Leaders in Advanced IT Analytics (AIA): A Buyer’s Guide for Investing in Innovation

There may be no more critical arena of innovation for IT organizations in the digital age than advanced IT analytics (AIA)—most commonly called “operational analytics.” EMA has chosen a different label because the values of AIA, while often centered on operations, go far beyond classic IT operations in terms of the stakeholders supported.

This buyer’s guide is an industry-first effort to bring individualized attention to 13 vendors evaluated by EMA as leading innovators in AIA. Each vendor offering will be characterized in detail and mapped against a set of shopping cart criteria directed at everything from time to value and cloud-readiness to business impact and business alignment. This report is not about a footrace with winners and losers; rather it is a highly individualized look at 13 vendors that are already leading in AIA innovation—each with a distinctive footprint and any one of which might be the one best optimized to meet your needs and priorities.