Data analytics
Data analytics (DA) is the process of examining data sets to find trends and draw conclusions about the information they contain.. See complete definition.
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19 Apr 2023
6 top predictive analytics tools for 2023
Predictive analytics tools are evolving. Enhanced with AI, easier to use and geared to both data scientists and business users, these tools are more business-critical than ever. Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2023
Compare the top 13 CDP software products in 2023
CDPs, which vendors may sell as standalone products or as subsets of CRM systems, help organizations build detailed customer profiles. Top CDPs include Emarsys and Oracle Unity CDP. 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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09 Feb 2022
Crate & Barrel modernizes with MicroStrategy BI platform
The home decor chain added governance capabilities and sped time-to-insight by adopting the longtime analytics vendor's platform after 14 years using a legacy system. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2022
Trusted data key to MicroStrategy platform plans
The vendor plans to add new capabilities this year that will provide AI-generated guidance to better enable self-service users to take action using governed data. Continue Reading
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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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02 Feb 2022
App development a focus of MicroStrategy analytics platform
The longtime independent vendor is making application development and embedded BI priorities in order to enable data-driven decision-making in real time. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Yellowfin acquired by B2B software specialist Idera
The formerly independent analytics vendor hopes to expand its customer base by getting acquired, while its app development tools made it attractive to its new parent company. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Microsoft steadily adding to Power BI analytics platform
The tech giant continues to add functionality to its BI platform, recently including a feature that will enable Premium users to run reports with only the freshest data. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2022
Tibco, Citrix to merge after Citrix acquired by Vista
The combination will join the analytics vendor's capabilities with a digital workspace and app delivery platform used by 98% of the Fortune 500. The deal is worth $16.5 billion. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2022
HomeToGo turns data into action with Sisu analytics platform
Slowed by a rising volume of data, the vacation rental vendor adopted the startup analytics vendor's platform to speed time-to-insight and fuel its product and marketing decisions. Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2022
Data access key to Regeneron's innovation efforts
After developing a COVID-19 treatment in mere months, Regeneron adopted a data catalog and is developing a data governance framework to speed up its drug development pipeline. Continue Reading
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24 Jan 2022
Top data preparation challenges and how to overcome them
Data preparation is a crucial part of analytics applications, but it's complicated. Here are seven common challenges that can send the data prep process off track. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2022
Qlik IPO filing culminates a 5-year transformation
When the vendor was taken private in 2016, its plan was to add the capabilities needed to build a cloud-first platform that enabled real-time analytics. Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2022
Tibco continues adding developer tools to analytics platform
Since its last major update in September 2021, the vendor has added to its array of prebuilt Spotfire Mods applications, including new AI Mods called Data Functions. Continue Reading
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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
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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10 Jan 2022
Sigma Computing keeps focus on product enhancements
The startup recently secured $300 million in Series C funding, which its CEO said it plans to use to advance its product and expand its engineering capabilities. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2022
Alteryx agrees to acquire Trifacta for $400 million
The acquisition, expected to close during the first quarter of 2022, adds cloud-native capabilities to Alteryx's platform and is aimed at accelerating its move to the cloud. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2022
Qlik planning an IPO, files application with the SEC
The vendor plans to return to the public markets with an initial public stock offering after being taken private in 2016 when it was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2022
MicroStrategy enhances security, embedded analytics features
The vendor recently upgraded its products to the latest version of Log4j's software while also adding a new viewing experience and embedded BI capabilities to its platform. Continue Reading
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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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16 Dec 2021
Bigeye brings new visibility to data observability
The startup continues to build out its cloud platform that enables data engineers to identify and remediate data pipeline quality and availability problems. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2021
Tableau completes acquisition of Narrative Science
With the closing of the purchase, the analytics vendor added automated data storytelling capabilities to its existing cache of natural language processing tools. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2021
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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15 Dec 2021
Sisense analytics platform update aids data scientists
Though Sisense's platform is largely geared toward business users, the latest addition to the vendor's suite is a tool aimed at helping code-first users build data assets. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2021
Tableau platform update adds governance, security tools
With many organizations enabling more employees to work with data, Tableau 2021.4 includes three new features aimed at improving data governance and increasing data security. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2021
8 analytics startups to watch over the next year
Differentiation is key to the success of any new enterprise, and a crop of analytics vendors are delivering new capabilities to try to distinguish themselves. Continue Reading
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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
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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07 Dec 2021
NetSpring raises $13M to fuel operational intelligence suite
The startup offers a real-time analytics platform designed to enable agile decision-making. It plans to use its funding for product development and to expand its go-to-market efforts. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2021
Qlik integration with UiPath boosts automation capabilities
Although the analytics vendor's platform already has automation capabilities, the integration with the RPA vendor will extend those capabilities to new use cases. Continue Reading
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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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30 Nov 2021
Experts lay out data illiteracy's dangers, propose remedies
In this excerpt from their new book 'Data Literacy,' top data management experts Peter Aiken and Todd Harbour outline a new way to gauge data learnedness. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2021
ThoughtSpot analytics platform continues to transform
The vendor committed to a cloud-first philosophy in late 2020, and since then added capabilities through acquisitions, targeted new user personas and continued to build new tools. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2021
Latest ThoughtSpot BI capabilities target new personas
With the addition of Data Workspace, the analytics vendor aims to enable power users within organizations to develop and deploy applications. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2021
Salesforce to buy Narrative Science, roll it into Tableau
The data storytelling vendor revealed that it has reached an agreement to be acquired by Salesforce and will then become part of the Tableau subsidiary. Continue Reading
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16 Nov 2021
Alluxio accelerates data orchestration, raises $50M
Connecting disparate sources of data for analytics and machine learning gets faster in the vendor's latest platform update, released alongside a Series C funding round. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2021
ThoughtSpot raises $100M in funding, now valued at $4.2B
The vendor completed its Series F round, and has more than doubled its valuation from $1.95 billion in August 2019 when it last raised venture capital funds. Continue Reading
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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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11 Nov 2021
GoodData unveils new UI focused on composability
With the launch of the second phase of its platform overhaul, the analytics vendor is enabling users to build their own visual experience without having to write code. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2021
Looker adds customization capabilities to analytics platform
In concert with its virtual user conference, the vendor introduced the idea of composable analytics, along with tools that enable users to compose customized embeddable dashboards. Continue Reading
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09 Nov 2021
Tableau 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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09 Nov 2021
Tableau to add new business science tools to analytics suite
Self-service data science tools are among the capabilities the analytics vendor unveiled during its virtual user conference and plans to add to its platform in coming updates. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2021
QuickSight Q a potential winner for Amazon BI platform
Since its introduction in 2016, Amazon QuickSight has offered solid but not top-of-market BI capabilities. The addition of a new natural language query tool could change that. Continue Reading
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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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02 Nov 2021
Data science skills a focus of Tableau Conference 2021
The concept of business science -- using AI and ML to enable business users with data science skills -- will be in focus during Tableau's upcoming user conference. Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2021
Supply chain disruption to affect holidays, but analytics can help
Real-time analytics can be used in demand forecasting and flexibility for long-term supply chain issues but won't provide an easy path out of the current disruption. 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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26 Oct 2021
Qlik adds Forts to analytics suite, enabling faster analysis
Qlik Forts, a tool that enables customers to access and analyze data where it resides rather than forcing them to first import it into Qlik, is now generally available. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2021
Toucan Toco expands beyond data storytelling
Once a niche vendor with a particular area of expertise, the startup's latest update includes data preparation and embedded BI tools, among others, as it broadens its scope. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2021
Google Cloud unveils roadmap for its analytics platform
The Google Cloud Platform roadmap, unveiled during the tech giant's recent virtual user conference, includes capabilities designed to simplify access to data and enable more users. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2021
MLB Statcast delivering real-time insights with Google Cloud
With Google Cloud to process and transform data collected during games by its tracking technology, Major League Baseball is delivering real-time insights to both fans and teams. Continue Reading
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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
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11 Oct 2021
New Balance managing the pandemic with Tibco Spotfire
New Balance, a manufacturer and seller of athletic shoes and apparel whose in-store sales plummeted due to the pandemic, used Tibco's BI tools to develop its e-commerce strategy. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2021
Alteryx acquisition of Hyper Anna adds AI capabilities
The data management vendor has acquired Hyper Anna, an Australian startup, to add automated augmented intelligence capabilities to its data management and analytics platform. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2021
InsightSoftware acquires Exago to fold into Logi Analytics
InsightSoftware, which acquired embedded BI vendor Logi in April, has acquired fellow embedded BI vendor Exago and plans to integrate Exago into Logi. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2021
Gartner predicts exponential growth of graph technology
As both organizations and their databases struggle to manage growing amounts of data, experts see dramatic growth in the use of graph databases by 2025. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2021
TigerGraph 3.2 targets platform's performance, ease of use
Enterprise-grade performance and ease of use are the key areas of the latest platform update from the startup graph database vendor as it looks to attract more enterprise customers. Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2021
Qlik acquisition of Big Squid adds autoML capabilities
Qlik has acquired Big Squid to add automated machine learning capabilities to its platform. In addition, the analytics vendor recently unveiled a new automated workflow tool. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2021
New Tibco Spotfire capabilities add interoperability
The new capabilities added to Tibco's Predict portfolio of BI tools focus on ease of use and their interoperability with other parts of the Tibco platform. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2021
ThoughtSpot reports cloud growth, but IPO still not imminent
ThoughtSpot, which made a strategic shift to prioritize the cloud in 2020 in anticipation of eventually going public, reported substantial year-over-year SaaS revenue growth. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2021
Vista plans to acquire Blue Prism and roll it into Tibco
Vista Equity Partners, the parent company of analytics vendor Tibco, has revealed its intent to acquire a leading robotic process automation vendor and plans to roll it into Tibco once the deal closes. Continue Reading
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28 Sep 2021
Alteryx partnership with UiPath adds automation capabilities
Alteryx expanded its partnership agreement with a robotic process automation vendor as Alteryx continues to make automation a central part of its analytics platform. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2021
Hyperconverged Analytics continues to guide Tibco strategy
A year after unveiling a new analytics environment that blends data science, visualization and streaming, interoperability continues to guide the vendor's development strategy. Continue Reading
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23 Sep 2021
New Tableau integrations with Slack aim to increase speed
Tableau unveiled a series of tools during Salesforce's Dreamforce 2021 user conference that blend Tableau's analytics capabilities with the collaboration capabilities of Slack. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2021
Modern data strategy includes cloud, domain federation
Analytics strategies should include overarching organizational best practices blended with teams empowered to build interoperable data assets, according to one industry expert. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2021
Pandemic continues to highlight importance of analytics
Organizations with successful analytics programs have weathered the economic crisis caused by the pandemic far better than those who have not prioritized BI, according to research. Continue Reading
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16 Sep 2021
Domo adds collaborative development tool to analytics suite
Domo has unveiled Sandbox, a new portal for developing and testing data assets that enables collaboration and provides safety and governance measures. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2021
Uplevel analytics tools lift software engineering efficiency
Uplevel, a startup vendor whose focus is on improving the efficiency of software engineers, unveiled a set of new capabilities that use data to monitor software design projects. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2021
Future of analytics will close gap between data, decisions
As data increases in complexity and volume, a gap is growing between data intake and data-driven decision-making that analytics tools will need to address and aim to close. Continue Reading
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10 Sep 2021
Time is now for enterprises to deploy analytics in the cloud
Speed and security now make cloud analytics preferable to on-premises deployments, along with advantages such as collaboration for a distributed workforce and agility to scale. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2021
Analytics trends include a surge in app development
As more organizations have recognized the value of data during the pandemic, a surge in application development is among the top business intelligence trends. Continue Reading
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02 Sep 2021
Dresner: Top analytics trend remains rate of adoption
Increased investment in analytics and proliferation of data science capabilities are among the most significant ongoing trends in BI as the pandemic stretches into late 2021. Continue Reading
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02 Sep 2021
Tableau platform update focuses on broad analytics adoption
Tableau 2021.3 doesn't include fancy new AI or machine learning features, instead focusing on capabilities that enable enterprises to scale their analytics programs to more users. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2021
TigerGraph aims to take graph technology mainstream
As relational databases struggle with scale, one graph database vendor says a paradigm shift is underway and aims to make graph technology the standard approach for data storage. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2021
How to analyze data in 7 steps for better business decisions
There's no such thing as too much data. Learn how to analyze that data for insights that can give your business a boost. Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2021
Alteryx platform update includes automated recommendations
Automation is an ongoing focus for Alteryx. The vendor's latest update adds an automated recommendation feature that suggests tools to connect as users build workflows. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2021
How to increase the success rate of data science projects
Most data science initiatives don't produce value due to obstacles like poor data quality, but CNN senior lead of product analytics Bryce Macher has a plan for success. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2021
Metals manufacturer uses Sisu analytics tools to spur growth
In need of identifying repeat business opportunities, startup metals manufacturer Fractory used Sisu's platform to automate complex data queries and develop key metrics. Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2021
Augmented analytics capabilities mark the new era of BI
Augmented intelligence capabilities like automated data prep and natural language processing are now common, showing that BI has advanced to a new era of technological innovation. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2021
MicroStrategy analytics platform helps Medibank add value
An Australian insurance company recently migrated its data operations to the cloud and, using MicroStrategy and AWS, has reaped benefits including improved efficiency. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2021
Qlik acquisition of NodeGraph adds data management tech
Qlik said it acquired NodeGraph in a move aimed at enhancing the longtime analytics vendor's data management capabilities, including data pipeline and governance features. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2021
Talend updates data fabric with more collaboration
With its summer 2021 update, data integration vendor Talend boosted its data sharing and integration features to help business users share trusted data sources. Continue Reading
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10 Aug 2021
Tellius-Looker analytics partnership enhances powers of both
A partnership between Tellius and Looker will enable users to combine Tellius' AI and machine learning technology with Looker's data modeling and app development capabilities. Continue Reading
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09 Aug 2021
Quiz: Big data analytics technologies and techniques
Big data analytics technologies and techniques can help you gain valuable business insights. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of big data analytics tools and best practices. Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2021
Startup Sisu adds more automation to its analytics platform
Sisu recently introduced Smart Waterfall Charts, a tool that automates the development of certain visualizations, as part of its effort to find ways to explain changes in data. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2021
Collaboration key to Qlik's quest for active intelligence
Among the new capabilities Qlik recently unveiled is a tool that enables collaboration not only at the end of an analytics project, but also throughout the project lifecycle. Continue Reading
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04 Aug 2021
Embedded analytics leads to improved productivity
With many enterprises still in the early stages of using AI technologies, embedded BI remains a key means of making data accessible to a broad array of potential users. Continue Reading
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02 Aug 2021
SAS planning an IPO after rumored acquisition talks end
The longtime independent analytics vendor, which just two weeks ago was in negotiations to get acquired, revealed plans to, instead, prepare for an initial public stock offering. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2021
Sisense unveils Extense Framework to enable embedded BI
After rebranding its platform early in 2021 to reflect a heightened focus on embedded analytics, Sisense introduced a set of new capabilities to enable developers. Continue Reading
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21 Jul 2021
Looker platform update adds new app development capabilities
Looker 21, which the vendor unveiled July 21, features the general availability of Looker's new portal for application developers and support for hosting on Microsoft Azure. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2021
SAS, Microsoft a possible pairing after Broadcom talks end
Acquisition talks between SAS and Broadcom broke down a day after they were reported, but SAS may have hoped all along to attract another potential buyer. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2021
Expert: It's time for the death of the analytics dashboard
Dashboards take substantial time to build and maintain, and they've become outdated with the current pace of business, says ThoughtSpot's chief data strategy officer. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2021
Analytics vendor SAS an acquisition target of Broadcom
Longtime independent business intelligence vendor SAS Institute Inc. is in talks to be acquired by Broadcom, with a reported purchase price of $15 billion to $20 billion. Continue Reading