We are pleased to announce that Irion has been included as a Niche Player in the 2025 Gartner®Magic Quadrant™ for Augmented Data Quality Solutions.
In our opinion, this recognition validates the excellence of our software platform, placing it on the global list of top-tier data quality solutions, powered in part by Artificial Intelligence. We believe, Irion’s inclusion in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Augmented Data Quality Solutions is the result of ongoing collaboration with academic institutions and international market analysts. Our strategy prioritizes innovation, continuous reinvestment in human capital, and Research & Development.
A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ is a culmination of research in a specific market, giving you a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the market’s competitors.
20 years of Innovation
With over 20 years of experience in Data Management and more than 300 enterprise solutions deployed across industries (including major banking and insurance groups, energy and utilities, logistics, manufacturing, and the public sector) Irion has been a pioneer since 2004 in adopting a declarative approach to enterprise data management. This methodology enables organizations to efficiently and securely collect, integrate, transform, and control their data.
“Being recognized in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Augmented Data Quality Solutions is a significant achievement for Irion and the Italian data management sector. we believe, this recognition confirms that our R&D path is in the right direction and represents a strategic step toward an even more ambitious evolution of our platform” said Alberto Scavino, CEO of Irion. Alberto Scavino, CEO of Irion.
AI at the Core of Next-Generation Data Quality
Artificial Intelligence is a strategic driver for Irion EDM®. Not only does the platform natively support the integration of AI and Machine Learning engines, but it also features DAISY (Data Artificial Intelligence System) an open environment to automate the management tasks of an enterprise data quality program, such as suggestions for control design and implementation.
With DAISY, users can tailor their AI experience by selecting their preferred language model (LLM), such as GPT, Claude o Llama, to enhance their data management processes.
AI-Ready Data: A Persistent Challenge
Achieving high-quality data is essential for AI adoption. However, a 2024 italian study by the Politecnico di Milano, conducted in collaboration with Irion, srevealed that only 15% of medium-sized enterprises of large companies can be considered “AI-ready” in terms of Data Quality. The study identified key challenges:
- 78% find data preparation and cleaning to be resource-intensive
- 83% struggle with integrating data from multiple sources
- 64% experience quality issues with external data
Without solid Data Quality, 3 out of 4 companies are not fully prepared to leverage AI. Additionally, Gartner estimates that poor data quality costs organizations an average of $10.8 million per year.
Augmented Data Quality: three reasons why choose Irion EDM®
Thanks to ongoing collaboration with academic institutions and international market analysts, Irion’s inclusion in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Augmented Data Quality Solutions is the result of a strategy that places innovation and continuous reinvestment in human capital and Research & Development at its core — along with the distinctive features of the Irion EDM® platform, including:
- Supporting distributed Data Quality Processes: Irion EDM® is a platform focused on data quality and governance. Thanks to its innovative Hub & Spoke architecture, it is possible-through a central Hub-to manage quality governance processes executed by internal and external Spoke (Data Quality engines);
- Technological Innovation: Irion EDM® makes use of the Data Artificial Intelligence System (DAISY), which provides a wizard to quickly create rules for data transformation and Data Quality. DAISY automates manual DQ processes and provides data profiling capabilities to automatically identify the characteristics of a new dataset; it suggests rules to be generated and allows new controls to be inserted;
- Customer Experience & Support: an aspect recognized in product reviews on the B2B Gartner® Peer Insights portalis the quality of the support offered: with its helpdesk teams and advisory services, Irion supports organizations at every stage of the process to achieve efficient, scalable, and business-aligned solutions
Additional strengths of the Irion EDM® platform
Irion EDM® supports 360-degree Data Quality initiatives and programs, even very complex ones, for example through user labs dedicated to the design and engineering of rule pipelines or advanced remediation e justificationmanagement: through intuitive User Interfaces, it is possible to manage rule implementation, data correction processes and exception tracking, improving governance and control. It also provides a laboratory environment (User Lab) in which to design rules and test their outcomes before promoting controls to production
Control rules are business-oriented: Irion EDM® is not limited to technical validations, but offers the ability to create, manage and execute Data Quality rules in full synergy with business objectives, customizable according to context and need. Moreover, the platform is flexible and highly configurable: users can design custom workflows to handle errors and anomalies, with tools that simplify collaboration between IT teams and business users.
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