Press Release • February 9, 2023
Alation Named a Winner in the 2022 Technology Innovation Awards for Sixth Consecutive Year
The company’s flagship offering recognized as the top-ranked data catalog by Dresner Advisory Services
Redwood City, Calif. – February 9, 2023 – Alation Inc., the data intelligence company, announced it has been named a winner of the 2022 Technology Innovation Award for Data Catalog, presented by Dresner Advisory Services. The award is based on Alation’s placement in Dresner’s 2022 Data Catalog Market Study, which recognizes Alation as the top-ranked data catalog solution.
“Alation is the pioneer of this market and we continue to evolve every single quarter to simplify the challenges from managing and governing data,” said Satyen Sangani, co-founder and CEO at Alation. “We appreciate Dresner Advisory Services Technology Innovation Awards recognizing Alation’s continued leadership in the data intelligence industry powers more than 25% of the Fortune 100.”
“Data catalogs remain a priority technology for companies looking to expand and simplify access to trusted data,” said Howard Dresner, founder and chief research officer at Dresner Advisory Services. “Data catalogs are critical for organizations to overcome the challenges associated with finding and understanding governed data so that data users can make more informed decisions. Congratulations to Alation for its continued leadership in the data catalog market and on being named a winner once again in our annual Technology Innovation awards.”
The Technology Innovation Awards are presented to the top-ranked vendors in 12 Dresner Advisory 2022 Wisdom of Crowds® thematic market reports. The data catalog market study recognizes technology that simplifies access to analytical content and provides collaboration and governance capabilities to make it more trustworthy and broadly available. The annual thematic studies are based on data collected from end users and provide a real-world perspective on various technical capabilities related to Dresner’s yearly research. Each report examines current deployment trends, user intentions, and industry capabilities.
Alation is passionate about helping enterprises create thriving data cultures. Alation Data Catalog, the company’s flagship offering, dominates the market and combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. Alation Data Catalog drives data-driven decision-making for more than 450 organizations globally, including American Family Insurance, Cisco, Finnair, Munich Re, NASDAQ, Pfizer, The Very Group, Virgin Australia, and more.
This recognition follows a high-growth and award-winning year where Alation surpassed $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), reaching Centaur status. Alation was also named an Innovation Leader in GigaOm Radar Report for Data Catalogs, achieved 8 Top Rankings in the latest BARC Data Management Survey, achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data and Analytics Competency, named to the Constellation ShortList™ for Metadata Management, Data Cataloging, and Data Governance, and recognized as a leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Catalog Software 2022 Vendor Assessment.
About Dresner Advisory Services Dresner Advisory Services was formed by Howard Dresner, an independent analyst, author, lecturer, and business adviser. Dresner Advisory Services, LLC focuses on creating and sharing thought leadership for Business Intelligence (BI), Performance Management, and related areas.
About Alation
Alation delivers an agentic knowledge layer that enables enterprises to achieve business outcomes and grow their most critical asset, knowledge. Global enterprises, including hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies, and organizations like AbbVie, American Family, Cisco, Finnair, Nasdaq, and Sallie Mae partner with Alation to realize hard ROI and business outcomes from data and AI. Alation led the creation of the data catalog market, was named a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and has been named a five-time leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrants. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Alation has been recognized five times by Inc. Magazine as one of the Best Workplaces. To learn more, visit https://www.alation.com.