Key technologies fueling Self-Service Data Preparation Software industry

I have a pleasure to recall that,  from your favorite spreadsheet' software, now, there is a new class of software available that provides the business user with ease-of-use while allowing IT to maintain control and avoid the issues of spreadsheet sprawl.

For those who are unfamiliar, Self-service data preparation tools provide users with the ability to organize, cleanse, standardize, and repackage data into a specific format for business use. 

Among key technologies fueling Self-Service Data Preparation Software, we have machine learning, semantic analysis, and natural language processing. We also have self-service data preparation solution that integrates with external governance applications for centralized control and collaboration. 

A prescriptive process-oriented approach to data preparation activities, combined with a comprehensive data catalog provides text-based search capabilities to help users find data within a Hadoop cluster. 

IDC highlighted three emerging self-service data preparation companies as IDC Innovators for 2016: Paxata, Trifacta, and Unifi Software.