Digital transformation and digitizing data have brought things like data governance, stewardship, observability, and ITOps into the spotlight.

High-quality data is a prerequisite for reliable and trusted analytics and AI results. Analytics initiatives won’t pay off as expected unless the underlying data is aligned with them.

Enterprise Strategy Group’s Data Platforms analysts and demand-side research cover every aspect of an organization’s data platform strategy and technology framework, including:

  • Data collection
  • Data integration
  • Data management
  • Data observability
  • Data platforms
  • Data preparation
  • Data quality
  • Data search/log
  • Data streaming
  • Data transformation
  • Data virtualization
  • Data warehousing
  • Databases
  • DataOps & data mesh

Research Brief

Data Platform Tool Sprawl Infiltrates Organizations Across the Market

IT teams tasked with meeting the breakneck speed of modern business are contending with a constant state of change, adding tools, services, and whole vendor relationships quickly when needed to support demands across their companies. Recent research into the data platforms market by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group shows that this situation is a nearly universal […]

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Analysts Covering Data Platforms

Stephen Catanzano

Senior Analyst, Data Platforms

Areas of Expertise

  • Data Collection
  • Data Integration
  • Data Management
  • Data Observability
  • Data Ops & Data Mesh
  • Data Platforms

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Brian McKenna

Senior Analyst, Business Applications & EMEA Analyst Services Director

Areas of Expertise

  • Business & Technology Strategy
  • Business Applications
  • Business Intelligence
  • Contact Center
  • Customer Data Platforms (CDP)
  • Customer Experience/CRM

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Recent Data Management Insights

Research Report | July 1, 2024

Reinventing Backup and Recovery With AI and ML

Jon Brown, Senior Analyst
Corey DeFreese

Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence

Survey Results | June 27, 2024

Data Governance in the Age of AI

Stephen Catanzano, Senior Analyst

Data Management