Qlik, which specializes in analytics and low latent data integration solutions, recently announced its intention to acquire Talend, a data integration and data governance vendor. https://www.talend.com/about-us/ has been a proponent of the data fabric concept, which provides a single framework to connect all enterprise data sources, regardless of where they’re physically located.
Talend’s data integration capabilities would significantly expand those of Qlik’s — across clouds — to accelerate time to action for a bevy of use cases.
Talend’s architecture would enable Qlik to improve the data engineering necessary for the business analytics and https://blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white/2023/01/05/what-is-all-the-fuss-regarding-chatgpt/ for which Qlik is known.
These capabilities could significantly expand the utility of Qlik’s data management tooling so that the company solidifies its name beyond BI and analytics.