Why do IT leaders need a data product marketplace to get a return on their data investments?

IT teams have invested heavily in sophisticated infrastructure (BI, data warehouses, lakehouses, cloud, real-time processing), but these investments struggle to generate value because data remains hard for business users to access. A data product marketplace acts as the last mile between infrastructure and users: Self-service accessibility Data that everyone can understand and use No need for technical support for every request Maximized infrastructure ROI Stored data is actually put to use BI, cloud, and data warehouse investments finally deliver their potential IT teams freed up Fewer intermediary and support tasks Focus on higher-value projects The result: the marketplace turns data into an operational and strategic asset while optimizing IT teams’ efficiency and workload.

How does a data product marketplace integrate with an organization’s existing technology stack?

A data product marketplace does not replace the existing stack: it connects to it and amplifies its value. Native integration with all systems BI: Tableau, Power BI, Qlik Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Data warehouses and lakehouses: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery Business applications: ERP, CRM, HRIS Flat files and API feeds Automated connectors and processors More than 80 native connectors to plug in all sources without custom development More than 50 processors to standardize, reformat, and harmonize heterogeneous data Unified data distribution A single, consistent interface for all user profiles Simplified access for technical experts and non-technical employees alike This approach preserves existing investments while creating a central access point and a single source of truth for the entire organization.

How does a data product marketplace reduce IT teams’ workload?

IT teams have never been in such high demand: data extraction requests, ad hoc reports, dashboards for business teams, maintenance of manual data flows. These repetitive tasks consume valuable resources and keep teams from focusing on higher-value strategic projects. A data product marketplace structurally reduces this workload by giving business users autonomous access to data. Through the self-service interface, employees can find, understand, and use the data they need on their own, build their own reports and dashboards, download relevant datasets, and query data via API, without going to the IT team for every need. Automated access request workflows replace manual exchanges between business and IT teams for granting permissions. Data updates are automated through connectors, eliminating recurring manual work. Overall, empowering users in this way frees IT teams for higher-value work: data architecture, security, technological innovation, and artificial intelligence projects that require irreplaceable expertise.

How does a data product marketplace ensure the security and compliance of shared data?

T teams are often overloaded with repetitive tasks: extractions, ad hoc reports, dashboard creation, maintenance of manual flows. A data product marketplace reduces this workload by giving autonomy to business users. Self-service for business teams Direct data access, report and dashboard creation Dataset downloads and API queries without going through IT Automated workflows and updates Access rights granted through automated workflows Connectors keep data continuously up to date IT teams freed for strategic work Data architecture, security, technological innovation AI projects and other high-value initiatives The result: business teams become autonomous, and IT teams focus on strategic priorities rather than repetitive operational tasks.

How does UK Power Networks use Huwise to accelerate data sharing across its ecosystem?

UK Power Networks deployed Huwise to improve understanding of its electricity network and make data sharing easier across its entire ecosystem. Improved accessibility and interoperability Visualizations, dashboards, and data stories tailored to each type of user Data that partners and internal teams can understand and use directly Data reuse through APIs Every dataset can be consumed by partner applications Encourages innovation and collaboration around data Simplified discovery and navigation Advanced search and powerful filtering to quickly find relevant datasets As Matt Webb, Chief Information Officer at UK Power Networks, puts it: “A better understanding of our evolving network and the ability to share this data simply and directly across our ecosystem are essential to optimizing the management of our network and maximizing the use of low-carbon technologies.” This approach supports decarbonization goals by enabling more effective collaboration among all players in the energy sector.

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Why IT leaders choose [ Huwise ]

As an IT leader you understand that data is the lifeblood of business today. You’re focused on successfully managing growing data volumes, working in partnership with the business to ensure information is easily available to employees to generate real value. To achieve success, you need to implement a data marketplace solution that enables you to create data marketplaces that industrialize data sharing and maximize your investment in data strategies by providing a one-stop shop for information across the organization.

The benefits of [ data marketplaces ] for IT leaders

Maximize the impact of your tech stack

With data volumes growing exponentially, you currently have to devote significant resources to managing, maintaining and transforming your organization’s data. Data marketplace solutions enable information to be easily shared with everyone through a data marketplace, making all or part of the organization’s data assets easily available across the business, enforcing data governance rules and encouraging the growth of a data culture. This highlights the impact of your overall IT strategy and technology infrastructure.

Create value from your data investments

From business intelligence tools to data warehouses, you have invested heavily in tools and technologies to better manage your data. Sharing information with all users in easy to discover and easy to use formats is vital to unlock its full value. Data marketplace solutions solve this last mile data delivery challenge, enabling seamless sharing and maximizing value from your wider data investments.

Focus on high value-added tasks

The pressures on IT resources have never been greater, meaning you need to release IT staff time to focus on strategic objectives and programs, rather than support activities. Intuitive data marketplaces connect business users directly with the high-quality data they need, allowing them to create their own reports and dashboards, enabling your team to focus on higher-value work.

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720 hours/year saved for IT with Huwise, according to Forrester

Self-service data access avoids 120 request tickets per year, while tool consolidation cuts visualization license costs by 50%.

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"We managed to reduce our dependence on IT systems and saved time and money by using some features directly on the Huwise platform."

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UK Power Networks accelerates [ data sharing ] across ecosystem to drive decarbonization and digitalization

"Our data program is part of our broader digital strategy – ensuring we have a better understanding of our changing network and being able to share this data across our ecosystem in a simple, straightforward way is essential to optimizing how we manage the network and ensuring we maximize use of low carbon technologies."

Matt Webb

Chief Information Officer, UK Power Networks

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How Huwise’s [ key capabilities ] transform your role

Huwise’s intuitive data marketplace solution enables IT leaders to transform operations by industrializing access to your data assets at scale across the business and beyond, through an e-commerce marketplace-style experience, maximizing reuse, empowering users, and increasing efficiency, innovation and value.

Integrate all of your internal and external data sources

tools and business applications quickly and effortlessly through our 80+ pre-built connectors.

Save time while ensuring data quality and strong governance

through 50+ processors that automate common tasks such as reformatting fields, error correction and format standardization.

Seamlessly enrich your data, add context and increase its value

by connecting to Huwise’s Data hub, which delivers free access to over 30,000 datasets.

Accelerate data usage and consumption

through an e-commerce marketplace-style user experience built on AI-powered intuitive search, interactive discovery and automatic recommendations of relevant data assets.

Retain control and ensure compliance through customizable

granular access rights management across all your data assets, enabling secure consumption based on role and user type.

Harness in-built data lineage capabilities

to track and identify how your data is being used across your ecosystems while increasing the efficiency of your data marketplace.

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FAQ

IT teams have invested heavily in sophisticated infrastructure (BI, data warehouses, lakehouses, cloud, real-time processing), but these investments struggle to generate value because data remains hard for business users to access.

A data product marketplace acts as the last mile between infrastructure and users:
- Self-service accessibility
  - Data that everyone can understand and use
  - No need for technical support for every request
- Maximized infrastructure ROI
  - Stored data is actually put to use
  - BI, cloud, and data warehouse investments finally deliver their potential
- IT teams freed up
  - Fewer intermediary and support tasks
  - Focus on higher-value projects
The result: the marketplace turns data into an operational and strategic asset while optimizing IT teams’ efficiency and workload.
A data product marketplace does not replace the existing stack: it connects to it and amplifies its value.
- Native integration with all systems
  - BI: Tableau, Power BI, Qlik
  - Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
  - Data warehouses and lakehouses: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery
  - Business applications: ERP, CRM, HRIS
  - Flat files and API feeds
- Automated connectors and processors
  - More than 80 native connectors to plug in all sources without custom development
  - More than 50 processors to standardize, reformat, and harmonize heterogeneous data
- Unified data distribution
  - A single, consistent interface for all user profiles
  - Simplified access for technical experts and non-technical employees alike
This approach preserves existing investments while creating a central access point and a single source of truth for the entire organization.
IT teams have never been in such high demand: data extraction requests, ad hoc reports, dashboards for business teams, maintenance of manual data flows. These repetitive tasks consume valuable resources and keep teams from focusing on higher-value strategic projects. A data product marketplace structurally reduces this workload by giving business users autonomous access to data. Through the self-service interface, employees can find, understand, and use the data they need on their own, build their own reports and dashboards, download relevant datasets, and query data via API, without going to the IT team for every need. Automated access request workflows replace manual exchanges between business and IT teams for granting permissions. Data updates are automated through connectors, eliminating recurring manual work. Overall, empowering users in this way frees IT teams for higher-value work: data architecture, security, technological innovation, and artificial intelligence projects that require irreplaceable expertise.
T teams are often overloaded with repetitive tasks: extractions, ad hoc reports, dashboard creation, maintenance of manual flows. A data product marketplace reduces this workload by giving autonomy to business users.
- Self-service for business teams
  - Direct data access, report and dashboard creation
  - Dataset downloads and API queries without going through IT
- Automated workflows and updates
  - Access rights granted through automated workflows
  - Connectors keep data continuously up to date
- IT teams freed for strategic work
  - Data architecture, security, technological innovation
  - AI projects and other high-value initiatives
The result: business teams become autonomous, and IT teams focus on strategic priorities rather than repetitive operational tasks.
UK Power Networks deployed Huwise to improve understanding of its electricity network and make data sharing easier across its entire ecosystem.
- Improved accessibility and interoperability
  - Visualizations, dashboards, and data stories tailored to each type of user
  - Data that partners and internal teams can understand and use directly
- Data reuse through APIs
  - Every dataset can be consumed by partner applications
  - Encourages innovation and collaboration around data
- Simplified discovery and navigation
  - Advanced search and powerful filtering to quickly find relevant datasets
As Matt Webb, Chief Information Officer at UK Power Networks, puts it: “A better understanding of our evolving network and the ability to share this data simply and directly across our ecosystem are essential to optimizing the management of our network and maximizing the use of low-carbon technologies.”

This approach supports decarbonization goals by enabling more effective collaboration among all players in the energy sector.