Verdantix Launches Atlas Platform To Simplify Operational Technology And Services Selection And Reduce Investment Risk

London, UK. Verdantix, the independent analyst firm, today announced the launch of Atlas, a new platform designed to help technology buyers navigate increasingly crowded and complex software and services markets with greater confidence. With over $700 billion forecast to be spent on software by 2029*, sub-optimal decision-making will have a significant and growing impact on both individual firms and broader economies. Atlas is designed to support buyers by combining Verdantix’s independent research, proprietary market data, and categorization and verification from expert analysts to create a trusted environment for vendor discovery and selection.

With hundreds of providers operating across EHS, ESG & Sustainability, Net Zero & Climate Risk, Industrial Operations, Real Estate & the Built Environment and Risk Management, the vendor selection process has never been more complex. As buyers increasingly turn to AI for research, data inaccuracies and the inability to verify vendor claims or filter out marketing hype is creating a new layer of risk in enterprise technology decisions. Identifying credible vendors, determining which solutions genuinely meet their business needs and comparing providers objectively all remain persistent challenges.

Atlas is the first in a suite of upcoming platforms built to support today’s buyer needs while addressing the transformative shift reshaping technology markets. The platform enables organizations to rapidly explore the full vendor landscape, accelerate technology investment decisions, strengthen stakeholder confidence through trusted insights and move from market discovery to vendor shortlisting with greater speed and confidence, while reducing implementation risk and ensuring ROI.

“As software markets expand, vendor platforms evolve across categories and the pace of innovation accelerates, technology buyers are spending more time validating marketing claims and finding it increasingly difficult to make reliable comparisons,” said Rodolphe d’Arjuzon, Chief Product Officer at Verdantix. “We’re investing significantly in our AI capabilities and expanding our technology team to deliver a dynamic product ecosystem that removes data and intelligence burdens and simplifies complex markets. Atlas provides buyers with a clear, independent view of who is in the market, how solutions differ, and which vendors are worth serious consideration from the outset, so they can be confident in the decisions they make. Over time, we expect Atlas to become the definitive source of vendor information in the sectors we cover for both human buyers and LLMs.”

Atlas allows users to browse vendors and solutions by category, filter by key criteria such as functionality or industry specialism, and access relevant Verdantix Vantage research for granular unbiased analysis. Our platform positions trusted analyst insight directly within the evaluation process to help buyers build business cases, create robust shortlists more efficiently and make informed, defensible procurement decisions.

David Metcalfe, CEO of Verdantix, commented: “Technology buyers are facing tighter budgets, higher expectations and greater scrutiny on every decision. Atlas is built to address that reality. By combining independent analyst validation with an intuitive, buyer-focused experience, Atlas cuts through AI slop to help organizations save time, reduce risk and make technology decisions that are aligned to their business needs.”

Atlas is available on a complimentary basis to technology and services buyers, function leaders and procurement teams via Verdantix Vantage. By bringing clarity to complex markets, the product strengthens Verdantix’s mission to support better decision-making through granular analysis and big-picture insight. To register an account, visit atlas.verdantix.com.

*According to Verdantix research on software market spend across Verdantix-covered markets, 2024 to 2029.

About Verdantix

Verdantix is an independent research and advisory firm that serves a global client base consisting of the world’s most innovative corporations, services vendors and investors. Our insights and analysis form a foundation of the most granular data available in the marketplaces we serve. This allows us to make highly accurate far-reaching forecasts and big-picture predictions that business leaders depend on when they are setting out to reach their most important goals.