Qlik has closed the purchase of the company specialized in data governance, transformation and quality Talend, an operation with which Qlik will expand its portfolio of products and services for companies related to data access, analysis and management. The company resulting from the acquisition will have as CEO to Mike Capone.
The Qlik and Talend solutions, as they have stated since the first, are complementary. Therefore, the purchase will expand the Qlik portfolio in areas such as data quality, application connectivity, API services and data transformation. In addition, Qlik will remain open to virtually any data source, as well as a variety of data goals, architectures, or methodologies related to them.
For Mike Capone, “Qlik, together with Talend, will bring significant benefits to customers, such as an expanded product offering, improved support and services, and further investment in their innovation and R&D. Qlik’s extensive experience in data integration, analytics, AI and machine learning; combined as Talend’s data integration and data quality solutions, will offer clients the most comprehensive solution in the industry«.
Meanwhile, Mike Leone, Principal Analyst for Analytics and AI at Enterprise Strategy Group, notes that this operation “is a perfect example that 1+1 equals 3. They are two market leading companies that will enable their clients to benefit throughout the data and analytics lifecycle, regardless of where they are in their digital transformation point. There are many data initiatives trying to build trust in the data ecosystem, and it’s not just the data. It is also the processes and the people«.
Leone has also noted that “By tying Qlik’s existing presence in the data integration industry with Talend, clients will see stronger data integration capabilities and powerful data governance, to deliver the trust and reliability you wantn».
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