The Experton Group, a leading analyst and consulting
firm in Germany, has named Software AG “Big Data Leader 2013” in its recent Big
Data Vendor Benchmark*. Software AG, a “strategic pacesetter” has thus
successfully positioned itself in the big data market with its Terracotta
in-memory and big data analytics solutions. An attractive product and service
offering and a strong market and competitive position were prerequisites for
achieving “leader” status.
The Experton Group’s Big Data Vendor Benchmark 2013 is Germany’s
first report on this segment. It examined 68 companies that actively market
their products as big data solutions. Based on an evaluation of 100 different
criteria, vendors were ranked by their level of competitiveness and portfolio
appeal in various categories. Additional criteria were assessed for the
analytics category in which Software AG is positioned with Terracotta. For
example, concluded projects in which the processing of disparate data from multiple
sources was achieved made an especially favorable impression. Teracotta’s
mechanisms enabling fast data retrieval for a large number of users also earned
high marks. Here the benefits of Terracotta’s scalable in-memory technology
stood out significantly. The report specifically recognized Ehcache, BigMemory
and In-Genius from the Terracotta product family.
Holm Landrock, senior advisor at the Experton Group stated,
“Software AG’s Terracotta is an attractive solution portfolio that, combined
with the company’s consulting, services and IT expertise, offers business users
major benefits for their big data scenarios.”
The focus of Software AG’s big data platform is Fast Big Data,
which, rather than archiving and subsequently analyzing big data, emphasizes real-time
extraction of relevant KPIs and patterns from massive volumes of data for fast
access and use in business operations.
Dr. Jürgen Krämer, VP of CEP & Analytics at Software AG
commented, “We are very proud to be able to technologically support an IT
industry megatrend with our Terracotta products. With them we are guiding our
customers toward the Digital Enterprise and completely new business models and
applications.”
*“Big Data Vendor Benchmark 2013, Big-Data-Anbieter im Vergleich,
Deutschland“; Analysis of the Experton Group AG, Munich, Germany; available on
request