Actian reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(140 total reviews)

Marc Potter

100% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Actian has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 140 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Actian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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140 reviews
5.0
Dec 19, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Actian is a great company to work for. Never a dull moment here and constantly innovating to deliver practical solutions to the market. At a recent Customer Event, multiple blue-chip customers shared very positive feedback about the technology and how it has helped accelerate their time to insight and improved business for them. Very smart bunch of folks who work closely as a team, definitely lot of fun in my opinion.

Cons

Nothing really, we've got everything going for us - great profitability, strong technology platform, loads of name-brand customers who keep buying more every year, cordial atmosphere at work and a lot of fun.

4.0
Dec 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-- Great BigData startup with solid customer and revenue base -- Exciting unique technologies such as Vectorwise (specialized in VectorProcessing), DataFlow (Faster alternative to MapReduce), Analytics, ParAccel(MPP db) in Big Data Space to work on.. -- Good salary and benefits -- Startup Work Culture with good work life balance -- Right next to Redwood City Cal Train station with another office in Campbell. So two options for work place. -- Rapidly growing with great career possibilities -- Remote working flexibility when needed

Cons

-- I wish I had more vacation

5.0
Dec 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Actian has assembled a suite of enterprise software products particularly in the areas of big data management and analytics through careful acquisitions within a short span of time. It has brought in an excellent management team to position the products in the market place, actively integrate them to build a cohesive story around big data and analytics, and effectively compete to take the market share it deserves. For enterprises that have the mix of NoSQL data in and around the Hadoop environment, Actian will be a compelling player as Actian's products integrate well with the Hadoop environment. The company now has a clear roadmap in terms of products, their cohesive integration including Hadoop and the market it wants to focus which is very compelling in every sense. Coming from the enterprise software technology market, it is quite clear to me that Actian is in the early phase of rapid growth. For anyone - an employee, a potential future employee, a customer or a partner - association with Actian will potentially be a rewarding experience going forward. I am personally very bullish on its future. Best to All Actians.

Cons

Acquisitions always bring challenges. Processes and efforts are in place that address the challenges to create the 'One Actian Cultural Identity' and the progress is already visible.

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