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Feature
28 Jul 2026
How to get reliable BI insights from AI-augmented analytics
Before adopting AI-powered BI applications, organizations need stronger business context, trusted workflows and users prepared to assess AI outputs. Continue Reading
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23 Jul 2026
Domo acquired for $400M, sells to Progress Software
Amid slow growth and a sliding stock price, the analytics provider is the latest specialist to join forces with a larger enterprise rather than remain independent. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Apr 2024
logistic regression
Logistic regression, also known as a logit model, is a statistical analysis method to predict a binary outcome, such as yes or no, based on prior observations of a data set. Continue Reading
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24 Apr 2024
Snowflake targets enterprise AI with launch of Arctic LLM
The data cloud vendor's open source LLM was designed to excel at business-specific tasks, such as generating code and following instructions, to enable enterprise-grade development. Continue Reading
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17 Apr 2024
AI-fueled efficiency a focus for SAS analytics platform
The vendor's latest product development plans include an AI assistant and prebuilt AI models that enable workers to be more productive as they explore and analyze data. Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Apr 2024
noisy data
Noisy data is a data set that contains extra meaningless data. Almost all data sets will contain a certain amount of unwanted noise. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Apr 2024
Customer segmentation analytics evolve with GenAI, ML
GenAI, machine learning and advanced analytics techniques automate time-consuming aspects of customer segmentation, freeing up analysts to find insights and create value. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Apr 2024
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service that provides numerous analytical tools for marketing purposes. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2024
Google Cloud to inject Gemini into data, analytics tools
The tech giant unveiled integrations between its LLM and BigQuery, Looker and its databases to provide customers with a foundation for developing GenAI models and applications. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2024
AI assistant from Tableau targets efficiency, deep analysis
The analytics vendor's copilot can recommend questions that might lead to otherwise undiscovered insights as well as understand follow-up questions that result in deep analysis. Continue Reading
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27 Mar 2024
New Databricks open source LLM targets custom development
The data platform vendor's new language model was designed to provide open source users with AI development capabilities similar to those provided by closed source models. Continue Reading
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27 Mar 2024
Domo to add prebuilt models, chat capabilities to AI suite
The BI vendor's latest innovations include conversational analytics capabilities and prebuilt models designed to help customers forecast outcomes and conduct sentiment analysis. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2024
New embeddable MicroStrategy Auto bot expands AI beyond BI
The longtime analytics vendor's new bot enables customers to embed emerging technology in third-party applications just as they are now able to embed traditional BI. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Mar 2024
Generative AI capabilities increase data analytics value
GenAI can enhance data analytics uses. Automation and synthetic data let data analysts generate better quality insights more quickly and cost-efficiently than ever before. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2024
Databricks acquisition of Lilac targets GenAI development
The data platform vendor's latest purchase expands its generative AI development capabilities by adding improved access to unstructured data that can be used to train models. Continue Reading
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14 Mar 2024
Sisense targets hardcore developers with new toolkit
The embedded BI specialist's latest update features a software development kit that enables developers to compose applications using prebuilt APIs, libraries and visualizations. Continue Reading
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14 Mar 2024
Databricks partners with Mistral AI to aid GenAI development
The data cloud vendor joins Microsoft and Snowflake in partnering with -- and investing in -- the startup to provide customers with access to Mistral's open source language models. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2024
Snowflake boosting its commitment to AI, including GenAI
Recent moves, including the appointment of a new CEO and the formation of a new partnership, are representative of the vendor's heightened focus on artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2024
Ocient raises $49.4M in funding to fuel development, growth
The data platform vendor plans to use the new financing for product development and to fund sales and marketing efforts as it moves into its growth phase. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Mar 2024
data exploration
Data exploration is the first step in data analysis involving the use of data visualization tools and statistical techniques to uncover data set characteristics and initial patterns. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Mar 2024
decision-making process
A decision-making process is a series of steps one or more individuals take to determine the best option or course of action to address a specific problem or situation. Continue Reading
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News
05 Mar 2024
Snowflake signals AI commitment with Mistral AI partnership
Days after appointing a new CEO, the data cloud vendor showed a heightened focus on emerging technologies by aligning closely with a rising large language model developer. Continue Reading
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29 Feb 2024
Google Cloud unveils new GenAI-fueled data, analytics tools
The tech giant introduced extensive support for vector search and improved access to unstructured data while also making a pair of GenAI capabilities generally available. Continue Reading
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29 Feb 2024
Snowflake CEO Slootman steps down, Ramaswamy takes over
Slootman resigns after five years at the helm of the data cloud vendor. Revenues grew fivefold under him and the company went public in a record-setting initial public offering. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Feb 2024
edge analytics
Edge analytics is an approach to data collection and analysis in which an automated analytical computation is performed on data at a sensor, network switch or other device instead of waiting for the data to be sent back to a centralized data store. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Feb 2024
Generative AI can improve -- not replace -- predictive analytics
Generative AI improves predictive analytics through synthetic data generation. Managing data bias and ethical AI risks can enable GenAI to widen the scope of simulated outcomes. Continue Reading
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News
22 Feb 2024
Tableau launches Pulse, a GenAI-fueled insight generator
The tool, which monitors data for metric changes and uses natural language to alert users, is the longtime analytics vendor's first generally available GenAI capability. Continue Reading
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20 Feb 2024
Generative AI dominates Google's data and analytics roadmap
Following recent integrations between Gemini and the tech giant's major data and analytics platforms, more product innovations featuring LLMs are expected over the next few months. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2024
Alteryx, Databricks expand complementary partnership
The expanded partnership features new integrations designed to better enable joint customers to combine self-service data preparation and analysis with data science and AI. Continue Reading
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Definition
13 Feb 2024
data mining
Data mining is the process of sorting through large data sets to identify patterns and relationships that can help solve business problems through data analysis. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Feb 2024
Treating data as a product a method to grow analytics use
Treating BI assets such as models and dashboards as commodities is an emerging trend as organizations continue to seek new ways of making analytics use more widespread. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Feb 2024
data sampling
Data sampling is a statistical analysis technique used to select, manipulate and analyze a representative subset of data points to identify patterns and trends in the larger data set being examined. Continue Reading
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Definition
05 Feb 2024
self-service analytics
Self-service analytics is a type of business intelligence (BI) that enables business users to access, manipulate, analyze and visualize data, as well as generate reports based on their discoveries. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2024
Databricks acquisition of Einblick enhances GenAI portfolio
The data lakehouse pioneer's latest purchase adds NLP capabilities to the generative AI features at the core of its new Data Intelligence Platform. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2024
ThoughtSpot update adds feedback loop to help train GenAI
The vendor continues to focus on generative AI, updating its conversational interface with more in-depth analysis capabilities and adding new methods of improving LLM accuracy. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Jan 2024
in-memory analytics
In-memory analytics is an approach to querying data residing in a computer's random access memory (RAM) as opposed to querying data stored on physical drives. Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2024
Qlik's Kyndi acquisition targets unstructured data, GenAI
The longtime analytics vendor's latest purchase adds support for unstructured data that can be combined with structured data to inform GenAI models and improve decision-making. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2024
Microsoft unveils new GenAI, data tools for retail industry
The tech giant is adding industry-specific features in Data Fabric along with GenAI Copilots designed to better personalize shopping as well as aid frontline workers in real time. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2024
Generative AI a key tech for analytics, but within limits
Despite its potential benefits, including increased productivity, users need to be wary of overreliance on generative AI given its propensity for delivering incorrect outputs. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2024
Dresner: Analytics trends include prioritization of BI
While generative AI is the BI craze of the moment, increased investments in BI, attempts to expand BI use to business users and embedded analytics are also in vogue. 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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Feature
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
18 Sep 2023
process intelligence (business process intelligence)
Process intelligence is data that has been systematically collected to analyze the individual steps within a business process or operational workflow. Continue Reading
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News
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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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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News
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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Feature
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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Definition
22 Aug 2023
heat map (heatmap)
A heat map is a two-dimensional representation of data in which various values are represented by colors. Continue Reading
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News
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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Feature
17 Jul 2023
5 benefits cloud BI has over on-premises options
BI moving from on premises to the cloud taps into operational improvements and benefits. Optimizing these tools creates a more customized, user-friendly experience. 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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Feature
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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Feature
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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Feature
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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Tip
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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News
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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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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Tip
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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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
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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Definition
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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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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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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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
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Definition
01 May 2023
key results indicator (KRI)
A key result indicator (KRI) is a metric that measures the quantitative results of business actions to help companies track progress and reach organizational goals. Continue Reading
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Opinion
28 Apr 2023
QlikWorld 2023 recap: The future is bright for Qlik
Qlik celebrated analytics advancements at QlikWorld 2023, highlighting its acquisition of Talend, the evolution of Qlik Cloud, efforts to build data trust and more. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2023
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. Continue Reading
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25 Apr 2023
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Apr 2023
Construct an event-driven architecture for real-time operations
Event-driven architecture is one tool to tap into the potential of real-time analytics. Organizations should understand the structure and challenges of EDA to get started. Continue Reading
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News
18 Apr 2023
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. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Apr 2023
10 tools to level up streaming analytics platforms
Streaming analytics platforms take real-time data and generate insight and value for organizations. Choosing the right tool from these options will help unlock benefits. Continue Reading
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14 Apr 2023
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. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2023
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. Continue Reading