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Alation Named a Leader in 2025 Data Governance Solutions Report by Independent Global Research Firm
Alation recognized for its agentic platform that embeds intelligence and data governance into daily workflows; receives highest score in strategy category
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · July 9, 2025
Alation Acquires Numbers Station to Unlock a New Era of Agentic Workflows
The acquisition will enable enterprises to scale AI more quickly and deliver more accurate and safer actions
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 20, 2025
Alation Launches Data Products Builder Agent to Power AI-Ready Data
New agent automates creation of trusted, reusable data products to fuel AI, compliance, and decision-making at enterprise scale
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 12, 2025
Alation Announces Data Products Marketplace and Expert Services Offering to Operationalize Data Across the Enterprise
New offerings streamline data product management and empower data teams to deliver business impact faster while maintaining trust and compliance
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 3, 2025
Alation Announces Agentic Data Quality Solution to Close Data Trust Gap
AI-native solution helps organizations prioritize, monitor, and remediate data quality at enterprise scale
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 3, 2025
Alation Announces Agentic Platform to Reinvent the Data Catalog for the AI Era
Agents scale and accelerate the delivery of AI, BI, and regulatory compliance initiatives
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 3, 2025
Alation Launches Document Hubs to Build a Common Data Language Across Teams
Enterprises can streamline data discovery, boost collaboration, and empower teams to make data-driven decisions with a shared data language
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · December 4, 2024
Alation Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software 2024
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alation Inc., the data intelligence company, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software 2024 (IDC #US51467224, November 2024). The report evaluates 13 vendors in the data intelligence space.
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · November 26, 2024
Alation Deepens Connectivity Across the Modern Data Stack with Integrations for AWS QuickSight, Coalesce, and Microsoft Power BI
The broadened partner ecosystem empowers organizations to unlock value from data and AI initiatives by connecting and governing data across critical sources
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · November 12, 2024
Alation Extends Data Intelligence to Google Chrome to Empower Faster Self-Service Analytics Across the Enterprise
Alation Anywhere expands to Google Chrome, enabling users to instantly find, understand, and trust data within their browser – reducing errors, boosting productivity across the enterprise, and accelerating time to value
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 30, 2024
Alation Launches Season 3 of Data Radicals Podcast to Spotlight Data and AI's Impact on Business and Society
The new season explores how data and AI are reshaping industries and features leading experts, including Tom Davenport, Dr. Raza Habib, Jeremy Kahn, and Chris Wiggins
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 23, 2024
Alation Unveils AI Governance Solution to Power Safe and Reliable AI for Enterprises
Organizations can accelerate AI readiness, streamline model development, and ensure regulatory compliance with centralized, trusted data and AI governance
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 9, 2024
Alation to Strengthen Data Trust and Governance in Salesforce Data Cloud
The new integration unifies enterprise metadata, enabling faster, more confident decisions to maximize the impact of data and AI initiatives
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · September 10, 2024
Alation Named One of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2024 for the Fifth Time
Alation fosters a highly engaging, collaborative, and rewarding environment dedicated to delivering AI-ready data that drives enterprise innovation and strategic decision-making
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 18, 2024
Alation Deepens Partnership with Databricks to Strengthen Trust in Data for AI Initiatives
Databricks joins Alation’s Open Data Quality Initiative to enable data scientists, data engineers, and AI/ML professionals to deliver AI-ready data
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 10, 2024
Alation Deepens Integration with Snowflake to Improve Data Quality and Deliver AI-Ready Data
The company’s Open Data Quality Framework supports Snowflake Horizon to monitor the state and integrity of data and ensure trusted and accurate information for analytics and AI use cases
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 4, 2024
Alation Earns FedRAMP “In Process” Status to Deliver Data Intelligence to the Federal Government
Alation partners with Constellation GovCloud and Merlin Cyber to respond to rigorous data security standards and help enterprises securely find, understand, and trust sensitive data in the cloud
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 23, 2024
Alation Signs Reseller Agreement with NTT DATA to Expand its Presence in Japan and Meet Surging Demand for Data Intelligence
The reseller agreement builds on the customer success with NTT DOCOMO to help more organizations deliver AI-ready data and accelerate digital transformation
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 22, 2024
Alation Launches Workflow Automation to Proactively Identify and Close Data Governance Gaps
Automation Bots boost data steward productivity by automating security classifications, finding incomplete metadata, and proactively addressing identified gaps
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 13, 2024
Alation Appoints Yvonne Wassenaar to its Board of Directors
Wassenaar brings extensive AI, cloud, SaaS, and enterprise go-to-market experience and will support Alation’s next phase of growth fueled by the accelerating demand for trusted data
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 20, 2024
Alation Launches Business Lineage to Help Analytics Teams Increase Trust in Data and Accelerate Time to Insights
Extending Alation’s lineage capabilities, business lineage provides a visual map of the technical, system, and business metadata of data as it flows across systems
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 11, 2024
Alation Unveils Next Major Release of the Data Intelligence Platform Empowering Organizations to Deliver on Their Most Critical Data Initiatives
Innovations in the Alation platform and outcomes-driven delivery methodology enable business and data leaders to measure and strengthen their organizations' data culture and accelerate time to value
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 11, 2024
Alation Broadens Partner Ecosystem with Amazon DynamoDB, Apache KafkaⓇ, Confluent Kafka, Elasticsearch, Fivetran, MongoDB, and TIBCO
New integrations with technical partners allow organizations to build best-of-breed data environments and capitalize on the full value of their data investments
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · February 28, 2024
Alation Launches Data Culture Maturity Assessment to Measure the True Value of Data Initiatives
The assessment allows organizations to quantify and demonstrate how a mature data culture contributes to business value, drives innovation, and accelerates digital transformation
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · February 14, 2024
Alation Strengthens Presence in Singapore with IMDA Accreditation
IMDA recognizes Alation as a best-in-class data intelligence platform with a proven ability to help government agencies and large enterprises find, understand, and trust data at scale
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · January 16, 2024
Alation Releases The State of Data Culture Maturity Research Report
Insights from data professionals demonstrate data culture is a fundamental necessity for organizations to thrive and drive business success in the digital age
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · December 5, 2023
Alation Announces ALLIE AI as a Co-Pilot for AI Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Stewards to Accelerate Time-To-Value
Intelligent curation and search capabilities enable organizations to unlock their data’s value by finding relevant data faster and curating large volumes of data more efficiently
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 11, 2023
Alation Announces 2023 Data Radicals Award Winners at revAlation
Data leaders at Aware Super, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, GKN Aerospace, Sainsbury’s, and Vattenfall have been recognized for their use of Alation to build a data culture
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · November 9, 2023
Alation Introduces Alation Analytics Cloud to Help Organizations Measure the Business Value of Their Data Initiatives
This product enables Data, Engineering, and Finance teams to visualize an organization’s data usage and assess their data culture maturity
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 11, 2023
Alation Extends Partner Ecosystem With Monte Carlo, Sigma Computing, and ThoughtSpot
New technology partners build on Alation’s Open Connector and Open Data Quality frameworks to increase the breadth of the Alation Data Intelligence Platform 
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 24, 2023
Alation Announces revAlation 2023 Conference Series in London, Chicago, and Sydney
Speakers from Kellogg’s, KrogerSallie Mae, Sainsbury’s, The Very Group, and Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a renowned data scientist, will share insights into data-driven decision-making that powers innovation
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · September 28, 2023
Alation Named a Leader in 2023 Data Governance Solutions Report by Independent Global Research Firm
Alation received the highest possible score in the data governance management criterion and was recognized for its intelligent federated governance approach that empowers everyone across the business to find, use, and trust the data they need
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · September 26, 2023
Alation Expands Global Footprint with Launch of New Data Center in Japan
Product investment supported by strategic partnerships with NTT DOCOMO Ventures and ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · August 8, 2023
Alation Selected as 2023 Databricks Data Governance Partner of the Year
Alation is recognized for its modern approach to data governance that empowers business and data leaders with the knowledge and context they need to be data-driven
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 28, 2023
Alation Launches Open Data Quality Framework for Snowflake Data Cloud
The Open Data Quality Framework integrates Alation’s Data Intelligence Platform with best-of-breed data quality and data observability tools, including Anomalo, Bigeye, and Experian
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 27, 2023
Alation Named Snowflake Data Governance Partner of the Year for Third Consecutive Year
Alation is recognized for its federated governance approach that empowers every organization to find, use, and trust the data they need to become a data-driven enterprise
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 27, 2023
Alation Launches Connected Sheets for Snowflake to Empower More Accurate Data-Driven Decision-Making Across the Enterprise
Business teams will be able to access trusted and governed data in Snowflake from within Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 27, 2023
Alation Joins Databricks Partner Connect to Deliver Data Intelligence for the Lakehouse
Databricks customers will now be able to get started with Alation directly from their Databricks workspace
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · June 21, 2023
Alation Appoints Jill Woodworth as Chief Financial Officer and David Chao as Chief Marketing Officer
The expanded executive team will support continued growth as Alation expands its global footprint with new office locations in UK and India
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 11, 2023
Alation Named One of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2023 for Fourth Consecutive Year
Alation is recognized for fostering a collaborative and rewarding culture that views its employees as its most important asset
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · May 9, 2023
Deepens Integrations with Databricks Unity Catalog and dbt Cloud to Power Data Intelligence Across the Modern Data Stack
Provide business and analytics teams with greater visibility into and understanding of pipelines to empower more people to use trusted data
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · April 4, 2023
Alation Secures Two New Procurement Contracts to Meet the Public Sector’s Surging Demand for Data Intelligence
Local, regional, and state agencies in California and Texas select Alation as a trusted and competitively priced data intelligence platform
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 29, 2023
WoodmenLife Removes Bottlenecks and Increases Productivity with Alation
Not-for-profit life insurance provider accelerates data-driven transformation to streamline operations and migrate legacy on-premise data to the cloud
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 20, 2023
Alation Recognized as Innovation Leader in GigaOm Radar for Data Governance
Received high marks in key criteria: Central Management Console, Sensitive Data Cataloging, Automatic Classification, and Data Provenance
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · March 6, 2023
Alation Launches Data Marketplaces for Customers to Discover Trusted Third-Party Data
Delivering on promise to connect to everything, Alation also announces Connected Sheets for Microsoft Excel and Alation Anywhere for Microsoft Teams
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · February 22, 2023
Alation Named a Winner in the 2022 Technology Innovation Awards for Sixth Consecutive Year
The company’s flagship offering recognized as the top-ranked data catalog by Dresner Advisory Services
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · February 9, 2023
Following 80,000+ Downloads in the First Season, Alation Launches Season 2 of “Data Radicals”
New season explores the power of data as guests share bold anecdotes, actionable insights, and lessons learned
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · February 15, 2023
Alation’s Data Intelligence Project Goes Global with New Cohort of Universities
Program supports the next generation of data leaders; provides hundreds of students with Alation and real-world experience
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · January 30, 2023
Alation Launches Partner Program for Open Connector Framework
Newly certified development partners Logan Data and Information Asset to create trusted connectors, helping organizations future-proof their technology investments
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · January 11, 2023
Alation Named Innovation Leader in GigaOm Radar Report for Data Catalogs
Lands highest possible scores in Social Collaboration, Sensitive Data Detection and Management, and Data Quality Detection & Remediation
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · December 15, 2022
Alation Brings Trusted Data to Spreadsheet Users with Alation Connected Sheets
New product empowers a wider class of business users, enabling faster, more accurate decision-making with spreadsheets
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · November 28, 2022
Alation Raises $123M Series E to Meet Surging Global Demand for Data Intelligence Platforms
Company Valued Over $1.7 Billion
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · November 2, 2022
Alation Partners with dbt Labs to Improve Trust and Provide Visibility into Data Transformations
Alation named a “Metrics Ready” Partner at dbt Labs Coalesce
By Alation, Inc. · Via GlobeNewswire · October 18, 2022
Alation Forges Strategic Partnerships with Bigeye and Soda
Alation, Inc., the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced formal partnership agreements with Bigeye and Soda, leading data observability vendors. The partnerships provide customers with the choice to select the best data observability partner for their organization’s needs.
By Alation, Inc. · Via Business Wire · December 7, 2021
CORRECTING and REPLACING Alation Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2021 Tech Innovator Awards
First paragraph, second sentence of release should read: The Alation Data Catalog is recognized in the Automation category (instead of The Alation Data Catalog is recognized in the Data and Information Management category).
By Alation, Inc. · Via Business Wire · November 8, 2021
Alation Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2021 Tech Innovator Awards
Alation, Inc., the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Alation as a finalist for the 2021 CRN Tech Innovator Awards. The Alation Data Catalog is recognized in the Data and Information Management category.
By Alation, Inc. · Via Business Wire · November 8, 2021