Wurzburg, February 24, 2025 — Presenting a thorough industry overview and comparing top suppliers providing enterprise-wide data intelligence capabilities, BARC has released its latest BARC Score Data Intelligence Platforms 2025 research. New providers who satisfy the requirements have been included in the third edition of this research, therefore highlighting the dynamic change of the market.
The study assesses systems supporting data governance, metadata cooperation, search and discovery, data markets, etc. Especially, the evaluation now covers artificial intelligence governance, which reflects the growing focus on solid data bases for AI projects.
Senior Analyst for Data & Analytics Timm Grosser of BARC notes, “AI/ML is fast merging into systems.” By means of natural language processing, for instance, it is not only automating governance procedures but also generating creative user experiences. This trend is only starting and is expected to quicken yet more.
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Important realizations from the BARC Score Data Intelligence Platforms 2025
A market that is shifting: Particularly in the domains of metadata acquisition, maintenance and use, artificial intelligence/machine learning is increasingly helping to automate data intelligence platforms.
Growing AI governance policies: Companies are using open, under control systems more and more to guarantee that analysis led by artificial intelligence are reliable and safe.
Vendors are improving their products by means of strong programs covering consulting, training, templates and best practices, thereby increasing user approval.
Data products occupy front stage: While new markets are increasing their discoverability and consumption, organizations are starting to manage the whole lifetime of data products – from development and optimization to ultimate retirement.
Changing provider emphasis: Google and AWS have been left out of this assessment since their solutions differ from others by concentrating more on technical and operational metadata. Rather, a number of specialized providers providing creative data intelligence solutions have been included.
Grosser notes, “We have seen notable enhancements in feature sets and connectivity over last year.” Clearly forward development is shown in improved AI/ML integration and data product support. Further automation and AI governance should receive considerably more attention going forward.
Advice for businesses weighing data intelligence solutions
Specify exactly what you want. Find out whether your main focus is on enhancing the discoverability of data assets or governance support and name the particular business issues you want to handle.
Check flawless integration: To enable a quick deployment, the platform should interface naturally with your main operational and analytical systems.
Give scale top priority. Verify that the solution can manage several domains and a heavy user count.
Apply analysis of structured markets: Use thorough comparisons, including the BARC Score, and run proofs of concept with several suppliers to back up wise decisions.
Effective implementation requires on clearly defining governance responsibilities, involving business users early on and using an iterative approach to metadata management.
Available from February 24, 2025, at www.barc.com/score is the whole report with the graphic and English-language software evaluations.
Examining solutions from Ab Initio, Alation, Alex Solutions, Ataccama, Atlan, Collibra, DataGalaxy, data.world, IBM, Informatica, Microsoft, Precisely, OvalEdge and erwin by Quest, the BARC Score Data Intelligence Platforms 2025 study looks at Journalists can get the unredacted graphic by getting in touch with Axel Bange at abange@barc.com.Visit Barc’s product page for more information and to view the whole software assessments.
