Alation to Host Webinar on Data Management Re-Defined for Self-Service Analytics Featuring Independent Research Firm

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 16, 2015) - Alation, Inc., the collaborative data company, today announced a live, complimentary webinar featuring findings from Forrester Research to take place on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST. The webinar will showcase how the rise of self-service analytics are driving the re-definition of data management and producing new solutions that embrace self-service, collaboration and transparency.

Guest speaker Michele Goetz, principal analyst for Forrester Research covering enterprise and data architecture, will join Satyen Sangani, CEO and co-founder of Alation, to share key tips and use cases for finding a productive balance between self-service analytics and governed data management.

Attendees will learn:

• How organizations today are empowering their data consumers with self-service data preparation
• Why data catalogs can successfully encourage hyper-collective behavior, resulting in greater data context and insights
• How to utilize data context surfaced inline by speeding analytic discovery

Details-at-a-Glance
What: "Self-Service Analytics and Data Management -- At Odds?" complimentary webinar
Featuring: Michele Goetz, principal analyst at Forrester Research, and Satyen Sangani, CEO and co-founder of Alation
When: Thursday, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST
Where: To register for the free event, visit http://bit.ly/Goetz_Nov_Webinar

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Supporting Resources
Company: https://alation.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alation

About Alation
Alation is the first data catalog built for collaboration. With Alation, analysts are empowered to search, query and collaborate on their data to achieve faster, more accurate insights. Alation automatically captures the rich context of enterprise data, including what the data describes, who has used it, and the fit between the data and different types of analysis. Alation's catalog is generated and updated using machine learning and improved through human collaboration between analysts, stewards, experts and business users. Alation is funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Bloomberg Beta, Costanoa Venture Capital, Data Collective and General Catalyst Partners. Customers include eBay, MarketShare and some of the world's largest finance and retail firms. For more information, visit alation.com.