REDMOND, WA – (Marketwired – May 11, 2016) – Versium, a leading data technology company that delivers automated data technology solutions to marketing agencies and enterprises, today announced it has been selected as a “Cool Vendor” in the Cool Vendors in Retail, 2016 report by Gartner, Inc., a leading global independent information technology research and advisory company.
Gartner found that “low-cost, available computing power, together with the abundance of complex unstructured data, is fueling the rise of artificial intelligence solutions that can go beyond the traditional big data analytics.” The report also predicts that “the rise of automated, self-service machine learning applications will provide retailers new and scalable ways to leverage their massive amounts of information, thus disintermediating traditional data brokerage services.”
“We believe that Versium’s inclusion in Gartner’s Retail Cool Vendor report further confirms our mission to help marketers harness the power of big data through automated solutions that reduce the dependency on data science teams,” said Chris Matty, founder and CEO of Versium. “Our automated predictive analytics services are changing the way marketers leverage big data and we’ve only just started to capitalize on the market opportunity.”
Versium’s solution, available at Datafinder.com, automates the underlying machine learning modeling process, allowing marketing professionals, agencies and application providers to build predictive models for their clients within hours versus the weeks or sometimes months required by large professional service engagements. Unlike simplistic “select-based” lists that limit the marketer to a finite set of attributes and rely on human intuition, Versium uses identity mapping technology that allows large volumes of data to be used in predictive models, making the output more reliable and accurate.
Gartner “Cool Vendors in Retail, 2016” was published on April 28, 2016 by Kelsie Marian, Miriam Burt, Robert Hetu, Joanne Joliet, and Frances Karamouzis.
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Versium is a data technology company that operates a powerful B2B2C identity graph and automated predictive analytics engine. Its self-serve demand generation and powerful visualization tools help B2B marketers greatly improve their effectiveness. Versium has spent nearly a decade building its database of over 5.9 million North American companies, 33 million people, over 1 trillion demographic attributes, and more than 1,000 industries. The result is the richest B2B2C identity graph that enables B2B marketers to identify, understand and reach their most ideal prospects.
Heather Gonio
hgonio@versium.com