. Having identified the need for a solution that optimizes data warehouse creation and maintenance, development on the Datavault Builder product began back in 2012. In 2016, a graphical user interface was added and the company started to promote the product in earnest. In all, five dedicated developers look after the development of Datavault Builder with support from its partner Ventum Consulting, which employs 130 people. Additional partners implement the software on the customer side.

Google is the flagship subsidiary and company that led to the creation of Alphabet, which is the third largest tech giant in the world. Google generates most of its revenues from its context-aware advertisement business through Google search, Google Ads and YouTube. As Google is all about data, the company has unmatched expertise and success in the management and monetization of data, and also in research and development of all the methodology and technology that is required to manage data at truly enormous scale. Google is constantly expanding its global footprint. It currently has over 150,000 employees and more than 150 offices and data centers around the world.

Founded in 1993, Informatica is a US-based data management provider with headquarters in Redwood City, California. The company currently has more than 5,200 employees and 43 office locations in 24 countries, with a strong footprint in the United States and Europe. As the numbers suggest, it is one of the biggest providers in the data management area with over 5,000 customers. The company’s main audience is in financial services, healthcare and public sector organizations. Informatica cooperates with more than 500 partners (e.g., technology partners) and provides educational services (e.g., Informatica University, training, certification, webinars, etc.).

Founded in 1993, Informatica is a US-based data management provider with headquarters in Redwood City, California. The company currently has more than 5,200 employees and 43 office locations in 24 countries, with a strong footprint in the United States and Europe. As the numbers suggest, it is one of the biggest providers in the data management area with over 5,000 customers. The company’s main audience is in financial services, healthcare and public sector organizations. Informatica cooperates with more than 500 partners (e.g., technology partners) and provides educational services (e.g., Informatica University, training, certification, webinars, etc.).

Microsoft is the world’s largest software company. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, it has become a household name, primarily due to its Windows operating system and Office suite. Aside from these products, Microsoft has a vast range of enterprise software and cloud offerings including its own database, browser, various servers and ERP solutions. In recent years, Microsoft has focused its business on cloud-based solutions such as Azure. AI and machine learning have also become increasingly important in product development.

Microsoft is the world’s largest software company. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, it has become a household name, primarily due to its Windows operating system and Office suite. Aside from these products, Microsoft has a vast range of enterprise software and cloud offerings including its own database, browser, various servers and ERP solutions. In recent years, Microsoft has focused its business on cloud-based solutions. AI and machine learning have also become increasingly important in product development.

Microsoft is one of the the world’s largest software companies. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, it has become a household name, primarily due to its Windows operating system and Office suite. Aside from these products, Microsoft has a vast range of enterprise software and cloud offerings including its own database, browser, various servers and ERP solutions. In recent years, Microsoft has focused its business on cloud-based solutions such as Azure. AI and machine learning have also become increasingly important in product development. Its highest profile products are still Windows and Office.

Microsoft is the world’s largest software company. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, it has become a household name, primarily due to its Windows operating system and Office suite. Aside from these products, Microsoft has a vast range of enterprise software and cloud offerings including its own database, browser, various servers and ERP solutions. In recent years, Microsoft has focused its business on the cloud-based platform Azure. AI and machine learning have also become increasingly important in product development.

Oracle has long been the world’s largest RDBMS vendor and is now a global provider of enterprise cloud computing, offering software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service and data as a service capabilities. The company employs more than 143,000 people worldwide. With over 430,000 customers and deployments, Oracle offers a comprehensive stack of cloud applications, platform services and engineered systems.

Oracle has long been the world’s largest RDBMS vendor and is now a global provider of enterprise cloud computing, offering modern SaaS, PaaS and IaaS solutions. The company employs more than 143,000 people worldwide. With over 400,000 customers and deployments, Oracle offers a comprehensive stack of data management solutions, enterprise applications and cloud services, as well as platform services and engineered systems.

Qlik, originally founded in 1993 in Lund, Sweden, moved its headquarters to the United States in 2005 after raising funds from several venture capital firms. It was acquired by the current owner – private equity company Thoma Bravo – in 2016.

[The Data Management Survey 22 results, not included in Data Management Survey 23] SAP was founded in 1972 as a business applications company but really came into prominence in the 1990s with the ERP boom. Its ERP solution (R/3) was first released in 1992. The vendor now employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $27.3 billion in 2020. Today, SAP is one of the largest business software vendors in the world.

SAP was founded in 1972 as a business applications company but really came into prominence in the 1990s with the ERP boom. Its ERP solution (R/3) was first released in 1992. The vendor employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $27.84 billion in 2021. Today, SAP is one of the largest business software vendors in the world.

SAP was founded in 1972 as a business applications company but really came into prominence in the 1990s with the ERP boom. Its ERP solution (R/3) was first released in 1992. The vendor employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $27.84 billion in 2021. Today, SAP is one of the largest business software vendors in the world.

SAP was founded in 1972 as a business applications company but really came into prominence in the 1990s with the ERP boom. Its ERP solution (R/3) was first released in 1992. The vendor employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $27.3 billion in 2020. Today, SAP is one of the largest business software vendors in the world.

[The Data Management Survey 22 results, not included in Data Management Survey 23] SAP was founded in 1972 as a business applications company but really came into prominence in the 1990s with the ERP boom. Its ERP solution (R/3) was first released in 1992. The vendor now employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and had revenues of $27.3 billion in 2020. Today, SAP is one of the largest business software vendors in the world. 

Snowflake was founded in 2012 by two former Oracle employees with the goal of offering a pure cloud data warehouse. The Cloud Data Warehousing product, the predecessor of today’s Cloud Data Platform, was developed from scratch and released in 2014. Snowflake’s IPO in October 2020 was a big success. The company operates worldwide and has approximately 6,800 active customers of various sizes and industry sectors. It also maintains a strong and growing partner ecosystem.

Founded in 2016, Synabi is a German technology and service provider with headquarters in Munich. The company currently has around 50 employees and operates mainly in the DACH region. Originally a spin-off of a consulting company, Synabi started out with customers in the banking sector before branching out into other industries. The company currently offers a data governance solution, business and technical consulting, and educational services.

Talend was founded in 2005 and now has a total of ten offices in nine countries. Currently, the company has over 1,600 employees and has grown by 6 percent in the last year. Its 6,500 customers worldwide come mainly from five industries: financial services, healthcare, government, retail and communication. An established partner network comprises 176 partners, which are divided into resellers (116), consulting (74) and systems integrators (83), 13 of them specifically for data governance. Talend is funded by venture capital.