Enterprise Strategy Group targets ‘big data’ market with CentricInfo buy

CentricInfo founder Julie Lockner takes the role of senior analyst and vice president of IT advisory services for data management, with a focus on databases, data warehousing, business intelligence and data integration.

ESG estimates that the data management market is worth $11bn, growing at 20% annually. “Big data is a big deal,” said ESG founder Steve Duplessie.

“Broadening our portfolio of quantitative and qualitative research, market analysis and IT advisory services to cover big data and data management issues will provide end-users and vendors guidance in navigating these technologies and opportunities,” he said.