Talend
Talend is an Open Source Data Integration software vendor which produces several data integration and data quality products, including Talend Open Studio.
Talend's products support various enterprise-wide data integration and data quality needs such as data warehousing, business intelligence, data migration, data synchronization, data consolidation, operational data integration, data profiling, data cleansing, and master data management.
History
Talend was founded in 2005 by Bertrand Diard and Fabrice Bonan. It was the first commercial open source vendor of data integration software. Other vendors have since entered this market, including Apatar, Jitterbit, Pentaho, and SnapLogic. Non open source data integration vendors include Ab Initio, SAS Institute, Pervasive Software, IBM, Informatica, and SAP.
Talend's first product, Talend Open Studio, was launched in October 2006. In January 2008, it had been downloaded over 1 million times. In July 2009, the product totaled 5 million downloads and over 300,000 users.
Talend is backed by three venture capital firms. The first two rounds of funding were provided by AGF Private Equity and Galileo Partners. In January 2009, Bernard Liautaud, the founder of Business Objects, led a $12 million round C for his firm Balderton Capital.
Products
Data Integration
Talend's data integration products include:
- Talend Open Studio, the community version, provided under the GPL v2 license and freely downloadable
- Talend Integration Suite, the enterprise version, provided under a commercial subscription license. Talend Integration Suite exists in 3 editions: Team Edition, Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition
- Talend On Demand, the Software as a Service version
- Talend Integration Suite MPx, a massively parallel data integration platform
- Talend Integration Suite RTx, a real-time data integration platform
Data Quality
Talend's data quality products include:
- Talend Open Profiler, an open source data profiling tool provided under the GPL v2 license and freely downloadable
- Talend Data Quality, the enterprise data quality platform that includes data profiling and data cleansing features
Master Data Management
Talend's master data management products include:
- Talend MDM Community Edition, an open source Master Data Management tool provided under the GPL v2 license and freely downloadable
- Talend MDM Enterprise Edition, the enterprise version, provided under a commercial subscription license
Customers
In January 2010, Talend had 1000 paying customers for its enterprise products. These include companies such as AOL, Virgin Mobile, Sony, Car & Boat Media, Accor, SNCF and others.
License
Talend uses the Open Core model. It provides core functionality under the GPL v2 open source license, and value added features and services under a commercial subscription license.
The commercial subscription license includes:
- Access to value added features (such as teamwork, load balancing, monitoring)
- Technical support
- IP indemnification (legal protection)
Industry Recognition
Talend was first listed in Gartner's Magic Quadrant reports for data integration in 2008 and for data quality in 2009. In 2009, Talend was included as a Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration.
Talend’s products have been reviewed by publications including product reviews from eWeek, PC World and InfoWorld.