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Information Management Research Team  

Research director, information management:
Nick Patience

Research director, storage:
Simon Robinson

Senior Analyst:
Matt Aslett

Analyst:
Henry Baltazar

Senior analyst:
Kathleen Reidy

Analyst:
Krishna Roy

Associate analyst:
Katey Wood



About Information Management

The Information Management Practice (IM) at The 451 Group brings together our research and advisory work focused on how information is managed, accessed, leveraged, archived, stored, protected and retained.

It starts with our storage coverage, including both storage systems and the software to manage them. Our data management coverage includes relational and specialist (non-relational) databases, data integration and data warehousing. Our content management, enterprise search and text analysis coverage focuses on how to tackle mainly unstructured data.

At the application end, we focus on business intelligence, analytics, reporting and performance management - the tools to leverage and analyze the fruits of this information management.

Finally, we specialize in areas that have driven recent innovation and revenues, including e-discovery (or e-disclosure, as it’s known in Europe) and information governance - a way to tie all of this together into a governance framework.

We work with our colleagues throughout The 451 Group to deliver timely and analytical research by focusing on:

  • The activities of vendors bringing products to market, especially startups
  • The needs and experiences of enterprise end users
  • Factors and considerations influencing funding and M&A


Recent Information Management reports:

Open to Disruption: The Impact of Open Source in Content Management
May 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

E-Discovery and E-Disclosure: Bringing It All Back Home
Apr 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

The Future of Solid State Storage Technology
Dec 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Enterprise Search, Text Analysis & Search-Based Applications 2009-2013
Oct 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Warehouse Optimization: Ten considerations for choosing/building a data warehouse
Sep 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Storage: Enabling the Distributed Datacenter
Sep 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

The Rise of Information Governance
Aug 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

e-Discovery and e-Disclosure
Dec 2008 - Buy - Exec. Summary

The Emergence of Online Backup
Aug 2008 - Buy - Exec. Summary

More >>

Upcoming Information Management reports

Cloud-Based Archiving Market
Oct 2010

Related Information Management Research

Sand Technology refocuses on columnar database

Having tried its hand at information lifecycle management and data-warehouse acceleration, the company is turning its attention back to its core columnar database technology.

MIS / Impact Report, 30 Jul 2010

Matt Aslett

Pervasive Software boosts DataRush for native predictive analytics

DataRush has been used for data preparation and for analytics before, but the latest release of the Java parallel data flow platform sports native predictive analytics features. We take a closer look.

MIS / Market Development, 30 Jul 2010

Krishna Roy

IBM takes out Storwize in primary storage optimization play

Big Blue is out to prove that less data is indeed more with the acquisition of compression appliance specialist Storwize. Will enhanced storage efficiency give IBM's storage line a competitive boost?

TDM / Deal Analysis, 29 Jul 2010

Simon Robinson, Henry Baltazar

MarkLogic changes nothing to highlight NoSQL credentials

Unless you've been following closely, you may not have noticed that the company has changed its name. MarkLogic will be hoping an increased emphasis on NoSQL will be similarly seamless.

MIS / Market Development, 29 Jul 2010

Matt Aslett

With big-name CEO on board, Virtual Instruments looks to tap into broader markets

The appointment of former Symantec chief John Thompson as CEO has boosted the SAN software specialist's profile. Virtual Instruments is hoping that virtualization-derived infrastructure complexity will lead to accelerated sales.

MIS / Market Development, 29 Jul 2010

Henry Baltazar

Tableau depicts growth in visual BI, gears up to double headcount by year-end

We examine the visual analysis vendor's business, including its financials, hiring plans and latest offerings.

MIS / Market Development, 29 Jul 2010

Krishna Roy

IPRO deals rivals the unkindest cut: aggressive pricing in enterprise e-discovery

The litigation-support veteran integrates its low-cost tools in a new platform, and launches flat-fee early case assessment, hoping to undercut rivals and turn its legal sector base into enterprise sales.

MIS / Impact Report, 29 Jul 2010

Katey Wood, Nick Patience

Fast-growing Isilon adds tiering as it eyes wider storage opportunity

The erstwhile scale-out NAS specialist is tweaking its message as it reaches what it believes is a tipping point for scale-out storage among mainstream enterprises. New tiering software is designed to improve its appeal to this audience.

MIS / Impact Report, 28 Jul 2010

Simon Robinson

Acquia tends to – and grows – its Drupal business

The vendor's new cloud-based website-building service, Drupal Gardens, expands its footprint in the Drupal world – where Acquia's customer base is already growing – and beyond.

MIS / Impact Report, 27 Jul 2010

Kathleen Reidy

Quest sees opportunities in new database alternatives

The company is expanding its database management capabilities to address emerging cloud and NoSQL databases, as well as the Hadoop data-processing framework.

MIS / Market Development, 27 Jul 2010

Matt Aslett

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