Business intelligence technology
Technical requirements needed to analyze huge amounts of corporate data are increasingly complex. Business intelligence technologies such as data discovery processes, data warehouses and data visualization have become essential for enterprises to tap into the business value of information. Learn about the latest BI technologies designed to help create value from big data.
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22 Nov 2024
Snowflake fuels edtech vendor's data and AI initiatives
PowerSchool is creating personalized educational experiences for teachers, students, parents, administrators and others by using its data to train AI tools. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2024
Snowflake partners with Anthropic to improve AI development
The alliance aims to make it easier and faster for the data cloud vendor's customers to use the Claude line of large language models when developing advanced applications. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2023
Snowflake launches industry-specific data cloud for telecom
Designed specifically for telecom companies, the tool comes with prepackaged data sets and capabilities to enable quick onboarding and efficient data management and analytics. Continue Reading
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21 Feb 2023
Google's Wright names embedded BI top analytics trend
While AI has developed into an important aid for making decisions, infusing data into the workflows of business users in real time is the most significant movement in BI now. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2023
Alteryx makes Analytics Cloud GA, adds new tools
A year after introducing a cloud-native version of its suite, the vendor has made the platform generally available with updates to tools such as Designer Cloud and Auto Insights. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2023
Databricks adds new developer tool to lakehouse platform
The vendor now enables developers to build applications and models using familiar tools in their most familiar environment before loading their work into a data storage repository. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2023
Examples of real-time analytics for businesses
Organizations use real-time analytics and automation to be more efficient and effective, whether it's in retail, healthcare, manufacturing or other verticals. Continue Reading
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10 Feb 2023
InfluxData raises $81M to advance time series capabilities
The vendor is the creator and lead sponsor of the open source InfluxDB database and plans to use the new funding to further product development as it aims for profitability. Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2023
DBT Labs acquires Transform to enhance Semantic Layer tool
The data transformation vendor plans to use the acquisition to enhance the functionality of its semantic modeling tool, which launched in public preview in late 2022. Continue Reading
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08 Feb 2023
Starburst targets data discoverability with new capabilities
The vendor unveiled three new tools during its virtual user conference, including an automated catalog and a tool that automatically indexes and caches data. Continue Reading
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08 Feb 2023
Acceldata raises $50M to boost data observability platform
The vendor plans to invest in attracting new Global 2000 customers and enhancing tools that enable users to monitor the health of their data throughout the analytics process. Continue Reading
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01 Feb 2023
BI adoption poised to break through barrier -- finally
Analytics use within organizations has been stuck for more than a decade. But the combination of embedded BI, NLP and development of a data culture could result in a breakthrough. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2023
Expanded AtScale, Databricks integration adds functionality
The semantic layer platform vendor's tools are now listed on Databricks' Partner Connect, and existing customers can now connect to Databricks SQL and Unity Catalog. Continue Reading
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26 Jan 2023
Data streaming platforms fuel for agile decision-making
Real-time analysis is critical as organizations try to compete amid economic uncertainty. Continuous intelligence data streaming technology is one way to do it. Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2023
Spatial analysis a portal to deeper insights from data
When combined with other types of data, location information can add important context that leads to the well-informed insights that result in decisions and actions. Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2023
Compare the top 13 CDP software products in 2023
CDPs, which vendors may sell as standalone products or as subsets of CRM systems, help organizations build detailed customer profiles. Top CDPs include Emarsys and Oracle Unity CDP. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2023
Snowflake acquires Mobilize.net tools to aid cloud migration
The vendor purchased SnowConvert, a set of tools designed to automate some of the onerous coding work required to migrate data out of on-premises databases to the cloud. Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2023
Qlik unveils roadmap for analytics, data integration tools
The vendor plans to increase its connectivity to SaaS applications so users can integrate data from more sources and to add new APIs for embedded BI and automation. Continue Reading
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17 Jan 2023
Overrated and underrated trends in analytics
Strong data governance frameworks are seemingly always underrated, while new data architectures such as data mesh and the promise of automated machine learning might be overrated. Continue Reading
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11 Jan 2023
Thousands of Citrix, Tibco employees laid off following merger
Cloud Software Group lays off 2,250 workers following major changes to sales and product development after merging Citrix Systems with Tibco Software. Continue Reading
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11 Jan 2023
Sisense unveils integration with ChatGPT
The analytics vendor designed a new UI that enables customers to engage with the chatbot and use its capabilities to dramatically speed data preparation and enhance data analysis. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2023
Qlik acquisition of Talend adds data fabric capabilities
Through its latest purchase, the longtime analytics vendor adds data fabric and self-service data pipeline development capabilities to its existing suite of data integration tools. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2023
Salesforce layoffs evidence Tableau has lost independence
The analytics vendor was significantly affected by the CRM giant's latest staff cut, which comes on the heels of an exodus of executives from Tableau that included its former CEO. Continue Reading
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04 Jan 2023
Experts predict NLP to be biggest BI trend this year
Given the advancements in chatbot technologies like the recent launch of ChatGPT, industry watchers expect analytics vendors to prioritize natural language query and analysis. Continue Reading
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27 Dec 2022
4 types of customer data platforms
Data consolidation CDPs simply collect and unify customer data. Other CDP types, such as automated analytics and automated actions CDPs, go a step further and analyze data. Continue Reading
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21 Dec 2022
ThoughtSpot, DBT partner to join BI and data modeling
The analytics vendor and open source tool have already developed integrations that combine self-service BI and semantic modeling, and now plan to fine-tune their functionality. Continue Reading
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21 Dec 2022
Ascend.io tool offers free data ingestion for Snowflake users
Free Ingest encourages the vendor's customers to use its data import tools, rather than a third party's, to reduce the complexity and improve the security of data management. Continue Reading
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19 Dec 2022
Expert advice on how to start with self-service analytics
In addition to an easy-to-use BI platform, keys to developing a successful data culture driven by business analysts include a data catalog, executive support and good training. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2022
Data governance, AI among the past year's analytics trends
Organizations recognized data governance as an enabler of self-service BI and a way to keep data safe as well as that AI is best used to augment humans rather than replace them. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2022
4 benefits of a customer data platform
CDPs organize customer data to support personalized CX strategies and compliance. Benefits of CDPs include unified customer profiles and enhanced marketing efforts. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2022
Sigma Computing advances data collaboration with new tool
Live Edit not only enables collaboration during the decision-making process but also lets data engineers and business users work together as they develop new data products. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2022
Tableau update enables direct action from analytics insights
The vendor's fourth-quarter update includes an integration with Salesforce Flow that enables users to trigger actions in business applications directly from their BI dashboards. Continue Reading
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09 Dec 2022
People and processes key to a successful analytics strategy
A commitment from the C-suite, including appointing data leaders, that leads to processes that enable data-driven decision-making are critical to successful BI. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2022
AWS analytics tools help French utility go green
The cloud computing giant's suite enabled Engie SA to transition away from fossil fuels and now helps the French utility manage a network of renewable energy sources. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2022
Mortgage data vendor uses Qlik to build analytics platform
Polygon Research used tools from the analytics vendor to develop a SaaS platform consisting of nine dashboards that mortgage specialists can use to inform decisions. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2022
Tableau CEO Mark Nelson steps down, no successor to be named
Nelson ascended to the leadership role in March 2021 after the departure of Adam Selipsky. Salesforce, which acquired the analytics vendor in 2019, will now take on its leadership. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2022
Amazon enhances QuickSight with added NLQ capabilities
The platform's latest update includes the ability to ask "why" of data and do forecasting without writing code as well as new cloud migration and paginated reporting capabilities. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2022
Starburst adds features to further data mesh approach
The data and analytics vendor advanced its SaaS platform with data discoverability and governance features and its enterprise platform with support for AWS Lake Formation. Continue Reading
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28 Nov 2022
Healthcare firm builds SaaS analytics tools with ThoughtSpot
The healthcare consulting firm used the analytics vendor's platform to develop tools that enable customers to reduce risk and increase efficiency related to the auditing process. Continue Reading
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21 Nov 2022
What makes up an analytics pipeline?
Analytics pipelines were traditionally hidden away, but they're changing as more organizations focus on agility for their data. Learn what makes up a successful analytics pipeline. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2022
TigerGraph Cloud update adds ML, data visualization tools
The latest from the graph database vendor includes a feature that enables users to build visuals without writing code and another that lets data scientists use familiar tools. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2022
How to choose a customer data platform
CDPs centralize customer data, which can improve marketing insights. To choose the right CDP, CX leaders can create a team of stakeholders, identify goals and compare products. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2022
Alteryx launches SaaS version of Designer in Analytics Cloud
The fully cloud-native version of Designer furthers the vendor's move toward the cloud, which began in early 2022 with the launch of its first cloud-based suite of tools. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2022
Tableau packages tools in Analytics Performance Bundle
The combination of four tools comes at a cost savings for customers and is designed to better enable users to derive value from data by providing all needed capabilities in one. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2022
Knime unveils collaboration hub for analytics, data science
Built to complement Knime's Analytics Platform, the cloud-native hub is an environment for sharing, collaborating and launching data tools into production across organizations. Continue Reading
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10 Nov 2022
Logi Analytics focused, stable as part of Insightsoftware
The formerly independent embedded BI specialist is benefiting from its new parent company's aggressive acquisition strategy as well as its emphasis on product development. Continue Reading
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07 Nov 2022
Launch of Business Analytics Enterprise unifies IBM BI tools
The tech giant joined previously disparate capabilities in a single platform and unveiled a new hub where customers can view models and dashboards from various vendors. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2022
Qlik launches new cloud-based data integration platform
The new integration platform as a service joins data preparation and cataloging capabilities in one place, enabling organizations ready their data in real time for analysis. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2022
Election campaigns recognize need for analytics in politics
Candidates are now using data to build profiles of potential voters and target their outreach in much the same way enterprises use BI tools to personalize marketing efforts. Continue Reading
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28 Oct 2022
Modernizing talent one of the keys to analytics success
Adding a chief data officer, hiring data engineers and implementing a data literacy program are crucial aspects of reaching a desired level of data maturity. Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2022
ThoughtSpot launches integration with Google Sheets
The combination of the analytics vendor's NLP-based platform with the spreadsheet is designed to help joint customers derive insights from their data and take action. Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2022
5 benefits of workforce optimization in contact centers
In an industry with high turnover, contact center leaders must engage with their agents. Workforce optimization tools can help improve employee satisfaction and productivity. Continue Reading
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24 Oct 2022
Startup Tellius raises $16M in new funding to fuel growth
The analytics vendor plans to use the capital to build up an ecosystem for analytics through new integrations and develop industry-specific applications to speed up time to value. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2022
TigerGraph unveils support for query language openCypher
The graph database vendor moves to support openCypher to attract customers unfamiliar with its GSQL query language while the industry works to develop a standard query language. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2022
Guided analytics tool highlights Tableau platform update
Data Guide features augmented intelligence capabilities designed to assist users as they surface insights from their data and reach actionable decisions. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2022
Oracle analytics update adds CX app, semantic modeling tool
The tech giant's latest platform update adds capabilities designed to improve the productivity of business users and reduce organizations' reliance on IT teams. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2022
Marketing agency uses Looker to build data platform, grow
When overhauling its analytics operations, a digital marketing agency turned to analytics vendor Looker's tools to build data marts and enable self-service exploration and analysis. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2022
Power BI platform adds cross-tenant sharing, integrations
Power BI users can now safely share data and collaborate with partner and customer organizations, while new integrations with Microsoft 365 tools are now in preview. Continue Reading
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11 Oct 2022
Google Cloud consolidates analytics tools under Looker name
The tech giant renamed Data Studio, its primary BI platform before its acquisition of Looker, and unveiled a new enterprise version of the rebranded platform. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2022
Yellowfin enhances NLQ tool in analytics platform update
The release is the vendor's first since being acquired by Idera in early 2022 and builds on natural language query features it first launched in late 2021. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2022
SingleStore raises funding to fuel development, expansion
The database vendor plans to use the capital to fund product development, global expansion and marketing as well as keep some in reserve as a hedge against a potential recession. Continue Reading
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04 Oct 2022
Accounting giant boosts efficiency with Alteryx automation
Two years after starting a pilot program with the data and analytics vendor, the accounting firm has saved more than 100,000 work hours by automating repetitive tasks. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2022
Questions remain following Citrix-TIBCO merger
Investment firms Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital completed the acquisition of Citrix, but questions about partnerships and potential product spinoffs remain. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2022
Qlik unveils pair of new integrations with Databricks
One is designed to enable joint users to easily ingest data into lakehouses, while the other aims to enable potential users to experiment with the platforms on a trial basis. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2022
SAS, Microsoft make Viya available on Azure Marketplace
The vendors aim to market the analytics platform to a new audience of self-service customers that will be able to quickly deploy Viya and pay only for the compute power they use. Continue Reading
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26 Sep 2022
Starburst adds tools to enhance its data mesh capabilities
The vendor added data product and data set sharing features along with enhanced governance capabilities aimed at enabling organizations to decentralize their analytics operations. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2022
Google launches trio of new tools for its data cloud
The data management and analytics tools, including new data sharing and data lake platforms, are designed to let users access more data at lower expense. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2022
Sisense adds trio of new embedded analytics capabilities
A new integration with Git, a multi-tenant environment and enhancements to the Extense Framework are designed to further the embedded BI capabilities of the vendor's platform. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2022
Tableau unveils integration with Salesforce Genie
The combination is designed to enable joint customers of the analytics vendor and CRM giant to more easily connect to their customer data and surface insights. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2022
More automation, embedded analytics part of Tableau plans
New capabilities scheduled for release as part of the vendor's final two platform updates in 2022 are designed to speed the ability to reach insights and take actions. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2022
Ricoh modernizes its analytics with Qlik
The information management and digital services company is beginning to develop a data culture, and the BI vendor's platform has enabled new efficiencies. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2022
Consumer data needs better protection by government
Though legislation is before Congress that would address data privacy, it may not set clear enough guidelines or give individuals enough control. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2022
Data privacy concerns grow as legislation lags
While healthcare and financial data are protected by federal legislation, individuals have little control over how consumer data is collected and used. Continue Reading
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12 Sep 2022
Augmented analytics, decision intelligence power modern BI
Business intelligence is rapidly evolving, and businesses would be best equipped to handle today's data analytics challenges with both augmented analytics and decision intelligence. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2022
Snowflake, UiPath launch integration to automate data prep
The collaboration between the data cloud vendor and robotic process automation vendor will enable joint customers to automate data pipelines used to fuel business applications. Continue Reading
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07 Sep 2022
Business intelligence needs boost from decision intelligence
As the volume and complexity of data grows, organizations need AI and ML capabilities to surface insights and augment the capabilities of overmatched BI tools. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2022
Amazon advances QuickSight with new embedded analytics tool
Coming after the addition of natural language processing capabilities, the new embedded analytics tool strengthens the BI platform to make it more feature rich. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2022
Sisu adds new decision intelligence capabilities
The startup aims to augment human decision-making with automation, and its new tools find and explain changes in data, analyze their effect and prescribe what to do next. Continue Reading
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29 Aug 2022
Teradata launches cloud-native platform, enhances BI suite
VantageCloud Lake is designed to enable wider use across organizations along with better cost control, while ClearScape Analytics adds more than 50 new capabilities. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2022
New SAS, SingleStore integration boosts speed, efficiency
The integration between the longtime data and analytics vendor and the upstart database vendor enables users to work with data in-database, which increases speed-to-insight. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2022
Geospatial data a key means of combating climate change
By pinpointing when and where fires, floods and other natural disasters caused by climate change might occur, the damage from such events can be drastically reduced. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2022
Scenario planning fertile ground for analytics vendors
Despite enabling organizations to explore what might happen based on different decisions and to prepare for potential problems, many BI vendors don't offer such tools. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2022
Free tool from Collibra tests data maturity against peers
The assessment tool is free to anyone and is designed to help organizations better understand the evolution of their data and analytics systems relative to others. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2022
Cloud-agnostic ethos key for Qlik as an independent vendor
The vendor has developed relationships with many of the key cloud providers and is intent on enabling its users to house their data on the cloud of their choice. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2022
Intersport boosts analytics, marketing efficiency with Knime
Using the BI vendor's platform, the sporting goods retailer has reduced staff needed to attend to data, decreased time to build data workflows and improved marketing campaigns. Continue Reading
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04 Aug 2022
MicroStrategy adds more governance to analytics platform
The longtime independent vendor's latest platform update features tools to help system administrators and application developers easily add data governance and security guardrails. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2022
Saylor to step down as MicroStrategy CEO after 33 years
The vendor's co-founder will leave the role he's held since the company was founded to become executive chairman, with President Phong Le to take over as CEO. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2022
Metrics upgrades, AR tool highlight Power BI platform update
The July update includes over 20 features, with highlights including new capabilities for Metrics, a tool that uses AR to add context to data and new embedded BI capabilities. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2022
Natural language processing augments analytics and data use
Natural language processing brings new tools to organizations to democratize data across the userbase in a simple, easy manner, but faces challenges with the nuances of language. Continue Reading
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25 Jul 2022
How self-service BI capabilities improve data use
Organizations can be more efficient problem solvers and enable users with self-service BI capabilities that bring more data and tools to their fingertips. Continue Reading
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21 Jul 2022
Automation, more security and governance next big BI trends
As many data preparation and management tasks get automated, insight generation and action are the next likely targets for automation. Another key trend is more data governance. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2022
5 business analytics trends that shaped the start of 2022
While AI and machine learning capabilities continue to evolve, another major movement in BI so far in 2022 has been to enable users to take action directly from insights. Continue Reading
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18 Jul 2022
Tibco adds SaaS version of MDM platform, updates TCI
The analytics vendor unveiled Cloud EBX as it continues to add cloud-native versions of its tools. In addition, it launched an updated version of its cloud integration suite. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2022
New CEO not likely to change Tibco once merged with Citrix
The analytics vendor's product leaders all remain in place, so while it will have a new company leader, its product development capabilities are expected to remain unchanged. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2022
SingleStore secures $116M in funding to fuel growth
The data management vendor has secured $278 million in financing since December 2020 and plans to use the new funds to fuel product development and expand marketing efforts. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2022
Tibco targets data model deployment with ModelOps launch
The analytics vendor designed the no-code platform, a sort of operating system for AI, to simplify the deployment of AI and machine learning models by users across organizations. Continue Reading
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08 Jul 2022
Databricks platform fuels analytics at State Department
The vendor's AI and machine learning capabilities have enabled the government agency to improve the effectiveness of its data analysis technology and its overall efficiency. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2022
LA County modernizes hiring with Azure and Databricks
The HR department of the largest U.S. county revamped its analytics stack in order to help reduce hiring times that often took more than a year. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2022
TigerGraph Cloud update enables easier adoption, deployment
With enterprise customers adding more users as graph technology gains popularity, the vendor added features to make wide use of its SaaS platform easier and more secure. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
Tableau adds data storytelling tool in latest update
Six months after the analytics vendor's acquisition of Narrative Science comes Data Stories, a new tool aimed at enabling more employees within organizations to work with data. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2022
New Collibra, Snowflake integration enhances data governance
The new tool aims to enable customers to quickly put protections on sensitive data without requiring them to write code so that business users can securely work with data. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2022
MinIO extends Snowflake analysis to any data location
MinIO scored a partnership with Snowflake to bring the cloud data warehouse analytics nearly everywhere a user's data resides. Continue Reading