Denodo, a leader in data management, has been recognized as a top vendor in the 2025 Active Data Architecture™ report by Dresner Advisory Services. This marks the second consecutive year that Denodo has secured this prestigious position, underscoring its strength in data integration, metadata management, and governance.
The term “Active Data Architecture™” is defined by Dresner as a platform-independent layer that facilitates connections between physical data stores and consumption points. This approach addresses the challenges organizations face in maintaining flexible, adaptable, and scalable data infrastructures. According to the report, “At its core, Active Data Architecture is an abstraction layer translating business and physical structures. It is an architecture dynamically optimized for performance, scalability, and cost management.”
Denodo’s platform exemplifies the principles outlined in the report. The company employs a logical approach to data management, allowing organizations to handle data in an application-independent manner without the need for replication. Denodo also provides real-time integration through data virtualization, a universal semantic layer for diverse user groups, and advanced AI-driven data management features. These capabilities enable end-to-end data governance and security, supporting the management of AI-ready data.
Howard Dresner, chief research officer at Dresner Advisory Services, highlighted that implementing Active Data Architecture does not require a complete overhaul of existing systems. “It is an evolution of existing analytic data infrastructure to meet the requirements of increasingly complex, diverse, and distributed business intelligence and analytics applications,” he stated. Dresner congratulated Denodo on its recognition as a top vendor for a second year.
The Active Data Architecture™ report is part of Dresner’s Wisdom of Crowds® Market Studies and is based on a survey of over 8,000 organizations worldwide. The report carefully verifies responses to ensure only qualified participants are included, with business services and manufacturing representing the largest sectors surveyed, followed by technology.
Ravi Shankar, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Denodo, expressed satisfaction with the report’s findings. He noted that 60% of respondents regard semantic layers as “critical” or “very important” in Active Data Architecture. Shankar emphasized that the semantic layer of the Denodo Platform effectively bridges lakehouses and siloed applications, translating data into accessible business language.
The insights provided in the report are valuable for organizations seeking to evaluate vendor performance and make informed decisions during their vendor selection processes.
Founded in PALO ALTO, California, Denodo is recognized globally for its award-winning Denodo Platform, which transforms data into actionable insights across various enterprise initiatives, including artificial intelligence and self-service analytics. Customers across multiple industries have reported achieving AI-ready and business-ready data in one-third of the time, with ten times better performance than traditional data platforms alone.
For more information about Denodo and its offerings, visit denodo.com.
