Current findings from Evalubase's ongoing study of the enterprise technology market show that among major classes of data management solutions, enterprises find the most value from their knowledge management solutions. And those fatidic analysts pronounced knowledge management dead!

View Evalubase Chart: Data Management Value Ratings

Well, Evalubase is no popularity contest. Certainly other classes of data management (e.g. DBMSs, data modeling, data quality) have greater claims of ubiquity. But those enterprise that have made a commitment to KM in one form or another are evidently quite pleased with the bang-for-the-buck they've receieved.

Coming a close second in user perceived value are data quality solutions, followed by data modeling, and data integration/middleware. Metadata management solutions and document/content management solutions fair considerably lower in the Evalubase value ratings. And DBMS solutions, while they undoubtedly offer critical capabilities for any enterprise, apparently have a greater cost-of-ownership versus their apparent benefits.

So, as your IT department considers how to wisely finish spending its '05 budget, the smart money may be on knowledge.

Just telling IT like it is,
Doug