Alation Named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Metadata Management Solutions

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 23, 2020 — Alation Inc, the data intelligence company, today announced it has been named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Metadata Management Solutions.

The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice distinction is based on feedback and ratings from end-user professionals and is given to up to seven vendors that meet the criteria. For this distinction, vendors needed a minimum of 50 published ratings with a score equal to or higher than 4.3 out of 5 stars.

For example, Alation customers said in their Gartner Peer Insights reviews:

“Alation has delivered in all aspects. We have been extremely impressed both with Alation as a product, and with the engagement and technical support they have provided.” – Data and Analytics Engineering Leader, Communications Industry (read full review here)

“Alation is enabling digital transformation across our enterprise. …Alation is highly responsive to our needs and works closely with our server admin to solve issues, provide world-class training and connect and engage with our end users.” – Data Engineer, Services Industry (read full review here)

In October 2019, Alation was recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions for the third consecutive year and improved its position on the completeness of vision axis compared to the previous year.

“At Alation we measure success through customer impact, so we’re exceedingly proud to receive this recognition from the customers participating in Gartner Peer Insights. We remain committed to the success of our customers and to our vision to leverage the data catalog as a metadata platform to support a broad set of applications – from analyst productivity to data governance to digital transformation,” said Satyen Sangani, CEO of Alation.

Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions, Guido De Simoni, Mark Beyer, Ankush Jain, 16 October 2019.

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