Workday, Rippling, and Slack flunk data access test, claims Fivetran

Workday, Rippling, and Salesforce-owned Slack rank among the worst performers for enterprise data movement, according to a new industry benchmark tracking the speeds needed to power analytics, machine learning, and AI agents.

Fivetran, an enterprise data movement and integration vendor, has launched an Open Data Infrastructure (ODI) Data Access Benchmark to expose how enterprise software vendors handle - and hinder - data access.

The issue of getting data together from enterprise applications and services is a longstanding problem for anyone in charge of data engineering or analytics. The push for integrating Agentic AI with company data has, however, made it more pressing.

Last year Fivetran flagged that organizations pulling Salesforce data via third-party tools could face higher charges, part of a broader industry shift toward charging for API access. Salesforce disputed that contention.

It's an issue organizations should watch closely as they build AI agent systems, which depend on company data ...