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Database Trends and Applications (DBTA) has released its 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards, a competition voted on by DBTA readers to recognize the best information management products, services, and solutions. This year, we’re proud to announce that Simba Intelligence was voted Best Semantic Layer Solution. Here, we discuss the award and why a semantic layer shouldn’t be an afterthought to your data and analytics strategy.

SmartBear BearQ, an agentic QA system, has won a 2026 CRN Tech Innovator Award. CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, named BearQ a winner in the Application Development and DevOps category, calling it out among the most innovative technologies shaping the IT channel this year. AI has changed how fast software gets built, but for many organizations, testing hasn’t kept pace.

The results of Info-Tech’s Head-to-Head: Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise are in. In the report, Info-Tech and SoftwareReviews evaluated 360 verified enterprise end-user reviews to set benchmarks for vendor capabilities, product experience, and the full customer relationship. The study evaluates 11 areas amongst software vendors that are especially critical to making and fostering strong, long-term relationships between software providers and their customers. These include.

We are excited to share that Qlik has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics & Business Intelligence Platforms, recognized for both our Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Download the complimentary report here. Sixteen years. Our Sweet Sixteen, if you're counting. I'd argue it's less a milestone for us and more a proof point.

This recognition reflects the critical role automated data movement continues to play in helping organizations unify data, improve decision-making, and prepare for the future of AI.

Xray has won the Atlassian Marketplace Partner of the Year 2026: Software Collection Apps, recognizing its continued contribution to the Atlassian Marketplace and its role in supporting software teams with native test management inside Jira. The award was announced in Anaheim during Atlassian Team ’26, as part of the Atlassian Marketplace Partner Awards celebrations recognizing outstanding partners across the Atlassian ecosystem.

In 2026, insightsoftware was recognized in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions. The recognition focuses on insightsoftware’s JustPerform product, which offers a unified, process-first architecture integrating consolidation, reconciliation, and reporting with self-service dashboards and analytics.

Enterprise product teams are squarely in the throes of a massive shift. New Gartner research crystalized that companies using AI tools for product management are reaping a significant 35% productivity gain and achieving a two to three-year time-to-market advantage over those who wait.

In 2025, insightsoftware was recognized in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software. The recognition focuses on insightsoftware’s JustPerform product, which offers web-based budgeting, planning, and forecasting with an Excel-like interface and self-service reporting, dashboards, and analytics.