Actian

Analyst Coverage :

Daniel Howard

Philip Howard

David Norfolk

Actian is a leading provider of data intelligence solutions. Its product suite includes data integration, data quality, data governance, analytics, metadata management, data cataloguing, data lineage, and data observability, and is available in hybrid, on-premises, and multi-cloud environments.

The company has several decades of experience in data (it was founded in 1980), over 700 employees worldwide, and thousands of customers spanning all industries and sizes. Moreover, as the data and analytics division of HCLSoftware, Actian benefits from the resources and expertise of its parent company, HCLTech, and its more than 200,000 employees.

Actian has a significant history of acquisitions. Most recently, in 2024, it acquired Zeenea, a data discovery and metadata management platform, adding a data catalogue and a data marketplace – among other things – to its data governance capabilities.