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The votes have been counted and the results are in. Now, it's time to offer congratulations as Database Trends and Applications magazine unveils the 2018 Readers' Choice Awards winners.
Data has been called many things, including the new electricity and the new oil, for its transformative powers to illuminate opportunities and fuel growth. But, at Data Summit 2018, Paul Sonderegger, senior data strategist, Oracle, said in a keynote that data is actually a new form of capital, on a par with financial and human capital for creating new products and services. In economics, he explained, capital is an asset produced through a process and is then a necessary input to some other good or service. "Data fulfills this definition."
Exploiting this capital, along with increasing its value, is the goal of many organizations. But, in order to do so, they must have the right tools.
To help add perspective and acknowledge the products and services that have been deemed by our readers to provide unique value, DBTA created the Readers' Choice Awards. Unlike any other awards programs conducted by DBTA, this one is special because the nominees are submitted and the winners are chosen by the experts-whose opinions carry more weight than all others- you, the readers.
With 28 categories, including a new one-best artificial intelligence solution-this year, there was plenty of opportunity to give credit where it is due. Many of the vendors and products are well-known, with market-leading positions established over many years. However, there are also newer names in the mix representing the rapidly evolving nature of information technology solutions and services.
In a number of cases, competition was close. As a result, we are showcasing the top vote-getter as well as the two finalists in each category.
Congratulations to all the winners. And, thank you to everyone who submitted nominations and voted.
-Joyce Wells
Best Big Data Platform MarkLogic
www.marklogic.com
FINALISTS
DataStax
Cloudera
Best BI Solution Tableau Server
www.tableau.com
FINALISTS
Quest Toad Data Point
IBM Cognos
Best CDC Solution Attunity CDC
www.attunity.com
FINALISTS
Oracle CDC
IBM InfoSphere CDC
Best Cloud Database Amazon RDS
https://aws.amazon.com
FINALISTS
Microsoft SQL Server
MongoDB Atlas
Best Cloud Solution Amazon Web Services
https://aws.amazon.com
FINALISTS
Microsoft Azure
Salesforce
Best Cognitive Solution IBM Watson Data Platform
www.ibm.com
FINALISTS
Amazon...