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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09 Apr 2025
Google enters new era of AI for data with launch of agents
Agentic AI applications for data engineering and data science along with a new underlying knowledge engine aim to make data management and analytics easier and more efficient. Continue Reading
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08 Apr 2025
Snowflake embraces open source with full support for Iceberg
Three years after providing limited support for open data storage, the data platform vendor is signaling its embrace of open source with full support for the open table format. 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
Scottish EPA rebuilds with Tibco Spotfire after cyber attack
After almost all of the agency's data and analytics tools were wiped out, it survived and then thrived using the analytics platform to fuel data-driven decision-making. Continue Reading
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20 Jun 2022
Knime adds new UI, tighter Snowflake bond to analytics suite
The vendor's new platform update is aimed at end users and features a revamped user interface, more Snowflake integration and a dedicated Python environment for writing scripts. Continue Reading
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16 Jun 2022
Tibco Spotfire 12 to enable direct actions from dashboards
The platform's next update, which the vendor previewed during a recent virtual user conference, will enable customers to trigger data-driven actions directly from their dashboards. Continue Reading
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15 Jun 2022
SAS analytics and BI platform evolves toward cloud
Though the analytics vendor has invested heavily in AI over the past few years, the most significant change to its platform has been its embrace of the cloud. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
ThoughtSpot, Matillion partner to accelerate analytics
The analytics vendor and data integration vendor both offer cloud-native tools and have joined forces to reduce the time it takes go from data ingestion to insight and action. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2022
Increasing importance of analytics an opportunity for ISVs
With more organizations looking to data to inform decision-making, there's a growing need for the services of independent software vendors and data providers. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2022
Datamart a new self-service developer tool in Power BI
The capability, now in in preview, will enable Premium customers to build small to midsize relational databases dedicated to a single subject, without requiring code. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2022
Meltano 2.0 provides a superset of open source DataOps tools
The startup and GitHub spinoff added the Apache Superset business intelligence technology to enable organizations to more easily build full data operations pipelines. Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2022
Qlik fuels solar equipment maker IronRidge's insights
The manufacturer is using the analytics vendor's platform to harness both internal and external data and inform decision-making throughout the solar firm's partner network. Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2022
DataRobot AI hits Google Cloud Marketplace, adds GitHub
The AI vendor puts its products on Google Cloud Marketplace and integrates with GitHub and other major online platforms including Sumo Logic, Splunk, Datadog and Zendesk. Continue Reading
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03 Jun 2022
Data connectivity key to insight discovery
With the economy in near constant flux over the past two years, connecting data points to fuel analytics has enabled many organizations to act and react as they need to. Continue Reading
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01 Jun 2022
Analytics, automation and AI will fuel future of business
Organizations that speed their decision intelligence abilities will be those that survive and thrive, while those that don't digitally transform will fail. Continue Reading
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26 May 2022
Tech stock sell-off signals tough times for data vendors
In addition to lowering the values of publicly traded data, analytics and AI vendors, the stock market's decline is making it difficult for companies still in their funding phase. Continue Reading
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25 May 2022
extrapolation and interpolation
Extrapolation refers to estimating an unknown value based on extending a known sequence of values or facts. Interpolation is the act of estimating a value within two known values that exist within a sequence of values. Continue Reading
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25 May 2022
TigerGraph unveils new tool for machine learning modeling
The vendor's new capability is a pipeline for developing and deploying machine learning models with graph technology and works with popular third-party machine learning platforms. Continue Reading
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20 May 2022
Alteryx adds augmented analytics, more cloud capabilities
The vendor's latest update includes increased connectivity to cloud data storage repositories and enhanced augmented intelligence features designed to increase speed-to-insight. Continue Reading
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19 May 2022
Baseball's Rangers seek analytics edge with Tableau
Although the game's governing body provides comprehensive stats, the franchise is using the analytics vendor's tools to deliver digestible daily reports to gain a competitive edge. Continue Reading
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18 May 2022
Qlik unveils 2022 roadmap for its analytics platform
Included in the vendor's product development plans are a new in-database query tool, stronger machine learning capabilities and enriched security and compliance features. Continue Reading
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17 May 2022
HP deriving value from data with ThoughtSpot
After experimenting with a variety of BI platforms, the computer giant found success with the analytics vendor's platform given its ability to handle scale. Continue Reading
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17 May 2022
Tableau adding new storytelling tool to analytics platform
During its user conference, the vendor unveiled automated data storytelling capabilities, a new cloud version of its platform and more self-service data science tools. Continue Reading
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13 May 2022
Data storytelling, cloud in focus at Tableau Conference '22
Following its 2021 acquisition of Narrative Science, data storytelling -- along with cloud capabilities -- will be prominent when the vendor hosts its upcoming user conference. 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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06 May 2022
Fibonacci sequence
The Fibonacci sequence is a set of integers (the Fibonacci numbers) that starts with a zero, followed by a one, then by another one, and then by a series of steadily increasing numbers. Continue Reading
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02 May 2022
Snowflake analytics tools coming to Dell on-premises storage
A new partnership between Snowflake Inc. and Dell Technologies brings Snowflake Data Cloud's tools to on-premises object storage for the first time. 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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28 Apr 2022
5 best practices for creating a data-driven supply chain
Turning to data and analytics to manage supply chain disruption only helps if leaders use good practices for extracting insights. Here are five that can help. 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
How IT departments enable analytics operations
IT departments enable analytics in organizations by ensuring that the data architecture is in place, including tools, processes and procedures. 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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24 Mar 2022
Collaborative analytics model boosts decision-making
Organizations are adopting a collaborative analytics model to tap the full potential of their workforces and increase data sharing and decision-making through collaboration. 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
StarTree brings Apache Pinot real-time database to the cloud
The open source Apache Pinot OLAP data store is set to become easier to deploy, manage and operate in the cloud with improved data ingestion and data observability 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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18 Mar 2022
Seeking truth in crisis times shows importance of metadata
Metadata gives context to data, and during crises like the war in Ukraine when it's difficult to know what news to trust, context can help distinguish truth from fiction. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2022
Snowflake brings data cloud to healthcare and life sciences
Snowflake is continuing to build out its industry vertical platform offerings, helping users in different market segments collect, share and analyze data. 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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15 Mar 2022
demand signal repository (DSR)
A demand signal repository (DSR) is a database that aggregates sales and demand data at the merchant's point of sale (POS). 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
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
Domo CEO Josh James steps down, John Mellor promoted
The analytics vendor's leadership change comes as it continues to add functionality to its platform and after it reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year revenue growth. 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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24 Feb 2022
What a big data strategy includes and how to build one
Companies analyze stores of big data to improve how they operate. But those efforts will bring diminishing returns without a big data strategy. Here's how to build one. 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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11 Feb 2022
Good data-driven decision-making avoids common pitfalls
Avoiding cognitive biases that can lead to the use of incomplete or inaccurate data is crucial to the successful use of analytics. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2022
Develop a data literacy program to fit your company needs
Organizations can cultivate a data-literate and data-driven culture by designing a data literacy program around its employees, so they engage with data to meet business objectives. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2022
Use of AI and automation together an analytics trend in '22
Analysts at BI vendor MicroStrategy's virtual user conference said the combination of the two technologies could deliver insights that lead to action in real time. Continue Reading
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24 Jan 2022
IBM offloads Watson Health business data, analytics
IBM Watson Health assets acquired by Francisco Partners include extensive data sets and software, marking an end to IBM's efforts in the healthcare tech industry. Continue Reading
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18 Jan 2022
How to identify and implement embedded analytics opportunities
Business users need to consider data science workflows and software development to identify opportunities for implementing embedded analytics for business value. Continue Reading
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18 Jan 2022
Databricks unveils first industry-specific lakehouse
The cloud data vendor launched a new lakehouse designed for retail and consumer goods customers that includes blueprints and best practices. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2022
IBM unveils acquisition of Envizi to add ESG analytics tools
With Envizi in the fold, the tech giant will be able to expand the environmental analytics capabilities of its platform and better enable customers who undertake ESG initiatives. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2022
Self-service capabilities crucial to analytics success
According to a new report from the Harvard Business Review and ThoughtSpot, empowering employees with self-service capabilities is fuel for a strong business intelligence program. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2021
What is predictive analytics? An enterprise guide
Predictive analytics is a form of advanced analytics that uses current and historical data to forecast activity, behavior and trends. Continue Reading
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22 Dec 2021
5 business intelligence trends to watch in 2022
Predicted trends for 2022 include rising adoption of automated insight delivery and augmented analytics capabilities, including natural language processing and AutoML. Continue Reading
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21 Dec 2021
The benefits of embedded analytics
The top business benefits of embedded analytics and BI include improving sales, gaining competitive advantages and getting maximum value from data to improve performance. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2021
Benefits of predictive analytics for businesses
Predictive analytics' ability to forecast the future based on patterns in past data can give businesses a huge edge. Read about how to use this advanced form of business analytics. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2021
Cloud maturation, data mesh among 2021 top analytics trends
After years of slow growth, this was the year analytics in the cloud became the norm and on-premises BI receded to the background. It was also the year data mesh emerged. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2021
Predictive analytics in marketing: Achieving success
The use of predictive analytics in marketing is transforming how companies sell to customers, but the learning curve can be steep. Here's what you need to know to be successful. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2021
5-step predictive analytics process cycle
A viable predictive model that yields valuable outcomes requires a methodical team approach to goal-setting, data integrity and model development, deployment and validation. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2021
Descriptive vs. prescriptive vs. predictive analytics explained
Analytics provides insight into the data today's businesses run on. Learn about the three main modes -- descriptive, prescriptive and predictive analytics -- and two variants. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2021
Predictive analytics in healthcare: 12 valuable use cases
Predictive analytics' increasingly invasive presence in a host of healthcare applications yields more personalized patient care, earlier interventions and reduced hospital costs. Continue Reading
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10 Dec 2021
Data catalogs fuel increased efficiency, speed-to-insight
By collecting and arranging data assets in a single environment, organizations are able to reduce the time to reach the insights that lead to data-driven decisions. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2021
NFL's Raiders use analytics to engage new customer base
The franchise's move to Las Vegas forced it to modernize its analytics stack as it engaged a new fan base and cultivated the unique opportunities present in Sin City. Continue Reading
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07 Dec 2021
6 challenges of building predictive analytics models
The use of predictive analytics in marketing can bring benefits companywide. But building a good predictive analytics model is not trivial. Here are six challenges. Continue Reading
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07 Dec 2021
Yellowfin analytics platform update adds NLQ capabilities
Yellowfin 9.7, the vendor's latest platform update, includes Guided Natural Language Query, a tool that enables users to explore and analyze data without writing code. Continue Reading
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01 Dec 2021
Cloud, self-service BI capabilities fuel agile analytics
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of agile data-driven decision-making, and key to that agility are a deployment in the cloud and self-service BI capabilities. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2021
7 top predictive analytics use cases: Enterprise examples
Across industries, companies are using predictive analytics to forecast future trends and actions. Learn about the most popular use cases for predictive analytics in 2022. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2021
Data the difference at Olympics for Allyson Felix
Frustrated after winning silver in the 200 meters at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, the sprinter used analytics to identify weaknesses and alter her training before winning gold in 2012. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2021
Feeding America, Tableau use data to fight hunger together
The nonprofit has partnered with the Tableau Foundation since 2015, and it is enabling its network of food banks to make data-driven decisions with the analytics vendor's tools. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2021
Tableau makes data literacy a priority with new pledge
As organizations increasingly turn to data to inform decisions, more data workers are needed. To address demand, Tableau pledged to help train 10 million data learners worldwide. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2021
Knowing the right data enrichment techniques is crucial
In 'The Enrichment Game,' the latest book by 'Data Guy' Doug Needham, you'll learn why and how to cull data to gain valuable insights and a business advantage. Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2021
Alation: How to develop a data governance framework
Data governance should keep organizations from violating regulations while fostering data exploration and decision-making, but developing a strong set of guidelines is nuanced. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2021
Google Cloud unveils integration between Looker and Tableau
Two analytics vendors unveiled an integration Tuesday that enables users to benefit from the semantic modeling strength of one and the data visualization capabilities of the other. Continue Reading