Redwood City, Calif., May 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent provider of data integration software, today announced the availability of a new report from leading market researcher The Information Difference Ltd. entitled The Data Quality Landscape - Q1 2013.
The new report provides insights into:
· Market Leadership - Cited in the report as "a major player in data quality," Informatica is positioned in the top right quadrant of the vendor landscape.
· Data Quality Trends - The report notes that "data quality has started to be subsumed within broader data management initiatives," and that "master data projects consume on average 30% of their budget on issues related to data quality."
· High Quality Big Data - In December 2012 survey, The Information Difference "found that 80% of survey respondents felt that data quality was of 'key importance' to big data initiatives.
"Data quality should not be considered a one-time standalone effort. It needs instead to be perpetual and pervasive," said Ash Kulkarni, senior vice president and general manager, Data Integration, Informatica. "Because data quality is an on-going journey, organizations should select data quality vendors on the basis of technology breadth and depth, market influence and ability to put data quality at the heart of all data initiatives - from master data management to big data."
The full report from The Information Difference can be read here.
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