Enterprise companies comprise a $3.4 trillion market worldwide of which an increasingly larger share is being allocated to artificial intelligence technologies. By our definition, "enterprise" technology companies create tools for workplace roles and functions that a large number of businesses use. For example, Salesforce is the primary enterprise software used by sales professionals in a company. Also known as a type of customer relationship management software, or CRM, it is the system of record for sales professionals to enter in their contacts, progress of leads, and for sales metrics to be tracked. Any company directly selling their products and services would benefit from a CRM.

Enterprise companies comprise a $3.4 trillion market worldwide of which an increasingly larger share is being allocated to artificial intelligence technologies. By our definition, "enterprise" technology companies create tools for workplace roles and functions that a large number of businesses use. For example, Salesforce is the primary enterprise software used by sales professionals in a company. Also known as a type of customer relationship management software, or CRM, it is the system of record for sales professionals to enter in their contacts, progress of leads, and for sales metrics to be tracked. Any company directly selling their products and services would benefit from a CRM.

I always enjoy these industry-spanning infographics. They sometimes point me to companies I want to understand in greater depth. At the same time the reader needs to beware of how these are categorized or miscategorized and what companies may be missing. The inclusion of SAS for example as a BI enterprise system and the total absence of IBM SPSS from the data science category are huge red flags. These two companies alone control what is at least 1/3rd of the data science platform market among the global 8,000 companies with more than $1 Billion in revenue.