Gavilan Research Associates (GRA) is an expert consulting firm that helps companies to evaluate and select enterprise technology solutions.  GRA is the world’s foremost authority on metadata management applications and vendor/product research.  GRA is objective and vendor-neutral.
 
Gavilan Research delivers three important consulting product offerings that help Global 5000 companies to better evaluate, select, and implement metadata management solutions:
 
1) The 2008 MetaData Solutions Report™ - a comprehensive product study (RFI) that compares seventeen (17) leading metadata management solutions (software vendors) against a common set of detailed evaluation criteria.
 
2) The 2007 MetaData Market Survey™ (Summary of Findings) - an innovative research study that was targeted at Global 5000 companies worldwide.  The Survey asked participants to describe the collection, management, and deployment goals of the metadata management function within their organization.
 
3) The 2008 MetaData Solutions Workshop™ - a comprehensive workshop that explores the key issues, needs, requirements, usage trends, and evaluation criteria that Global 5000 companies are using today to effectively evaluate, cost justify and implement a metadata software solution.  The MetaData Solutions Workshop will be offered in a 2-day public format in San Ramon (San Francisco), CA May 19-20, 2008