Denodo Announces DataFest 2018: Annual Agile Data Management & Analytics User Conference Provides Actionable Insight from Enterprise Data Architecture Visionaries

All-star Line-up of Analysts, Customers and Partners Explore How Data Virtualization Facilitates the Journey to the Cloud, Self-Service BI, and Data Lakes

Palo Alto, CA, October 10, 2018 - Denodo, the leader in data virtualization, announces its 3rd annual user conference, Denodo DataFest, which will be held in New York City on November 1st and 2nd. Today, companies are rapidly adopting cloud, self-service BI, and big data technologies such as data lakes, to gain greater agility and scalability while enhancing analytic capabilities. However, achieving these goals is not always straightforward. In this conference, attendees will learn strategies on how to leverage data virtualization to enable highly flexible, agile, and powerful BI architectures that are facilitating the journey to advanced data management and analytics.

“Denodo’s 2018 Datafest User Conference is great for any enterprise wishing to transform complex data across on-premises and cloud environments into actionable insights using agile strategies,” said Claudia Imhoff, Founder, BBBT and keynote speaker at this year’s event.

An immersive, day-and-a-half-long conference, Denodo DataFest brings together some of the brightest minds in data to share expertise and insights on the future of data management and analytics. This event offers an end-to-end learning experience, starting from foundational concepts and demos and continuing through hands-on labs and boot camps, where business leaders, data professionals, and business analysts will learn about the latest technologies, trends, and tools that are changing the data landscape.

“Data and data-driven insight have taken center stage as Crawford & Company® continues its market leadership. Modern data virtualization and data governance tools and practices have been the secret to better self-service BI for Crawford®’s end users, resulting in faster time-to-market for our products and services.” said Andrew Sohn, SVP, Global Digital and Analytics Services at Crawford & Company. “I look forward to sharing Crawford’s Data Virtualization journey at Denodo Datafest, one of the most prominent agile data management and analytics conferences.”

Sessions will feature actionable insight from analysts and some of the top minds in enterprise data architecture, including speakers from Forrester, BBBT, Eckerson Group, Tableau, Looker, Wipro and Simplicity BI. Attendees will also hear real world insights from McCormick, GE Capital, Guardian Life, and Crawford & Company who will share how they leveraged data virtualization to enable enhanced analytics and agility.

“Big data has given rise to data lakes and many other use cases, but companies still need ways to unify the data in real time, or they end up with additional data silos,” said Ravi Shankar, chief marketing officer at Denodo. “The same is true for companies leveraging cloud or implementing self-service BI. DataFest 2018 focuses squarely on how to achieve a smooth journey to cloud, self-service BI, and data lakes, using data virtualization. We are excited to bring together our customers, partners, and Denodo executives to talk about how data virtualization can bring out the maximum benefits from today and tomorrow’s technologies.”

Highlights of the event include the following:

  • Independent analyst Claudia Imhoff will share her perspective on how companies are transforming and innovating with multi-cloud and hybrid architectures.
  • Forrester analyst Noel Yuhanna will discuss why data virtualization matters and will share findings from Data Virtualization and Big Data Fabric Waves recently published by Forrester.
  • Denodo partner Tableau will explain why data virtualization is critical for cloud and self-service analytics.
  • Denodo customer McCormick will share how data virtualization facilitates machine learning and blockchain technologies.

About DataFest 2018:

The Denodo DataFest Conference will take place in New York and will also be live-streamed for attendees all over the Americas.

To Participate:

Attend in Person: On November 1, 2018 / 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT and November 2, 2018 / 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Convene Park Avenue, 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10017117 W 46th Street, New York, NY - Register now.

Attend the Live Stream: November 1, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT – Register now.

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About Denodo

Denodo is the leader in data virtualization providing agile, high performance data integration and data abstraction across the broadest range of enterprise, cloud, big data and unstructured data sources, and real-time data services, at half the cost of traditional approaches. Denodo’s customers across every major industry have gained significant business agility and ROI by enabling faster and easier access to unified business information for agile BI, big data analytics, Web and cloud integration, single-view applications, and enterprise data services. Denodo is well-funded, profitable, and privately held. For more information, visit www.denodo.com or call +1 877 556 2531 / +44 (0) 20 7869 8053.

About Denodo

Denodo is a leader in data management. The award-winning Denodo Platform is the leading data integration, management, and delivery platform using a logical approach to enable self-service BI, data science, hybrid/multi-cloud data integration, and enterprise data services. Realizing more than 400% ROI and millions of dollars in benefits, Denodo’s customers across large enterprises and mid-market companies in 30+ industries have received payback in less than 6 months. For more information, visit www.denodo.com or call +1 877 556 2531 (US) / +44 (0) 20 7869 8053 (UK) / +65 6950 7489 (Singapore).

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