The Forrester Wave™: Information Quality Software, Q1 2006

Trillium Software, Firstlogic, And IBM Lead In Our Product Evaluation

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

In this Forrester Wave™, we evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top information quality software vendors across 53 criteria. Dirty data is both common and costly, but it is also manageable with the right tools. Information quality software . . .

Innovative Systems Is A Strong Performer In Information Quality Software

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

Innovative Systems is a Strong Performer in the information quality software market. Its product, i/Lytics, focuses on high-volume processing of customer-oriented information, particularly in financial services and name compliance initiatives. i/Lytics . . .

Similarity Systems Is A Strong Performer In Information Quality Software

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

Similarity Systems is a Strong Performer in the information quality software market. The vendor offers a data profiling and cleansing solution that is typically configured by business users. Along with Unicode, it provides address data for 194 countries, . . .

DataFlux Is A Strong Performer In Information Quality Software

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

DataFlux is a strong performer in the information quality software market. It doesn't offer organizations everything, but for its capabilities it is a solid, scalable profiling and cleansing solution. Because DataFlux combines profiling and cleansing . . .

Firstlogic Is A Leader In Information Quality Software

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

Firstlogic is a leader in the information quality software market. The vendor offers top-tier, high-scalability data cleansing with broad support for international data and a large library of out-of-the-box rules for processing name and address data. . . .

IBM Is A Leader In Information Quality Software

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

IBM is a leader in the information quality software market because of its high scalability, strong support for international data, and broad data profiling capabilities. As a technology platform, IBM integrates with most major ETL software and packaged . . .

Harte-Hanks Trillium Software Is A Leader In Information Quality Software

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006

by J. Paul Kirby, January 17, 2006

Harte-Hanks Trillium Software is a Leader in the information quality software market. Its cleansing software, TS Quality, is best-in-class for processing data in different languages. Trillium also receives high marks for its automated data profiling software, . . .

Information Quality Markets Converge

Suite Vendors Fold In Data Profiling

by Lou Agosta, March 25, 2004

Harte-Hanks' Trillium Software Systems announced the acquisition of Avellino Technologies, a signal that data profiling is not a separate market from information quality (IQ). This event was accompanied by statements of intention to integrate Avellino . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Two Case Studies: Why Data Profiling Is Critical for CRM Projects

by Elana Anderson, June 24, 2003

Many companies are not at the beginning of their CRM journey and do not have the luxury of starting with a clean slate. Data quality, however, seems to be a universal headache. The data profiling exercise is also very valuable in this scenario.

Data Profiling — An Emerging Requirement for IT Project Planning

by Philip Russom, April 10, 2003

Data profiling tools and best practices should be part of the planning process for projects that impact pre-existing databases. Otherwise, these projects can be in peril of time and cost overruns.

IT Projects Accessing Legacy Databases Benefit From Data Profiling During Planning

by Philip Russom, July 29, 2002

When discovered midproject, data defects and data structure anomalies in legacy databases lead to time and cost overruns. Data profiling can reveal these for a more accurate timetable and assessment of cost for a project.

Data Profiling Attracts Interest — Know Thy Data!

by Lou Agosta, April 17, 2002

Competition is intensifying in the data profiling market. There are now three best-of-breed vendors, whereas a year ago there was only one known player. This provides more options and downward price pressure for end-user enterprises.