Data science and analytics
As businesses' data volumes continue to expand, data science has become vital for to inform decision making, strategic planning and marketing techniques. Learn about the latest data science and analytics techniques businesses are incorporating to help identify opportunities to streamline processes, identify potential business ventures and improve customer service.
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21 Nov 2024
Business intelligence reporting: What it is, how it works
BI reporting presents data in various formats so employees can interpret and act on that information in a timely manner without relying on a data analyst. But challenges exist. 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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08 Jan 2024
6 top predictive analytics tools for 2024
Predictive analytics tools are evolving. Enhanced with AI, easier to use and geared to both data scientists and business users, they're more business-critical than ever. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2024
What is natural language processing (NLP)?
NLP enables computers to understand language like humans. This video explores its techniques, applications and challenges, highlighting its importance in businesses. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Jan 2024
big data engineer
A big data engineer is an information technology (IT) professional who is responsible for designing, building, testing and maintaining complex data processing systems that work with large data sets. Continue Reading
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27 Dec 2023
Vector search now a critical component of GenAI development
The feature's ability to make unstructured data discoverable as well as locate similar data points among potentially billions make it ideal for helping train generative AI models. Continue Reading
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20 Dec 2023
Qlik's Mozaic acquisition adds decentralized data management
The longtime analytics vendor continues to expand into data management, now adding capabilities that enable a decentralized approach and an emphasis on data products. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Dec 2023
big data analytics
Big data analytics is the often complex process of examining big data to uncover information -- such as hidden patterns, correlations, market trends and customer preferences -- that can help organizations make informed business decisions. Continue Reading
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19 Dec 2023
Snowflake acquisition of Samooha adds data clean room tools
The data cloud vendor's purchase aims to give users a way to share data with partners and collaborate on decisions without compromising data privacy and security. Continue Reading
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18 Dec 2023
Alteryx to be acquired by private equity firms for $4.4 billion
Following slow revenue growth in recent quarters, the data management vendor will become a private company and be afforded time to restructure. Continue Reading
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18 Dec 2023
Infusion of generative AI into analytics a work in progress
Many vendors have introduced tools that integrate LLM technology with their platforms, but most are still refining the tools to ensure their accuracy and security. Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Dec 2023
complex event processing (CEP)
Complex event processing (CEP) is the use of technology to predict high-level events. It is a method of tracking and analyzing streams of data to gain real-time information about events. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2023
Knime updates analytics platform with new GenAI capabilities
The vendor's latest release improves the accuracy of its GenAI chatbot, including citations so users can know the source of the chatbot's responses, and features a new UI. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2023
Databricks intros suite to aid generative AI development
The data lakehouse vendor's new set of tools includes vector search and aims to enable users to develop data pipelines that train language models with proprietary data. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2023
New MongoDB tools enable generative AI development
The independent database vendor added vector search and workload management tools that work together to enable developers to build and run cutting-edge analytics applications. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2023
AWS unveils Amazon Q in QuickSight to add more generative AI
The tech giant's new generative AI chatbot could help more employees within organizations work with data by enabling them to query and analyze data using conversational language. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2023
New AWS tools simplify access, management of data at scale
The tech giant revealed serverless tools that eliminate limitations on workload size as well as integrations that simplify access to data within the Amazon Web Services ecosystem. Continue Reading
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28 Nov 2023
Starburst update adds new GenAI, streaming data features
Galaxy, the cloud-based version of the vendor's platform, now includes text-to-code translation capabilities as well as automated governance and real-time ingestion tools. Continue Reading
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21 Nov 2023
American Airlines lowers data management costs with Intel
As the airline giant moves more of its data workloads to the cloud, tools from Intel's Granulate are making platforms such as Microsoft's Azure Data Lake more efficient. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Nov 2023
advanced analytics
Advanced analytics is a broad category of inquiry that can be used to help drive changes and improvements in business practices. Continue Reading
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17 Nov 2023
Databricks puts AI at core of new Data Intelligence Platform
The vendor's new platform, now in beta testing, combines its existing lakehouse with AI to better enable users to manage and prepare data for model training and analytics. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2023
IBI launches new full-featured data management platform
The data management and BI specialist has released Data Intelligence, an AI-driven suite that includes data quality and data integration capabilities in an integrated environment. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2023
Microsoft launches Fabric, adds Copilot for the new platform
The suite unites Power BI, Azure Synapse Analytics and Data Factory in an integrated environment to better enable data management and analysis, including developing AI models. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2023
MongoDB unveils Atlas for Retail, Partner Ecosystem Catalog
The database vendor is making industry verticalization a significant part of its product roadmap to help customers in various industries develop applications that meet their needs. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2023
Monte Carlo unveils data observability for vector databases
The vendor's new integration with vector database specialist Pinecone is designed to enable users to ensure quality of the data they use to train generative AI models. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2023
Generative AI capabilities highlight latest Denodo update
The data virtualization specialist's platform update includes natural language processing capabilities that reduce repetitive tasks as well as some complexities of data management. Continue Reading
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Definition
01 Nov 2023
Microsoft Azure Data Lake
Microsoft Azure Data Lake is a highly scalable public cloud service that allows developers, scientists, business professionals and other Microsoft customers to gain insight from large, complex data sets. Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2023
Snowflake previews slew of AI, governance, development tools
The data cloud vendor introduced more than a dozen features currently in various stages of development designed to help users build and govern data models and applications. Continue Reading
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31 Oct 2023
TigerGraph update adds enterprise-scale capabilities
The graph database vendor's platform now features improved workload management capabilities and support for Kubernetes to meet the data processing needs of large organizations. Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2023
Tableau update highlighted by new embedded analytics tool
In addition to Embedding Playground, the longtime BI vendor's latest platform update features new metadata management capabilities and an integration with Google Docs. Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2023
Alation adds trio of partnerships to improve data insight
The data catalog vendor's connectors to Monte Carlo, Sigma Computing and ThoughtSpot aim to make it easier for users to get insights from data to inform decisions and actions. Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2023
Neo4j updates graph database to improve performance speed
The vendor's latest update includes new parallel analytical query and transactional query runtime capabilities as well as automated real-time data tracking via change data capture. Continue Reading
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23 Oct 2023
Databricks' $100m acquisition of Arcion adds data ingestion
The data lakehouse specialist's latest purchase adds native data ingestion capabilities that will help users stream data in real time to inform AI and machine learning models. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2023
GoodData launches new platform for AI, ML and BI workflows
The vendor's FlexHouse Analytics Lake provides a single environment for normally disparate data assets to simplify AI, analytics and machine learning development and analysis. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2023
DBT Labs updates Semantic Layer, adds data mesh enablement
New semantic modeling capabilities include support for dynamic joins, while added support for data mesh represents evolution beyond the vendor's roots in data transformation. Continue Reading
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17 Oct 2023
Alluxio launches orchestration layer optimized for AI, ML
The data orchestration specialist introduced Enterprise AI, a new version of its platform optimized for AI and machine learning models with improved performance and greater scale. Continue Reading
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17 Oct 2023
SingleStore unveils features aimed at enabling real-time AI
The database vendor's new vector search capabilities, compute layer and integrations are all designed to enable customers to build and deploy real-time generative AI models. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2023
Logi now Insightsoftware's unified embedded analytics suite
Logi Symphony combines capabilities from numerous Insightsoftware acquisitions and adds support for generative AI so that users can build and embed AI-infused applications. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2023
Amazon launches DataZone, a new data management service
The tech giant's new service provides data governance, collaboration and catalog capabilities that enable organizations to find and operationalize data to inform decisions. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2023
MicroStrategy launches new suite of generative AI tools
The longtime analytics vendor's suite incorporates LLM technology to make users more efficient by enabling them to use natural language to query, model and analyze data. Continue Reading
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04 Oct 2023
Databricks improves support for generative AI models
A new service enables users to easily deploy privately built language models and uses a GPU-based architecture to optimize and manage the models once on the lakehouse platform. Continue Reading
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03 Oct 2023
New Boomi AI tool enables natural language data integration
The iPaaS vendor's new capabilities are aimed at increasing efficiency by enabling customers to build pipelines and manage data using natural language rather than code. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2023
Sisense unveils composable toolkit for app development
Compose SDK for Fusion is a composable set of APIs that enable developers to build customized advanced analytics applications to inform business users within their normal workflow. Continue Reading
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26 Sep 2023
Acceldata makes acquisition to improve AI, LLM observability
The acquisition will give users more visibility into generative AI and LLM pipelines in addition to the traditional data pipelines already served by the vendor. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2023
SAS unveils plans to add generative AI to analytics suite
After holding off on integrating with LLMs until it could ensure data security and accurate outcomes, the vendor is making industry-specific tools the focus of its AI strategy. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2023
Spotfire unveils generative AI plans, adds to pre-built apps
The analytics specialist introduced the private preview of Copilot, which will enable customers to ask questions of their data and receive responses without having to write code. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2023
Oracle unveils new suite for analytics, AI data management
The tech giant's new Fusion Data Intelligence Platform is aimed at fueling AI, BI and data management so customers can quickly take action based on analysis and insight. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 Sep 2023
microtargeting
Microtargeting (also called micro-niche targeting) is a marketing strategy that uses consumer data and demographics to identify the interests and preferences of specific individuals or small groups to send targeted advertisements that align with their interests. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2023
Databricks lands $500M in new funding, now valued at $43B
The data lakehouse pioneer recently acquired MosaicML for $1.3 billion and could use the new capital to finance acquisitions and further investment in generative AI. Continue Reading
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12 Sep 2023
Staige: A new Qlik portfolio for traditional AI, genAI and ML
The analytics and data integration vendor's new suite combines AI and ML capabilities with generative AI to provide a secure and governed environment for development and analysis. Continue Reading
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12 Sep 2023
Einstein 1 Data Cloud fuels Salesforce's AI, analytics
The CRM giant's new metadata management layer is capable of processing more data than previous versions to better enable customers' artificial intelligence and analytics needs. Continue Reading
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11 Sep 2023
How to scrape data from a website
Web scraping is about combing through data at scale. AI developers do it, search engines do it and you can too with a few lines of Python. Continue Reading
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07 Sep 2023
Collibra acquires data notebook vendor for analytics tools
The data management specialist will add query and analysis capabilities to its portfolio of data quality and data governance tools with its new acquisition. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2023
Embedded analytics a way for organizations to broaden BI use
By delivering data to workers within their workflows in an easily digestible form, inserting BI into other applications is one way organizations can broaden the use of analytics. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2023
New set of Domo tools enables generative AI development
The analytics vendor's new artificial intelligence suite includes integrations with ChatGPT and other LLMs along with text-to-code translation that simplifies development. Continue Reading
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28 Aug 2023
Google unveils generative AI integrations for data tools
Integrations between Duet AI and both Looker and BigQuery are among the features and integrations the tech giant is planning for its data and analytics tools. Continue Reading
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25 Aug 2023
Occupancy analytics emerges to optimize space utilization
With many office buildings largely empty following the pandemic and the concept of smart buildings gaining momentum, a new segment of BI is helping organizations optimize space. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2023
Neo4j adds vector search to improve generative AI outputs
The graph database vendor aims to improve semantic search and generative AI applications by enabling customers to better access and use unstructured data such as text and images. Continue Reading
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23 Aug 2023
Advanced analytics challenges limit analytics, AI benefits
Traditional advanced analytics are not going to disappear with the rise of generative AI. Cultural and quality challenges hinder organizations as attention shifts to new trends. Continue Reading
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14 Aug 2023
Snowflake partner network takes on optimization
Snowflake optimization spans cost reduction, infrastructure rightsizing and query reengineering. But will partner demand endure or decline as customers mature? Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Aug 2023
disambiguation
Disambiguation is the process of determining a word's meaning -- or sense -- within its specific context. Continue Reading
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01 Aug 2023
Small language models emerge for domain-specific use cases
Because LLMs suffer from accuracy and security problems, some organizations are developing generative AI systems trained with their own company data to address specific use cases. Continue Reading
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27 Jul 2023
Generative AI the dominant first half 2023 analytics trend
Numerous vendors have unveiled plans to integrate generative AI throughout their platforms, though few tools featuring the potentially transformative technology have been released. Continue Reading
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26 Jul 2023
AWS unveils generative AI tools for QuickSight BI platform
The tech giant introduced two natural language processing features aimed at making dashboard developers more efficient and enabling more business users to work with data. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jul 2023
snowflaking (snowflake schema)
In data warehousing, snowflaking is a form of dimensional modeling in which dimensions are stored in multiple related dimension tables. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Jul 2023
conformed dimension
In data warehousing, a conformed dimension is a dimension that has the same meaning to every fact with which it relates. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2023
dimension table
In data warehousing, a dimension table is a database table that stores attributes describing the facts in a fact table. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2023
Lakehouse architecture the best fit for modern data needs
While data warehouses and data lakes each excel at handling certain types of data, a hybrid of the two is the best means of handling the increasing complexity of data management. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2023
Collins Aero reducing flight delays with Databricks platform
The data lakehouse vendor's tools form the foundation of analytics products designed to help airlines predict and prevent maintenance that results in delays and cancellations. Continue Reading
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11 Jul 2023
Teradata makes VantageCloud Lake available on Azure
By making its cloud-native platform natively available on Azure, the data management and analytics vendor aims to more smoothly enable users to run machine learning and BI tasks. Continue Reading
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07 Jul 2023
Dremio names former Splunk executive new CEO
The former Splunk executive takes over as the data lakehouse vendor's leader, aiming to raise the company's profile to demonstrate its capabilities and compete for market share. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2023
Clear the confusion of advanced vs. predictive analytics
Advanced and predictive analytics are sometimes used as interchangeable terms. Users need to understand the differences of advanced analytics techniques to maximize insights. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2023
Business efficiency a place to start with generative AI
Increased efficiency is one of the main benefits of large language models, so one of the easiest ways for enterprises to start using LLM technology is by targeting inefficiencies. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2023
Generative AI hype evolving into reality in data, analytics
Organizations are already beginning to apply the technology to their data operations, helping expand analytics use to more employees and boosting the efficiency of data experts. Continue Reading
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29 Jun 2023
Geospatial analytics bolsters predictive capabilities
Geospatial analytics provides insights that help organizations analyze current situations and use historical data to predict future outcomes. Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2023
ThoughtSpot buying Mode for $200M to add deeper analysis
The acquisition will extend the vendor's self-service BI platform with tools designed for data experts that enable data science, machine learning and predictive analytics. Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2023
Databricks introduces Delta Lake 3.0 to help unify data
As part of the open source community developing the data storage platform, the vendor unveiled the platform's latest iteration with data unification the main goal of the update. Continue Reading
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27 Jun 2023
Snowflake targets generative AI with new capabilities
The vendor unveiled new features -- including new containerization capabilities in Snowpark -- to create a secure environment for developers to build LLM-infused applications. Continue Reading
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26 Jun 2023
Databricks acquiring MosaicML to add more generative AI
The data lakehouse vendor's purchase of the generative AI vendor will enable customers to build and train language models specific to their needs by using their own data. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2023
Qlik adds generative AI capabilities via OpenAI connectors
The vendor launched OpenAI Analytics Connector and OpenAI Connector for Application Automation so that users can import generative AI and LLM technology to their Qlik deployments. Continue Reading
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19 Jun 2023
8 ways to drive business value with advanced analytics
It can be difficult to get buy-in for analytical operations. These eight bottom-line benefits of data analytics -- with real-world examples -- can win over execs. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 Jun 2023
public data
Public data is information that can be shared, used, reused and redistributed without restriction. Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2023
Tableau analytics platform tightens connection to Salesforce
The update includes a tightened connection to Salesforce aimed at making it easier for joint customers to work with their customer data. The update also provides more functions. Continue Reading
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13 Jun 2023
Analytics best practices include automation, cloud migration
While successful use of modern BI remains elusive for many organizations, those that derive value from their data share common traits, such as executive buy-in. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2023
MicroStrategy partners with Microsoft to add generative AI
The longtime independent analytics vendor revealed plans to integrate with the Azure OpenAI Service to infuse its platform with generative AI and large language model capabilities. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Jun 2023
Hadoop
Hadoop is an open source distributed processing framework that manages data processing and storage for big data applications in scalable clusters of computer servers. Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2023
Ascend.io, Databricks integration improves data visibility
The update includes support for Databricks' Unity Catalog to enable joint customers to better organize and view datasets that can be used to inform data science and BI projects. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Jun 2023
social analysis
Social analysis is the practice of systematically examining a social problem, issue or trend, often with the aim of prompting changes in the situation being analyzed. Continue Reading
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06 Jun 2023
Snowflake launches Government & Education Data Cloud
The industry-specific platform is the vendor's seventh and includes data sets and other pre-built capabilities to meet the needs of government agencies and educational institutions. Continue Reading
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06 Jun 2023
text mining (text analytics)
Text mining is the process of exploring and analyzing large amounts of unstructured text data aided by software that can identify concepts, patterns, topics, keywords and other attributes in the data. Continue Reading
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06 Jun 2023
histogram
A histogram is a type of chart that shows the frequency distribution of data points across a continuous range of numerical values. Continue Reading
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25 May 2023
Snowflake acquisition of Neeva to add generative AI
The pending purchase will let the data cloud vendor infuse generative AI throughout its data management suite and potentially open the technology's use to a broader audience. Continue Reading
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24 May 2023
Alteryx unveils generative AI engine, Analytics Cloud update
The longtime data management vendor developed a new AI engine that incorporates generative AI. It also unveiled new capabilities for the cloud-based version of its platform. Continue Reading
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23 May 2023
Microsoft unveils AI boost for Power BI, new Fabric for data
The tech giant introduced a tool that will infuse its primary analytics platform with generative AI, as well as a new SaaS suite that combines Microsoft's data and analytics tools. Continue Reading
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18 May 2023
Confluent platform update targets streaming data quality
The vendor unveiled a tool designed to address concerns about the quality of continuous data as well as a feature that enables secure continuous data sharing. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 May 2023
customer analytics (customer data analytics)
Customer analytics, also called customer data analytics, is the systematic examination of a company's customer information and behavior to identify, attract and retain the most profitable customers. Continue Reading
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16 May 2023
Qlik completes purchase of Talend, boosts integration suite
With the acquisition, the longtime analytics vendor adds a data fabric approach and improved data quality and governance prowess to its burgeoning data integration platform. Continue Reading
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09 May 2023
ThoughtSpot unveils new tool that integrates OpenAI's LLM
The analytics vendor unveiled a variety of new capabilities, including Sage, which integrates OpenAI's generative AI technology to improve natural language search. Continue Reading
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09 May 2023
SAS to invest second $1B in advanced analytics and AI
After investing $1 billion to overhaul its Viya analytics platform and develop industry-specific systems, the vendor is advancing its commitment to AI. Continue Reading
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09 May 2023
Tableau to add generative AI with Salesforce's Einstein GPT
The BI vendor unveiled plans to combine its existing capabilities with its parent company's generative AI tool to make it more simple for customers to query an analyze data. Continue Reading
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05 May 2023
Top analytics trends include cloud, AI/ML and embedded BI
As vendors attempt to make BI available to a broader audience -- and generative AI tools are still in preview -- the triumvirate of cloud migration, AI and embedded BI is vital. Continue Reading
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03 May 2023
Ryan Aytay named new CEO of Tableau, filling vacant slot
The appointment comes five months after the resignation of Mark Nelson and follows months of tumult -- including layoffs -- at Salesforce, the analytics vendor's parent company. Continue Reading