Trifacta Recognized by CRN as a 2015 Emerging Vendor

Latest Award Demonstrates Leadership in Data Wrangling and Focus on Channel Sales


SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 23, 2015) - Trifacta, the leading data wrangling solution for exploratory analytics, announced today it has been named to The Channel Company's exclusive 2015 CRN® Emerging Vendors List. The annual list features up-and-coming technology vendors that have introduced innovative new products, creating opportunities for channel partners in North America to create cutting-edge solutions for their customers. The vendors recognized this year have demonstrated a commitment to developing new technologies to meet growing market demands. Of the 180 companies on CRN's Emerging Vendors List, Trifacta was named to Rick Whiting's list of "25 Emerging Vendors You Need to Know About."

Trifacta provides a breakthrough approach to data wrangling that empowers a wide variety of users to discover, structure, clean, enrich and distill raw data for analysis. Trifacta removes the inefficiencies and technical requirements of data preparation. Powered by the latest techniques in human computer interaction, machine learning and data visualization, Trifacta drastically increases the value of an enterprise's big data initiatives and enables users to easily transform raw, complex data into structured formats for analysis and insight. Trifacta is the leading vendor in the emerging self-service data preparation market and recently earned the highest ranking among 26 vendors in the first Market Study on End User Data Preparation conducted by Dresner Advisory Services.

"Solution providers continue to keep their finger on the pulse of emerging technology in order to stay ahead of customer needs. The exciting technology vendors recognized in this year's Emerging Vendors List don't disappoint -- the innovative technologies they bring to the table provide channel partners with product options that will propel their success into the future," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "We congratulate 2015's Emerging Vendors for their outstanding efforts and for delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that will continue to evolve the IT channel."

"Trifacta is dedicated to changing the way people work with data and empowering the individuals who have the greatest context on the data to access, transform and cleanse it themselves," said Adam Wilson, CEO, Trifacta. "We are honored to be named a CRN 2015 Emerging Vendor. This recognition further validates how our breakthrough approach to data wrangling is empowering organizations to prepare data of all shapes and sizes for exploratory analytics. It also acknowledges the investment in our partner ecosystem, allowing our partners to deliver data wrangling solutions to their end-customers."

Companies included in CRN's 2015 Emerging Vendors list were founded in 2009 or later and are actively working with channel partners in North America. The list, along with information about each vendor, will be published in CRN's August 2015 issue and will be available online here.

Trifacta was recently named a 2015 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner, showcasing the company's momentum in the big data space. Trifacta was also named to the The Channel Company's 2015 CRN® Big Data 100, a list that recognizes companies that bring innovative tools, technologies and services to market, helping organizations productively manage, process and analyze the increasing volume of information being generated today. Over the past year Trifacta has received recognition in several lists including the 10 Hot Hadoop Startups to Watch by CIO Magazine, 30 Big Data Companies Leading the Way by Datamation, 10 Coolest Big Data Products of 2014 by CRN and The Big Data 50 by Startup50.com.

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About Trifacta
Trifacta, the leading data wrangling solution for exploratory analytics, significantly enhances the value of an enterprise's big data by enabling users to easily transform and enrich raw, complex data into clean and structured formats for analysis. Leveraging decades of innovative work in human-computer interaction, scalable data management and machine learning, Trifacta's unique technology creates a partnership between user and machine, with each side learning from the other and becoming smarter with experience. Trifacta is backed by Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, and Ignition Partners.

About The Channel Company
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