Data Management and Analytics

Enterprise data is the lifeblood of business. No endeavor, whether a simple order-to-cash process or a complex, agentic AI solution, can survive without timely access to accurate, high-quality, secure, and governed data. Given these high stakes, companies are understandably torn between innovation and governance.

This is reflected in the markets covered by Futurum, which range from stalking new ideas such as real-time data integration and orchestration tools to exploring the re-invention of traditional business intelligence (BI) at the hands of Generative AI (GenAI).

Specifically, Futurum tracks the modern data intelligence platform marketplace, covering both converged and best-of-breed databases, data management and orchestration products, DataOps practices and tools, insight-oriented data infrastructure, and visualization and analytics solutions—all powered by and built to empower AI innovation.

When working on strategy, product, marketing, and sales initiatives, consider intelligence from our expert analysts – planned deliverables for 2025 include:

  • Market Data – bi-annual market sizing & five-year forecast (2x year)
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The Latest Insights on Data Management and Analytics

Snowflake’s $250 Million Crunchy Data Deal Intensifies Competition With Databricks and Others as the Company Seeks to Power Up Enterprise AI Through Postgres Cloud Innovation
Brad Shimmin, Vice President & Practice Lead, Data and Analytics at Futurum shares his/her insights on Snowflake’s acquisition of Crunchy. Discover how Snowflake’s $250 million Crunchy Data acquisition is set to reshape the AI data platform landscape and intensify the battle for enterprise cloud leadership.
Databricks Acquires Neon to Bolster Agentic AI Capabilities With Serverless, Open-Source PostgreSQL
Brad Shimmin, VP Practice Lead for Data Management and Analytics at Futurum, shares his insights on Databricks' acquisition of Neon. This move positions Databricks to empower agentic AI with a robust, serverless PostgreSQL database, expanding its AI tooling market reach.
Dataiku Hopes Its LLM Mesh Can Help Enterprises Quell AI Agent Technology Sprawl Through Technology-Agnostic Yet Centralized Control, Orchestration, and Management
Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead, Data & Analytics at The Futurum Group, shares insights on Dataiku's strategy to tame the "agentic AI fray" with new AI Agent tools on its LLM Mesh, focusing on centralized control and orchestration, discussed at Everyday AI.
Kyndryl Rolls Out New Data Migration Suite Built on Its Own SAP S/4HANA Transformation Experience
Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on how Kyndryl’s SAP data migration suite, rooted in its own 18-month ERP journey, sets a new precedent in accelerating and de-risking cloud ERP transformations.
Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, examines why investors behind NVIDIA and Meta are backing Hammerspace to remove AI data bottlenecks and improve performance at scale.
Looking Beyond the Dashboard: Tableau Bets Big on AI Grounded in Semantic Data to Define Its Next Chapter
Futurum analysts Brad Shimmin and Keith Kirkpatrick cover the latest developments from Tableau Conference, focused on the new AI and data-management enhancements to the visualization platform.

The Latest NEWS

How Will CISOs Be Impacted by the Proliferation of AI in Cybersecurity

How Will CISOs Be Impacted by the Proliferation of AI in Cybersecurity

Shira Rubinoff from The Futurum Group notes that the rapid proliferation of AI in cybersecurity presents mixed implications for CISOs, highlighting a disconnect between their…
Review: CX Wins in March, Part 2

Review: CX Wins in March, Part 2

The Month of March Saw the Forging of Various Memorable CX Partnerships
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, undertakes a review of CX wins in March, in Part 2 of a two-part article featuring partnerships…
Review: CX Wins in March, Part 1

Review: CX Wins in March, Part 1

March Saw the Forging of Various Memorable CX Partnerships
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, undertakes a review of CX wins in March, in this Part 1 of a two-part article featuring…
A Look Back at CX M&As in March

A Look Back at CX M&As in March

Zendesk Acquires Ultimate and Moneypenny Buys Sunshine Communication Services
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, undertakes a review of CX M&A activity in March, focusing on two key events: the acquisition by…
CX Partnerships for Statara, Playvox, and Mitto

CX Partnerships for Statara, Playvox, and Mitto

Collaborations Are Forged with CallHub, Five9, and MoEngage
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX partnerships between Statara and CallHub, Playvox and Five9, and Mitto…
New CX Wins for Zeotap, 3CLogic, and SAP Emarsys

New CX Wins for Zeotap, 3CLogic, and SAP Emarsys

Partnerships Forged with Douglas, A Global B2B Travel Platform, and Miramar Group
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX wins for Zeotap, 3CLogic, and SAP Emarsys together with their…

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