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Actian is shaping the future of business with AI-ready data that is trusted, flexible and easy to use. Through its broad portfolio, Actian empowers enterprises to confidently manage and govern data at scale, streamlining decentralized data environments and accelerating AI-ready data delivery. By transforming distributed data into trusted, accessible assets, Actian helps customers drive innovation and competitive advantage.

The Actian data intelligence approach combines data discovery, active metadata management, and federated governance to eliminate silos and enable smarter data usage. Built on advanced knowledge graph technology, Actian automatically catalogs and contextualizes metadata from any source, enabling organizations to find, understand, and trust data assets throughout their lifecycles. Actian’s enterprise data marketplace provides an intuitive experience where data producers publish governed datasets and where business users have self-service discovery of and access to trusted data for analytics, applications, and machine learning models.

Additional capabilities include AI-driven observability, automated data quality monitoring, comprehensive lineage tracking, and an intelligent business glossary. Built-in data contract functionality delivers regulatory compliance excellence. It also creates an AI-ready foundation that accelerates machine learning initiatives with clean, well-governed data to improve model accuracy and deployment speed.

Complementing its cloud offerings, Actian supports a diverse database portfolio, including transactional, analytical, multi-model, and embedded databases. With flexible deployment options, Actian supports diverse requirements across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its offerings scale with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications, ensuring enterprise-grade security.

Trusted by Fortune 100 and other enterprises across financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, logistics, and government sectors, Actian maintains 95% customer satisfaction. Its porfolio is leveraged by 42 million users worldwide and trusted by the world’s largest enterprises. Actian has been recognized by industry influencers, such as Forrester, Gartner, ISG, Bloor and many others. Learn more about Actian, the data division of HCLSoftware, at http://actian.com/ .

Mindfuel is the company behind Delight, a purpose-built platform for managing data and AI portfolios at scale. Designed for enterprise teams, Delight provides a structured environment to collect and prioritize high-value initiatives, align and communicate with stakeholders, and demonstrate business impact. By replacing fragmented tools and manual processes with a single source of truth, connecting use cases and data products, Delight empowers data teams to manage their portfolio with clarity, efficiency, and strategic focus from day one. Headquartered in Munich, Mindfuel supports enterprise clients across industries globally in turning AI investments into measurable business value.