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• May 03, 2023 03 May'23

  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.

• April 28, 2023 28 Apr'23

  New Starburst, DBT integration eases data transformation

  The integration enables data mesh adopters to work with data from multiple sources without having to move it in and out of a central repository for transformation and analysis.

• April 27, 2023 27 Apr'23

  Sisense's Orad stepping down, Katz named new CEO

  With the embedded analytics specialist recently reaching important financial milestones, the vendor's longtime leader is handing over stewardship to its current head of product.

• April 27, 2023 27 Apr'23

  InfluxData update ups speed, power of time series database

  The new version of InfluxDB features an architecture built with Apache Arrow and written in Rust to improve the speed and flexibility of the time series database.

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  Knime updates Business Hub to ease data science deployment

  The vendor is adding a tool that enables continuous integration and deployment of AI and ML models to help organizations better operationalize data science efforts.

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• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  New SaaS hacks highlight need for backup data protection

  Enterprise IT and vendors alike need to prioritize strong backup data protection policies and procedures in the wake of numerous high-profile SaaS hacks and ransomware shakedowns.

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  Rockset adds vector embedding support to real-time database

  The real-time database vendor now enables users to search and combine unstructured data with structured and semi-structured data to provide more in-depth modeling and analysis.

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  Qlik launches new pricing options for data integration suite

  The longtime independent vendor now offers three capacity-based cost options for its data integration platform, and plans to soon add the same options for its analytics platform.

• April 14, 2023 14 Apr'23

  Qlik aims to enable outcomes with data and analytics tools

  The longtime BI and data integration vendor doesn't only want to enable customers to analyze data and reach insights but also enable actions that result in real outcomes.

• April 13, 2023 13 Apr'23

  Snowflake launches data cloud designed for manufacturers

  The vendor's latest industry-specific platform -- its sixth -- is aimed at manufacturers and comes with best practices, a set of prebuilt applications and access to external data.

• April 12, 2023 12 Apr'23

  Cohesity, Microsoft Azure bring OpenAI to backup software

  Analysts believe the potential exists for generative AI in data backups, but new features shouldn't distract from core competencies and customer demands.

• April 12, 2023 12 Apr'23

  CloudCasa brings GUI to open source backup tool Velero

  A new SaaS offering from CloudCasa by Catalogic offers adds functionality such as infrastructure monitoring tools to Velero, a popular open source Kubernetes backup tool.

• April 07, 2023 07 Apr'23

  Cenegenics modernizes with Domo's embedded analytics suite

  The performance health specialist has achieved double-digit revenue growth in the year since adopting the BI vendor's suite and embedding data tools in the workflows of end users.

• April 05, 2023 05 Apr'23

  Databricks launches new lakehouse for manufacturing

  The platform for manufacturing companies comes with predictive maintenance and digital twin capabilities and is the vendor's fifth tool designed for a specific industry.

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  Alation unveils enhanced partnerships with Databricks, DBT

  The data catalog vendor launched new connectors with its partners designed to help joint customers better understand data in their lakehouses and more easily transform the data.

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  Fivetran, Monte Carlo target data observability at ingestion

  An integration between the vendors enables joint users to get visibility into their data as it's ingested into the data pipeline and before bad data can cause downstream problems.

• March 30, 2023 30 Mar'23

  Domo adds low-code, 'pro-code' tools to analytics suite

  The vendor launched 10 new features in concert with its user conference, ranging from low-code tools that simplify analyzing data to 'pro-code' ones aimed at data scientists.

• March 29, 2023 29 Mar'23

  Data pipelines deliver the fuel for data science, analytics

  While analytics and data science lead to informed decision-making, the systems that ingest data from its source and prepare it for consumption are what make analysis possible.

• March 29, 2023 29 Mar'23

  Google unveils new Looker tool, BigQuery pricing models

  The tech giant revealed a standalone tool that opens up its analytics platform's semantic layer to users of any BI vendor and introduced usage-based pricing options for BigQuery.

• March 29, 2023 29 Mar'23

  SIOS looks to boost SAP HANA automated replication

  New capabilities for LifeKeeper for Linux enables additional nodes for multitarget replication for high availability of SAP HANA databases both on premises and in the cloud.

• March 24, 2023 24 Mar'23

  Pyramid Analytics launches integration with OpenAI

  The integration melds the research lab and vendor's generative AI tech with many parts of the BI vendor's platform, including data preparation and visualization and model training.

• March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

  Acceldata update enhances data observability platform

  The vendor's latest platform update adds four new capabilities, including low-code/no-code options for developing data quality standards and self-healing capabilities.

• March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

  SaaS backup vendors diversify approach as adoption grows

  Backup vendors are expanding coverage and introducing new methods to back up SaaS data as IT departments contend with ever-growing adoption and user demands.

• March 17, 2023 17 Mar'23

  Wellthy finds analytics success with ThoughtSpot

  The self-service analytics specialist's platform has greatly increased the healthcare organization's efficiency after its old BI platform was too geared toward trained experts.

• March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

  Tableau update targets analytics collaboration, storytelling

  The vendor's first 2023 update makes Data Stories available in Server after it was initially launched only in Cloud. In addition, the update includes an enhanced Slack integration.

• March 14, 2023 14 Mar'23

  Tibco Spotfire targets efficiency of triggering actions

  The latest version of the vendor's BI suite includes action logs that enable admins to see how end users are using a tool that lets them trigger actions from their dashboards.

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  ThoughtSpot integrates with GPT-3 to boost analytics suite

  With the integration, the analytics vendor plans to launch Sage, a tool designed to enhance natural language search and enable users to develop data products with generative AI.

• March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

  IBM Storage Defender showcases storage strategy shift

  IBM is combining its data protection products and working with a new partner to address one of the biggest challenges for customers, marking the start of a new storage strategy.

• March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

  New integration links Teradata's VantageCloud with Azure ML

  The data management and analytics vendor's integration with the tech giant's cloud service for ModelOps aims to better enable joint users to build, train and deploy ML models.

• March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

  Databricks adds new ML modeling tool to lakehouse platform

  The machine learning modeling tool eliminates the need for users to manage complex serving infrastructures by enabling them to launch machine learning models as REST APIs.

• March 06, 2023 06 Mar'23

  New high-volume agent connectors highlight Fivetran update

  The data ingestion specialist's latest platform update focuses on enabling users to ingest high volumes of data to fuel real-time analysis and adds a new private deployment option.

• March 06, 2023 06 Mar'23

  Latest Asigra platform targets SaaS backup for MSPs

  Asigra's forthcoming SaaSBackup platform lets Asigra data protection technology protect SaaS backups. MSPs will be able to sell SDK connections through a new marketplace.

• March 03, 2023 03 Mar'23

  TigerGraph enhances fundamentals in latest platform update

  Following recent updates that centered on query languages and machine learning, the graph database vendor's newest update includes new data ingestion and DevOps capabilities.

• March 01, 2023 01 Mar'23

  Qlik to build slew of connectors for data integration suite

  The vendor unveiled Connector Factory, a strategy to build hundreds of new connectors for its iPaaS platform to enable users to develop ecosystems for data management and analysis.

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  BackupLabs devises SaaS backup for under-protected apps

  A new SaaS backup specialist emerges from stealth to protect data in apps such as Trello, GitHub and GitLab, which CEO Rob Stevenson said have been underserved by larger players.

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  Informatica adds free, no-code data integration tool

  As part of its effort to make data management available to more than just data experts, the vendor is offering new free and low-cost tools that require little or no code.

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  Talend adds observability, enhanced ETL to data fabric suite

  The vendor's Winter '23 platform update includes a host of new connectors and enhanced automation capabilities, in addition to targeting data observability and data integration.

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  CloudCasa plans split from Catalogic as independent company

  A growing number of enterprise Kubernetes users presents an opportunity for CloudCasa, currently a division of Catalogic, with business independence as the path forward.

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Snowflake launches industry-specific data cloud for telecom

  Designed specifically for telecom companies, the tool comes with prepackaged data sets and capabilities to enable quick onboarding and efficient data management and analytics.

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Google's Wright names embedded BI top analytics trend

  While AI has developed into an important aid for making decisions, infusing data into the workflows of business users in real time is the most significant movement in BI now.

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  11:11 grows DR portfolio after Sungard buy

  After seven acquisitions in two years, including parts of decades-old Sungard AS, 11:11 Systems aims to take on established managed services companies for Fortune 500 customers.

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  Alteryx makes Analytics Cloud GA, adds new tools

  A year after introducing a cloud-native version of its suite, the vendor has made the platform generally available with updates to tools such as Designer Cloud and Auto Insights.

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Databricks adds new developer tool to lakehouse platform

  The vendor now enables developers to build applications and models using familiar tools in their most familiar environment before loading their work into a data storage repository.

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Veeam launches Data Platform, ransomware warranty

  Veeam Data Platform features Backup & Replication v12 and other management capabilities. In addition, Object First released its appliance focused on storage for Veeam users.

• February 10, 2023 10 Feb'23

  InfluxData raises $81M to advance time series capabilities

  The vendor is the creator and lead sponsor of the open source InfluxDB database and plans to use the new funding to further product development as it aims for profitability.

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  DBT Labs acquires Transform to enhance Semantic Layer tool

  The data transformation vendor plans to use the acquisition to enhance the functionality of its semantic modeling tool, which launched in public preview in late 2022.

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  Cohesity's 7.0 update adds protections against rogue admins

  New capabilities in 7.0 update to Cohesity Data Cloud harden against human error or malice with split administrator key privileges and granular restorations.

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  Starburst targets data discoverability with new capabilities

  The vendor unveiled three new tools during its virtual user conference, including an automated catalog and a tool that automatically indexes and caches data.

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  Acceldata raises $50M to boost data observability platform

  The vendor plans to invest in attracting new Global 2000 customers and enhancing tools that enable users to monitor the health of their data throughout the analytics process.

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  BI adoption poised to break through barrier -- finally

  Analytics use within organizations has been stuck for more than a decade. But the combination of embedded BI, NLP and development of a data culture could result in a breakthrough.

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  HYCU R-Cloud expands data protection for SaaS

  The new R-Cloud connects SaaS data silos to HYCU's data protection capabilities for an under protected part of the IT infrastructure.

• January 30, 2023 30 Jan'23

  Expanded AtScale, Databricks integration adds functionality

  The semantic layer platform vendor's tools are now listed on Databricks' Partner Connect, and existing customers can now connect to Databricks SQL and Unity Catalog.

• January 26, 2023 26 Jan'23

  Data streaming platforms fuel for agile decision-making

  Real-time analysis is critical as organizations try to compete amid economic uncertainty. Continuous intelligence data streaming technology is one way to do it.

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  Spatial analysis a portal to deeper insights from data

  When combined with other types of data, location information can add important context that leads to the well-informed insights that result in decisions and actions.

• January 23, 2023 23 Jan'23

  FAA outage highlights importance of high availability

  An outage of a critical FAA system highlights a need for enterprises to ensure availability and recovery of critical systems, even if industry best practices aren't attainable.

• January 20, 2023 20 Jan'23

  Multi-tenancy, faster recovery headline Arcserve UDP 9.0

  Arcserve's Unified Data Protection 9.0 adds better recovery for Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases and a multi-tenancy console, and paves the way for future cloud integrations.

• January 20, 2023 20 Jan'23

  Snowflake acquires Mobilize.net tools to aid cloud migration

  The vendor purchased SnowConvert, a set of tools designed to automate some of the onerous coding work required to migrate data out of on-premises databases to the cloud.

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  Qlik unveils roadmap for analytics, data integration tools

  The vendor plans to increase its connectivity to SaaS applications so users can integrate data from more sources and to add new APIs for embedded BI and automation.

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Overrated and underrated trends in analytics

  Strong data governance frameworks are seemingly always underrated, while new data architectures such as data mesh and the promise of automated machine learning might be overrated.

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  Sisense unveils integration with ChatGPT

  The analytics vendor designed a new UI that enables customers to engage with the chatbot and use its capabilities to dramatically speed data preparation and enhance data analysis.

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Qlik acquisition of Talend adds data fabric capabilities

  Through its latest purchase, the longtime analytics vendor adds data fabric and self-service data pipeline development capabilities to its existing suite of data integration tools.

• January 06, 2023 06 Jan'23

  Salesforce layoffs evidence Tableau has lost independence

  The analytics vendor was significantly affected by the CRM giant's latest staff cut, which comes on the heels of an exodus of executives from Tableau that included its former CEO.

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  Experts predict NLP to be biggest BI trend this year

  Given the advancements in chatbot technologies like the recent launch of ChatGPT, industry watchers expect analytics vendors to prioritize natural language query and analysis.

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  ThoughtSpot, DBT partner to join BI and data modeling

  The analytics vendor and open source tool have already developed integrations that combine self-service BI and semantic modeling, and now plan to fine-tune their functionality.

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  Ascend.io tool offers free data ingestion for Snowflake users

  Free Ingest encourages the vendor's customers to use its data import tools, rather than a third party's, to reduce the complexity and improve the security of data management.

• December 20, 2022 20 Dec'22

  Data forecast for 2023: Time to extract more value

  Expect more organizations to optimize data usage to drive decision intelligence and operations in 2023, as the new year will be one of economic challenges for many.

• December 16, 2022 16 Dec'22

  Data governance, AI among the past year's analytics trends

  Organizations recognized data governance as an enabler of self-service BI and a way to keep data safe as well as that AI is best used to augment humans rather than replace them.

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Apache Cassandra 4.1 extends open source NoSQL database

  The open source Cassandra database is out with its first major update in 18 months, bringing with it an improved consensus protocol to boost transaction performance.

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  Sigma Computing advances data collaboration with new tool

  Live Edit not only enables collaboration during the decision-making process but also lets data engineers and business users work together as they develop new data products.

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  Tableau update enables direct action from analytics insights

  The vendor's fourth-quarter update includes an integration with Salesforce Flow that enables users to trigger actions in business applications directly from their BI dashboards.

• December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

  Aiven launches managed ClickHouse database as a service

  The open source database cloud services vendor continues to expand the number of technologies it supports, adding new analytics capabilities in a managed offering.

• December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

  SingleStoreDB 8.0 brings WebAssembly to unified database

  The database vendor updates its hybrid transactional and analytical database with new JSON data query acceleration technology and developer support for WebAssembly.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Arcitecta debuts rapid petabyte recovery

  Arcitecta's new Mediaflux Point in Time enables customers to quickly recover and restore after a ransomware attack, even if they are dealing with petabytes of data.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  People and processes key to a successful analytics strategy

  A commitment from the C-suite, including appointing data leaders, that leads to processes that enable data-driven decision-making are critical to successful BI.

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  CockroachDB brings user-defined functions to distributed SQL

  User-defined functions land in Cockroach Labs' new database update aiming to improve application development. The release also adds Intelligent Insights for performance monitoring.

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  Disney improves data integration efficiency with AWS Glue

  During the pandemic, Disney revamped its data integration process after the media and entertainment giant's existing data integration tools proved unable to meet its new needs.

• December 06, 2022 06 Dec'22

  AWS analytics tools help French utility go green

  The cloud computing giant's suite enabled Engie SA to transition away from fossil fuels and now helps the French utility manage a network of renewable energy sources.

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  EDB brings new tools to open source PostgreSQL database

  The database vendor released new extensions designed to help PostgreSQL users with best practices for storage, user access and performance optimizations for database operations.

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Mortgage data vendor uses Qlik to build analytics platform

  Polygon Research used tools from the analytics vendor to develop a SaaS platform consisting of nine dashboards that mortgage specialists can use to inform decisions.

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Tableau CEO Mark Nelson steps down, no successor to be named

  Nelson ascended to the leadership role in March 2021 after the departure of Adam Selipsky. Salesforce, which acquired the analytics vendor in 2019, will now take on its leadership.

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  AWS adds data quality, scalability services for cloud data

  The cloud giant expanded its data portfolio with a series of features designed to help organizations more easily scale database and data warehouse deployments.

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  AWS expands backup, disaster recovery services

  AWS adds new features and capabilities to its backup and disaster recovery services as third-party vendors look to secure hybrid and multi-cloud customers.

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  AWS expands cloud data options with Amazon DataZone

  The cloud computing giant at its AWS re:Invent 2022 conference introduced a series of new capabilities to help organizations better integrate and manage data across services.

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Rubrik Cyber Recovery adds plan testing, forensics to mix

  To be released as part of its security cloud, Rubrik Cyber Recovery provides recovery plan testing, snapshot cloning for vulnerabilities and investigations of infected data.

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Amazon enhances QuickSight with added NLQ capabilities

  The platform's latest update includes the ability to ask "why" of data and do forecasting without writing code as well as new cloud migration and paginated reporting capabilities.

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Starburst adds features to further data mesh approach

  The data and analytics vendor advanced its SaaS platform with data discoverability and governance features and its enterprise platform with support for AWS Lake Formation.

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  Alation Connected Sheets extends data intelligence platform

  The data intelligence vendor's Connected Sheets lets spreadsheet users directly pull in data sets from a data catalog to improve data governance and visibility.

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  Healthcare firm builds SaaS analytics tools with ThoughtSpot

  The healthcare consulting firm used the analytics vendor's platform to develop tools that enable customers to reduce risk and increase efficiency related to the auditing process.

• November 23, 2022 23 Nov'22

  Data resiliency guarantees offer new kind of assurance

  Data resiliency guarantees from Druva, Rubrik and AvePoint offer data warranties of up to $10 million, but experts caution customers to read the fine print.

• November 23, 2022 23 Nov'22

  How Fauna looks to advance serverless database technology

  The CEO of the serverless database vendor is overseeing his firm's drive to build out a developer-focused database as an API to let organizations deploy applications faster.

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  Dell adds 3 new services to data protection portfolio

  Dell adds a new appliance, expanded cloud support and backup target as a service to its data protection portfolio. Soon it will add a $10 million data guarantee to the lineup.

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  TigerGraph Cloud update adds ML, data visualization tools

  The latest from the graph database vendor includes a feature that enables users to build visuals without writing code and another that lets data scientists use familiar tools.

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Alluxio 2.9 scales out open source data orchestration

  Multi-environment cluster synchronization lands in Alluxio platform to give organizations a single view of data across multiple deployments, wherever they are located.

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Microsoft SQL Server 2022 bridges on-premises to cloud

  Enabling hybrid deployments that span the cloud and on-premises is the key goal for Microsoft's latest update of its 33-year-old relational database.

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Alteryx launches SaaS version of Designer in Analytics Cloud

  The fully cloud-native version of Designer furthers the vendor's move toward the cloud, which began in early 2022 with the launch of its first cloud-based suite of tools.

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  PlanetScale boosts cloud database with data caching

  The database vendor will enable users to speed up queries that are running slowly with its new Boost service, which uses insights about query performance.

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Tableau packages tools in Analytics Performance Bundle

  The combination of four tools comes at a cost savings for customers and is designed to better enable users to derive value from data by providing all needed capabilities in one.

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Redpanda updates event data streaming cloud platform

  The event data streaming vendor rebuilt its cloud system using technology acquired in April, providing a new user console and interface to let organizations use real-time data.

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Knime unveils collaboration hub for analytics, data science

  Built to complement Knime's Analytics Platform, the cloud-native hub is an environment for sharing, collaborating and launching data tools into production across organizations.

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  MotherDuck raises $47.5M for open source DuckDB database

  The database startup received new funding to build out a hybrid cloud platform that will let organizations run DuckDB both in the cloud and on premises.