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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29 Oct 2024
Dremio updates data catalog to support all deployment types
Recognizing that some customers need to keep data on-premises, the vendor has extended the availability of its Data Catalog for Apache Iceberg beyond its cloud-based platform. Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2024
Informatica launches blueprints for developing generative AI
The vendor's new frameworks aim to simplify and speed developing GenAI tools and include data integration and governance capabilities along with connectors and best practices. Continue Reading
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13 May 2022
MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy is an enterprise business intelligence (BI) application and software vendor. Continue Reading
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12 May 2022
ThoughtSpot roadmap aims to make analytics simple, efficient
The vendor's product development philosophy is designed to give users more output from the platform while requiring less effort from the users themselves. Continue Reading
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11 May 2022
ThoughtSpot demonstrates its evolution at Beyond 2022
The vendor's first in-person user conference since 2019 has showcased its transformation. In an interview, ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair discusses the company's modernization. Continue Reading
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10 May 2022
ThoughtSpot broadens analytics customer base, targets SMBs
The analytics and BI vendor has added plug-in API apps to its natural language processing and embedded BI-friendly platform aimed at larger cloud-based enterprises and SMBs. Continue Reading
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10 May 2022
ThoughtSpot adds analytics app templates, more automation
New capabilities included in the vendor's latest platform update include prebuilt applications, tools that automate insight delivery and a series of integrations with partners. Continue Reading
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09 May 2022
Pyramid Analytics raises $120M, IPO could be next
The vendor plans to use the influx of capital to fund product development, geographic expansion and add staff with an eye toward going public within three years. Continue Reading
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29 Apr 2022
Qlik wants analytics platform to lead to certainty, swagger
The vendor has added capabilities through acquisitions in recent years, and at its user conference plans to demonstrate the full scope of its integrated, end-to-end platform. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2022
Experts outline keys for strong data governance framework
Developing guidelines that simultaneously protect organizations from risk while enabling and encouraging employees to work with data can be difficult, but not impossible. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2022
Tableau targets embedded analytics with new developer tools
Unveiled during Salesforce's TrailblazerDX '22 developer conference, the new capabilities are aimed at enabling more business users to work with data in their everyday workflows. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2022
Self-service analytics key to agile decision-making
With worldwide events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine causing economic uncertainty, organizations need to be able to make informed decisions in near real time. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2022
Tibco WebFocus update aims to make analytics accessible
The platform update adds capabilities including a hub for analytics assets and natural language query designed to increase the number of potential users within organizations. Continue Reading
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18 Apr 2022
GoodData to launch fully managed analytics platform on AWS
The vendor unveiled its overhauled suite in June 2021, and in July 2022 expects to make GoodData Cloud generally available to users who prefer not to manage their own deployments. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2022
Sound business process architecture requires key traits
Business processes require a coherent enterprise-level architecture. In this excerpt from his new book, Roger Burlton identifies key traits business processes should share. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2022
Databricks fuels analytics for Spain's top soccer league
After prioritizing data-driven decision-making over the last decade, LaLiga is now using Databricks to inform its clubs and fans about play on the field. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2022
Infragistics targets better data-driven decision-making
The vendor released Slingshot, a new platform that brings analytics, collaboration, a data catalog and project management capabilities into one environment. Continue Reading
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07 Apr 2022
Gartner: Augmented analytics, ecosystem for BI now key
While AI capabilities are now a must for BI vendors, it is becoming increasingly important that their capabilities fit into a larger ecosystem for users, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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07 Apr 2022
Domo unveils integrations with Microsoft 365, Teams
The new integrations will allow joint customers of the analytics vendor and the tech giant to access data assets while remaining in their everyday workflows. Continue Reading
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06 Apr 2022
New integrations unite Looker with other Google BI tools
As part of a project the tech giant is calling Big BI, Google is unifying the analytics vendor's capabilities with those of Data Studio and Connected Sheets. Continue Reading
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01 Apr 2022
ESPN improves app performance with Domo analytics tools
The sports broadcasting giant is using a customer care application developed with the analytics vendor's tools to improve its app performance and streaming capabilities. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2022
Tableau analytics platform update targets efficiency
The vendor's first 2022 release includes capabilities that make natural language query easier and aid dashboard developers as they build new assets. Continue Reading
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28 Mar 2022
Snowflake launches industry-specific data cloud for retail
Retail Data Cloud is the vendor's fourth industry-specific data cloud, and comes prepackaged with data sets and capabilities to enable efficient data management and analytics. Continue Reading
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25 Mar 2022
Data, analytics remain key tools as pandemic abates
The past two years have shown the vital role of analytics, and even as some COVID-19 restrictions ease, many organizations now understand BI is a permanent part of decision-making. Continue Reading
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23 Mar 2022
Domo BI update includes app development, multi-cloud tools
The vendor's platform update highlights its focus on applications as a way to extend analytics to more business users and expands the platform's multi-cloud capabilities. Continue Reading
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22 Mar 2022
Domo making app development a focus of analytics platform
With a new CEO in place, one of the cloud-based vendor's main goals is to get data into the hands of more business users within the flow of their everyday work. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2022
Pyramid Analytics helps LionShare increase speed, efficiency
Using the BI vendor's platform, the healthcare marketing and CRM firm has improved speed to insight and increased customer engagement with data for its clients. Continue Reading
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10 Mar 2022
Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud update targets productivity
The vendor's new and enhanced features are aimed at improving user efficiency and include a new browser extension along with added data governance capabilities. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2022
An analyst's blueprint for choosing a cloud data platform
Though choosing the tools that best fit the needs of an organization is difficult, analyst Doug Henschen has come up with a series of steps that can serve as a guide. Continue Reading
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08 Mar 2022
Use of data, analytics a growing part of battle for equality
As technology plays a larger role in working toward a more equitable world, the practice of using analytics to further social causes is becoming more widespread. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2022
Epicor ERP adds low-code BI with Grow acquisition
Epicor's acquisition of Grow Inc. provides the ERP vendor with a low-code business intelligence tool that provides business users flexible and easy-to-use analytics capabilities. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2022
Differentiation key for independent Pyramid Analytics
A strong set of augmented intelligence capabilities and an end-to-end platform are enabling the vendor to grow despite not having the backing of a large parent company. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2022
Alteryx unifies cloud capabilities in a single platform
The longtime data and analytics vendor launched Analytics Cloud, bringing together its first four cloud-native capabilities in one environment for a more seamless user experience. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2022
Sisense analytics tools spur growth at Hastings Mutual
The insurance company is using the BI vendor's tools to improve data-driven decision-making efficiency and identify sales opportunities leading to revenue growth. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2022
DBT Labs raises expectations for data transformation
DBT Labs co-founder and CEO Tristan Handy outlines his view on the modern data stack, how the vendor's technology powers data pipelines and why he raised money now. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2022
MetLife improves efficiency with Tibco Data Virtualization
The insurance giant's investment management division has reduced its data integration process from weeks to hours since adopting the analytics vendor's technology in 2017. Continue Reading
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23 Feb 2022
Power BI platform adds new data prep, mobile capabilities
Microsoft added more than 40 features to its main analytics tool this month, including enhancements to data preparation capabilities and upgraded mobile formatting options. Continue Reading
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23 Feb 2022
Alteryx makes personnel changes to navigate cloud journey
The longtime data management vendor has remade its C-suite over the past few years, including adding a new CEO and president, as it modernizes its technology. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2022
Salesforce, Tableau unveil trio of new integrations
As part of its Spring '22 Release, the CRM giant added three new tools powered by the analytics vendor's augmented intelligence capabilities. Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2022
Crate & Barrel modernizes with MicroStrategy BI platform
The home decor chain added governance capabilities and sped time-to-insight by adopting the longtime analytics vendor's platform after 14 years using a legacy system. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2022
Trusted data key to MicroStrategy platform plans
The vendor plans to add new capabilities this year that will provide AI-generated guidance to better enable self-service users to take action using governed data. Continue Reading
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02 Feb 2022
processing in memory (PIM)
Processing in memory, or PIM (sometimes called processor in memory), refers to the integration of a processor with Random Access Memory (RAM) on a single chip. Continue Reading
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02 Feb 2022
App development a focus of MicroStrategy analytics platform
The longtime independent vendor is making application development and embedded BI priorities in order to enable data-driven decision-making in real time. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Yellowfin acquired by B2B software specialist Idera
The formerly independent analytics vendor hopes to expand its customer base by getting acquired, while its app development tools made it attractive to its new parent company. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Microsoft steadily adding to Power BI analytics platform
The tech giant continues to add functionality to its BI platform, recently including a feature that will enable Premium users to run reports with only the freshest data. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Tibco, Citrix to merge after Citrix acquired by Vista
The combination will join the analytics vendor's capabilities with a digital workspace and app delivery platform used by 98% of the Fortune 500. The deal is worth $16.5 billion. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2022
HomeToGo turns data into action with Sisu analytics platform
Slowed by a rising volume of data, the vacation rental vendor adopted the startup analytics vendor's platform to speed time-to-insight and fuel its product and marketing decisions. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2022
Qlik IPO filing culminates a 5-year transformation
When the vendor was taken private in 2016, its plan was to add the capabilities needed to build a cloud-first platform that enabled real-time analytics. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2022
Tibco continues adding developer tools to analytics platform
Since its last major update in September 2021, the vendor has added to its array of prebuilt Spotfire Mods applications, including new AI Mods called Data Functions. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2022
Sigma Computing keeps focus on product enhancements
The startup recently secured $300 million in Series C funding, which its CEO said it plans to use to advance its product and expand its engineering capabilities. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2022
Alteryx agrees to acquire Trifacta for $400 million
The acquisition, expected to close during the first quarter of 2022, adds cloud-native capabilities to Alteryx's platform and is aimed at accelerating its move to the cloud. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2022
Qlik planning an IPO, files application with the SEC
The vendor plans to return to the public markets with an initial public stock offering after being taken private in 2016 when it was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2022
MicroStrategy enhances security, embedded analytics features
The vendor recently upgraded its products to the latest version of Log4j's software while also adding a new viewing experience and embedded BI capabilities to its platform. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2021
Tableau completes acquisition of Narrative Science
With the closing of the purchase, the analytics vendor added automated data storytelling capabilities to its existing cache of natural language processing tools. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2021
Sisense analytics platform update aids data scientists
Though Sisense's platform is largely geared toward business users, the latest addition to the vendor's suite is a tool aimed at helping code-first users build data assets. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2021
Tableau platform update adds governance, security tools
With many organizations enabling more employees to work with data, Tableau 2021.4 includes three new features aimed at improving data governance and increasing data security. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2021
8 analytics startups to watch over the next year
Differentiation is key to the success of any new enterprise, and a crop of analytics vendors are delivering new capabilities to try to distinguish themselves. Continue Reading
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07 Dec 2021
NetSpring raises $13M to fuel operational intelligence suite
The startup offers a real-time analytics platform designed to enable agile decision-making. It plans to use its funding for product development and to expand its go-to-market efforts. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2021
Qlik integration with UiPath boosts automation capabilities
Although the analytics vendor's platform already has automation capabilities, the integration with the RPA vendor will extend those capabilities to new use cases. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2021
ThoughtSpot analytics platform continues to transform
The vendor committed to a cloud-first philosophy in late 2020, and since then added capabilities through acquisitions, targeted new user personas and continued to build new tools. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2021
Latest ThoughtSpot BI capabilities target new personas
With the addition of Data Workspace, the analytics vendor aims to enable power users within organizations to develop and deploy applications. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2021
Salesforce to buy Narrative Science, roll it into Tableau
The data storytelling vendor revealed that it has reached an agreement to be acquired by Salesforce and will then become part of the Tableau subsidiary. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2021
ThoughtSpot raises $100M in funding, now valued at $4.2B
The vendor completed its Series F round, and has more than doubled its valuation from $1.95 billion in August 2019 when it last raised venture capital funds. Continue Reading
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11 Nov 2021
GoodData unveils new UI focused on composability
With the launch of the second phase of its platform overhaul, the analytics vendor is enabling users to build their own visual experience without having to write code. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2021
Looker adds customization capabilities to analytics platform
In concert with its virtual user conference, the vendor introduced the idea of composable analytics, along with tools that enable users to compose customized embeddable dashboards. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2021
Tableau to add new business science tools to analytics suite
Self-service data science tools are among the capabilities the analytics vendor unveiled during its virtual user conference and plans to add to its platform in coming updates. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2021
QuickSight Q a potential winner for Amazon BI platform
Since its introduction in 2016, Amazon QuickSight has offered solid but not top-of-market BI capabilities. The addition of a new natural language query tool could change that. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2021
Oracle adds supply chain application to analytics suite
The tech giant added a prebuilt SaaS application for supply chain management to its set of Fusion Cloud applications. Other Fusion Cloud apps collect and monitor ERP and HR data. Continue Reading
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02 Nov 2021
Data science skills a focus of Tableau Conference 2021
The concept of business science -- using AI and ML to enable business users with data science skills -- will be in focus during Tableau's upcoming user conference. Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2021
Qlik adds Forts to analytics suite, enabling faster analysis
Qlik Forts, a tool that enables customers to access and analyze data where it resides rather than forcing them to first import it into Qlik, is now generally available. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2021
Toucan Toco expands beyond data storytelling
Once a niche vendor with a particular area of expertise, the startup's latest update includes data preparation and embedded BI tools, among others, as it broadens its scope. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2021
Google Cloud unveils roadmap for its analytics platform
The Google Cloud Platform roadmap, unveiled during the tech giant's recent virtual user conference, includes capabilities designed to simplify access to data and enable more users. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2021
MLB Statcast delivering real-time insights with Google Cloud
With Google Cloud to process and transform data collected during games by its tracking technology, Major League Baseball is delivering real-time insights to both fans and teams. Continue Reading
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11 Oct 2021
New Balance managing the pandemic with Tibco Spotfire
New Balance, a manufacturer and seller of athletic shoes and apparel whose in-store sales plummeted due to the pandemic, used Tibco's BI tools to develop its e-commerce strategy. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2021
Alteryx acquisition of Hyper Anna adds AI capabilities
The data management vendor has acquired Hyper Anna, an Australian startup, to add automated augmented intelligence capabilities to its data management and analytics platform. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2021
InsightSoftware acquires Exago to fold into Logi Analytics
InsightSoftware, which acquired embedded BI vendor Logi in April, has acquired fellow embedded BI vendor Exago and plans to integrate Exago into Logi. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2021
Gartner predicts exponential growth of graph technology
As both organizations and their databases struggle to manage growing amounts of data, experts see dramatic growth in the use of graph databases by 2025. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2021
TigerGraph 3.2 targets platform's performance, ease of use
Enterprise-grade performance and ease of use are the key areas of the latest platform update from the startup graph database vendor as it looks to attract more enterprise customers. Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2021
Qlik acquisition of Big Squid adds autoML capabilities
Qlik has acquired Big Squid to add automated machine learning capabilities to its platform. In addition, the analytics vendor recently unveiled a new automated workflow tool. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2021
New Tibco Spotfire capabilities add interoperability
The new capabilities added to Tibco's Predict portfolio of BI tools focus on ease of use and their interoperability with other parts of the Tibco platform. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2021
Vista plans to acquire Blue Prism and roll it into Tibco
Vista Equity Partners, the parent company of analytics vendor Tibco, has revealed its intent to acquire a leading robotic process automation vendor and plans to roll it into Tibco once the deal closes. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2021
Alteryx partnership with UiPath adds automation capabilities
Alteryx expanded its partnership agreement with a robotic process automation vendor as Alteryx continues to make automation a central part of its analytics platform. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2021
Hyperconverged Analytics continues to guide Tibco strategy
A year after unveiling a new analytics environment that blends data science, visualization and streaming, interoperability continues to guide the vendor's development strategy. Continue Reading
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16 Sep 2021
Domo adds collaborative development tool to analytics suite
Domo has unveiled Sandbox, a new portal for developing and testing data assets that enables collaboration and provides safety and governance measures. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2021
Uplevel analytics tools lift software engineering efficiency
Uplevel, a startup vendor whose focus is on improving the efficiency of software engineers, unveiled a set of new capabilities that use data to monitor software design projects. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2021
Future of analytics will close gap between data, decisions
As data increases in complexity and volume, a gap is growing between data intake and data-driven decision-making that analytics tools will need to address and aim to close. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2021
Oracle Analytics helps Northwell Health meet staffing needs
In need of an efficient way to determine staffing needs when the pandemic struck, Northwell Health got help with an Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management dashboard. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2021
Analytics trends include a surge in app development
As more organizations have recognized the value of data during the pandemic, a surge in application development is among the top business intelligence trends. Continue Reading
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02 Sep 2021
Tableau platform update focuses on broad analytics adoption
Tableau 2021.3 doesn't include fancy new AI or machine learning features, instead focusing on capabilities that enable enterprises to scale their analytics programs to more users. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2021
TigerGraph aims to take graph technology mainstream
As relational databases struggle with scale, one graph database vendor says a paradigm shift is underway and aims to make graph technology the standard approach for data storage. Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2021
Alteryx platform update includes automated recommendations
Automation is an ongoing focus for Alteryx. The vendor's latest update adds an automated recommendation feature that suggests tools to connect as users build workflows. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2021
Metals manufacturer uses Sisu analytics tools to spur growth
In need of identifying repeat business opportunities, startup metals manufacturer Fractory used Sisu's platform to automate complex data queries and develop key metrics. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2021
MicroStrategy analytics platform helps Medibank add value
An Australian insurance company recently migrated its data operations to the cloud and, using MicroStrategy and AWS, has reaped benefits including improved efficiency. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2021
Qlik acquisition of NodeGraph adds data management tech
Qlik said it acquired NodeGraph in a move aimed at enhancing the longtime analytics vendor's data management capabilities, including data pipeline and governance features. Continue Reading
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10 Aug 2021
Tellius-Looker analytics partnership enhances powers of both
A partnership between Tellius and Looker will enable users to combine Tellius' AI and machine learning technology with Looker's data modeling and app development capabilities. Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2021
Startup Sisu adds more automation to its analytics platform
Sisu recently introduced Smart Waterfall Charts, a tool that automates the development of certain visualizations, as part of its effort to find ways to explain changes in data. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2021
Collaboration key to Qlik's quest for active intelligence
Among the new capabilities Qlik recently unveiled is a tool that enables collaboration not only at the end of an analytics project, but also throughout the project lifecycle. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2021
Sisense unveils Extense Framework to enable embedded BI
After rebranding its platform early in 2021 to reflect a heightened focus on embedded analytics, Sisense introduced a set of new capabilities to enable developers. Continue Reading
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21 Jul 2021
Looker platform update adds new app development capabilities
Looker 21, which the vendor unveiled July 21, features the general availability of Looker's new portal for application developers and support for hosting on Microsoft Azure. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2021
SAS, Microsoft a possible pairing after Broadcom talks end
Acquisition talks between SAS and Broadcom broke down a day after they were reported, but SAS may have hoped all along to attract another potential buyer. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2021
Analytics vendor SAS an acquisition target of Broadcom
Longtime independent business intelligence vendor SAS Institute Inc. is in talks to be acquired by Broadcom, with a reported purchase price of $15 billion to $20 billion. Continue Reading
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08 Jul 2021
MicroStrategy keeps focus on embedded analytics in update
Embedded BI capabilities, including integrating single data assets, rather than entire dashboards into users' workflows, feature prominently in MicroStrategy's latest update. Continue Reading