Competitive Market Research

We build competitive analysis that highlights the value propositions and challenges of the competitors. We provide McKnight Enterprise Contribution Ranking Reports and Industry Teardowns. Our Customer-Centric Growth Acceleration program is a management framework designed to help your business clarify, simplify, and achieve your vision. We help companies understand and navigate their competitive landscape. We offer in-house Competitive Workshops for your competitive, product and sales teams on the cloud data warehouse, Big Data/NoSQL/Cloud Storage/Data Lake, Master Data Management, and Data Integration/Prep/Streaming markets.

MCKNIGHT ENTERPRISE CONTRIBUTION RANKING REPORTS

We’re taking the industry and assessing market leaders against critical capabilities of the market.

  • Focus is on the value of product capabilities to enterprise projects
  • We believe artificial intelligence (AI) is paramount to future-proofing technology and we take a keen focus on a solution’s use of AI
  • We assess market leaders against critical capabilities of the market
  • The focus is on generally available capabilities, but imminent realistic capabilities are included as well
  • Expert-opinion ratings by our analyst-practitioners are used to rate each vendor against each critical capability and overall rankings are Advanced Market, Market or Below Market

Industries are available for prioritizing research.

TECHNICAL INDUSTRIES AVAILABLE FOR RANKING REPORTS:

  • Cloud Data Warehouses
  • Big Data/NoSQL/Cloud Storage/Data Lakes
  • Vector Search
  • Edge Databases
  • Data Observability
  • Graph Databases
  • Master Data Management/Data Governance/Data Quality
  • Data Integration/Data Prep/Replication/Pipeline/Streaming
  • Multi-model Databases
  • Containerization/Kubernetes Container Storage Interfaces
  • Application Programming Interfaces
  • Data Science
  • DevOps/MLOps
  • Application Security
  • In-Memory/Cache Solutions
  • Security information and event management

INDUSTRY TEARDOWNS

Industry Teardowns are a comparative study of capabilities and features. It's the most comprehensive analysis of the market you can get, featuring ratings, screen shots and explanations from hands-on analysis of over 50 proof points for the competitors in your market.

CUSTOMER-CENTRIC GROWTH ACCELERATION

Do you need your company and product to appeal to buyers in the lucrative but competitive (and tightening) market serving enterprises struggling with their most important asset, data?

Do you provide Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Master Data Management, Vector Database, Database, Streaming Data, Data Observability, or Large Language Models (LLM)?

Get help from McKnight and an EOS Professional Implementer and Owner/operator of 9 entrepreneurial software businesses.

What is EOS?

EOS stands for Entrepreneurial Operating System. It's a management framework designed to help businesses clarify, simplify, and achieve their vision.

Key Components of EOS:
Vision/Traction Organizer (V/TO): A tool to help businesses define their vision, mission, and core values.
Accountability Chart: A chart to clarify roles and responsibilities within the organization.
Rocks (Priorities): A process to identify and prioritize the most important goals and objectives.
Scorecard: A tool to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics.
Meeting Rhythm: A schedule of regular meetings to ensure communication, accountability, and progress.

EOS Six Key Components:
Vision: Develop a clear and compelling vision for the company.
People: Ensure the right people are in the right seats.
Data: Use data to drive decision-making and track progress.
Issues: Identify and resolve issues that hinder progress.
Process: Document and follow core business processes.
Traction: Achieve discipline and accountability throughout the organization.

Enterprise Data SME and focus:
Sales Strategies (Value Proposition, Pain Points, Target Audience)
Positioning

This is EOS with an Enterprise Data SME and focus designed to help the enterprise data company:

Clarify their vision and goals
Simplify their operations and processes
Achieve traction and discipline
Drive growth and profitability
Sell strategically
Position product in the marketplace
Many businesses, from small startups to large enterprises, have implemented EOS to improve their operations, leadership, and overall success.

The first step in the journey is to schedule a free, no obligation 120 Minute Meeting. To schedule that meeting contact us.

IN-HOUSE COMPETITIVE WORKSHOPS

Spend a ½ Day on each chosen technology in your market. This training is perfect for Competitive Teams, Product Teams, Pre-Sales and Sales. Workshops can be done remotely as well.

  • Cloud Data Warehouses
  • Big Data/NoSQL/Hadoop/Cloud Storage/Data Lakes
  • Data Integration/Data Prep/Streaming

Schedule a consultation here.