Market Guide for MDM External Service Providers 2021

The confirmation by Gartner Analysts of our leadership position of “Market Guide 2021”, for the second year in row, underlines the excellence of Apgar Consulting expertise around the world.

External support continues to be crucial to and highly leveraged across master data management programs, yet identifying appropriately suited and skilled service providers remains a challenge. Data and analytics leaders should use this research to identify characteristics of consulting firms best-suited to their individual needs.

• Almost 90% of master data management (MDM) programs rely upon the services of third parties. With a highly fragmented service provider market, differentiating between these providers to find the optimal partner is both challenging and vital.
• In the absence of seasoned strategic guidance, MDM is frequently treated as a technology project in isolation, resulting in suboptimal business outcomes.
• Transitions to cloud-based offerings and modernization of legacy MDM platforms are contributing to demand for external services […]

The Gartner’s 2021 Market Guide about MDM external service providers identify the characteristics that will matter for your organization to select the appropriate support. It provides a description of the market and analyze its direction. It also lists 18 representative vendors across the globe and give several categorization and a vendor profile.

Apgar Consulting is recognized as 1 of the 18 representative MDM vendors worldwide. We believe, we are 1 of the 3 french companies, and 1 of the 9 european based, pure player, MDM service provider. This strong market endorsement represents the energy and commitment our team gives to every one of our customer projects. It also acknowledges our level of expertise and the quality of the assets we have built over years to secure the success of your MDM Initiatives.

Gartner, Market Guide for MDM External Service Providers, Sally Parker, Divya Radhakrishnan, 13 July 2021

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