7 Metadata Management Solutions Vendors to Watch in 2019
Distinct sub-categories have branched off of the traditional data management industry over the last several years as well. These include tools for metadata and master data management, as well as data quality and governance, data integration, and machine learning and data science. Although not linear in functional use, the categories are inter-related in relation to the big data analytics process.
Cue the process of seeking out, evaluating, purchasing, and deploying a data management solution. There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to big data. Solutions come in a variety of flavors—ranging from data management solutions for analytics to operational database management systems. Choosing the right vendor and solution is a complicated process—one that requires in-depth research and often comes down to more than just the solution and its technical capabilities.
In that spirit, we’ve turned our gaze to the future of metadata management. Whether its the release of an innovative new product, a bump in venture capital, or inclusion in one of the top analyst reports, these are the providers that have earned watch list status from Solutions Review for the year ahead. The vendors are listed in alphabetical order and have specific areas of expertise.
Alation is a complete repository for enterprise data, providing a single point of reference for business glossaries, data dictionaries, and Wiki articles. The product profiles data and monitors usage to ensure that users have accurate insight into data accuracy. Alation also provides insight into how users are creating and sharing information from raw data. The company was named to CRN’s 2018 list of Emerging Vendors and earned various awards for data cataloging in recent months.
Alex Solutions is a technology agnostic unified enterprise data catalog. It features a business glossary that enables users to define and maintain key business terms and link them to physical data assets, processes, and outputs. Policy-driven data quality combines data lineage with data profiling and machine learning-based intelligent tagging. Alex also offers intelligent tagging that helps users add business context to physical data assets. Solutions Review named the company one of 9 Major Players in Metadata Management in August.
