Revolutionary Enterprise Networking and IT Startups of 2016


BANGALORE: Billions of dollars invested in cloud, wireless, big data, security and other networking startups in 2015 indicate that enterprises are all set to experience a plethora of innovative products and services.

Just as practically every startup these days claims to be a cloud company or an IoT company, they are all big data and analytics firms, too—at least they toss the hot terms into their company descriptions. Bob Brown, Network World has tried to pull out the 10 real big data and analytics companies and highlighted them below.

On the heels of the previous year’s megadeals, it will be interesting to see how funding for network and IT startups influences the enterprise landscape in 2016.

Alteryx

Funding/investors: $163M in venture funding, with a big $85M round in October, 2015 led by Iconiq Capital and Insight Venture Partners.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, the company serves thousands of users worldwide who rely on Alteryx Analytics to provide them with a quick, repeatable workflow for self-service data analytics. The company has earned the trust of customers around the world, ranging from many of the world’s largest and best known brands, including Experian, Kaiser, Ford, and McDonald’s, to growing organizations such as Rosenblatt Securities, Vertix, and ConsumerOrbit, who all want to use the power of data for a competitive edge.

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