Data visualization
Companies often use machine learning to gather massive amounts of data that can be difficult to sort through, comprehend and explain. Data visualization can speed these processes up and present information to business owners and stakeholders in ways they can understand. Learn data visualization strategies to help identify patterns, trends and outliers in large data sets.
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25 Jan 2023
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. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2022
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. Continue Reading
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14 Dec 2022
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. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2022
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. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2022
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. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2022
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. Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2022
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. Continue Reading
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28 Nov 2022
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. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2022
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. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2022
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. Continue Reading
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15 Nov 2022
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. Continue Reading
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10 Nov 2022
Logi Analytics focused, stable as part of Insightsoftware
The formerly independent embedded BI specialist is benefiting from its new parent company's aggressive acquisition strategy as well as its emphasis on product development. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2022
Election campaigns recognize need for analytics in politics
Candidates are now using data to build profiles of potential voters and target their outreach in much the same way enterprises use BI tools to personalize marketing efforts. Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2022
ThoughtSpot launches integration with Google Sheets
The combination of the analytics vendor's NLP-based platform with the spreadsheet is designed to help joint customers derive insights from their data and take action. Continue Reading
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24 Oct 2022
Startup Tellius raises $16M in new funding to fuel growth
The analytics vendor plans to use the capital to build up an ecosystem for analytics through new integrations and develop industry-specific applications to speed up time to value. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2022
Guided analytics tool highlights Tableau platform update
Data Guide features augmented intelligence capabilities designed to assist users as they surface insights from their data and reach actionable decisions. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2022
Oracle analytics update adds CX app, semantic modeling tool
The tech giant's latest platform update adds capabilities designed to improve the productivity of business users and reduce organizations' reliance on IT teams. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2022
Marketing agency uses Looker to build data platform, grow
When overhauling its analytics operations, a digital marketing agency turned to analytics vendor Looker's tools to build data marts and enable self-service exploration and analysis. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2022
Power BI platform adds cross-tenant sharing, integrations
Power BI users can now safely share data and collaborate with partner and customer organizations, while new integrations with Microsoft 365 tools are now in preview. Continue Reading
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11 Oct 2022
Google Cloud consolidates analytics tools under Looker name
The tech giant renamed Data Studio, its primary BI platform before its acquisition of Looker, and unveiled a new enterprise version of the rebranded platform. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2022
Yellowfin enhances NLQ tool in analytics platform update
The release is the vendor's first since being acquired by Idera in early 2022 and builds on natural language query features it first launched in late 2021. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2022
SAS, Microsoft make Viya available on Azure Marketplace
The vendors aim to market the analytics platform to a new audience of self-service customers that will be able to quickly deploy Viya and pay only for the compute power they use. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2022
Google launches trio of new tools for its data cloud
The data management and analytics tools, including new data sharing and data lake platforms, are designed to let users access more data at lower expense. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2022
Sisense adds trio of new embedded analytics capabilities
A new integration with Git, a multi-tenant environment and enhancements to the Extense Framework are designed to further the embedded BI capabilities of the vendor's platform. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2022
More automation, embedded analytics part of Tableau plans
New capabilities scheduled for release as part of the vendor's final two platform updates in 2022 are designed to speed the ability to reach insights and take actions. Continue Reading
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20 Sep 2022
Tableau unveils integration with Salesforce Genie
The combination is designed to enable joint customers of the analytics vendor and CRM giant to more easily connect to their customer data and surface insights. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2022
Ricoh modernizes its analytics with Qlik
The information management and digital services company is beginning to develop a data culture, and the BI vendor's platform has enabled new efficiencies. Continue Reading
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07 Sep 2022
Business intelligence needs boost from decision intelligence
As the volume and complexity of data grows, organizations need AI and ML capabilities to surface insights and augment the capabilities of overmatched BI tools. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2022
Amazon advances QuickSight with new embedded analytics tool
Coming after the addition of natural language processing capabilities, the new embedded analytics tool strengthens the BI platform to make it more feature rich. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2022
Sisu adds new decision intelligence capabilities
The startup aims to augment human decision-making with automation, and its new tools find and explain changes in data, analyze their effect and prescribe what to do next. Continue Reading
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29 Aug 2022
Teradata launches cloud-native platform, enhances BI suite
VantageCloud Lake is designed to enable wider use across organizations along with better cost control, while ClearScape Analytics adds more than 50 new capabilities. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2022
New SAS, SingleStore integration boosts speed, efficiency
The integration between the longtime data and analytics vendor and the upstart database vendor enables users to work with data in-database, which increases speed-to-insight. Continue Reading
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18 Aug 2022
Geospatial data a key means of combating climate change
By pinpointing when and where fires, floods and other natural disasters caused by climate change might occur, the damage from such events can be drastically reduced. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2022
Scenario planning fertile ground for analytics vendors
Despite enabling organizations to explore what might happen based on different decisions and to prepare for potential problems, many BI vendors don't offer such tools. Continue Reading
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11 Aug 2022
Cloud-agnostic ethos key for Qlik as an independent vendor
The vendor has developed relationships with many of the key cloud providers and is intent on enabling its users to house their data on the cloud of their choice. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2022
8 steps to improve data visualization literacy
Data visualization literacy is a crucial element of analytics that helps communicate findings. These eight steps can help improve an organization's data visualization literacy. Continue Reading
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05 Aug 2022
Intersport boosts analytics, marketing efficiency with Knime
Using the BI vendor's platform, the sporting goods retailer has reduced staff needed to attend to data, decreased time to build data workflows and improved marketing campaigns. Continue Reading
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04 Aug 2022
MicroStrategy adds more governance to analytics platform
The longtime independent vendor's latest platform update features tools to help system administrators and application developers easily add data governance and security guardrails. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2022
Saylor to step down as MicroStrategy CEO after 33 years
The vendor's co-founder will leave the role he's held since the company was founded to become executive chairman, with President Phong Le to take over as CEO. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2022
Metrics upgrades, AR tool highlight Power BI platform update
The July update includes over 20 features, with highlights including new capabilities for Metrics, a tool that uses AR to add context to data and new embedded BI capabilities. Continue Reading
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21 Jul 2022
Automation, more security and governance next big BI trends
As many data preparation and management tasks get automated, insight generation and action are the next likely targets for automation. Another key trend is more data governance. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2022
5 business analytics trends that shaped the start of 2022
While AI and machine learning capabilities continue to evolve, another major movement in BI so far in 2022 has been to enable users to take action directly from insights. Continue Reading
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18 Jul 2022
Tibco adds SaaS version of MDM platform, updates TCI
The analytics vendor unveiled Cloud EBX as it continues to add cloud-native versions of its tools. In addition, it launched an updated version of its cloud integration suite. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2022
New CEO not likely to change Tibco once merged with Citrix
The analytics vendor's product leaders all remain in place, so while it will have a new company leader, its product development capabilities are expected to remain unchanged. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2022
SingleStore secures $116M in funding to fuel growth
The data management vendor has secured $278 million in financing since December 2020 and plans to use the new funds to fuel product development and expand marketing efforts. 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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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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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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02 Jun 2022
How to evaluate and select data visualization tools
Communicating data findings requires clear and informative visuals. Selecting the right tool starts with knowing the criteria to evaluate data visualization tools. 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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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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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
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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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08 Feb 2022
7 benefits of BI dashboards for businesses
To reap the full benefits of BI dashboards, they need to be designed to empower end users and improve the efficiency of BI software and the decision-making process. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2022
Tableau dashboard tips and tricks from an expert author
In this excerpt from his new book on using Tableau CRM, data expert Mark Tossell takes readers step by step through best practices for dashboard creation. Continue Reading
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13 Oct 2021
Data warehouses and holistic business intelligence
Data warehouses help companies gather analytics on individual systems and data for a holistic view of company performance, spot correlations and make informed decisions. 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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12 Feb 2021
10 BI dashboard design principles and best practices
BI dashboards are a key tool for delivering analytics data to business users. Here's how to design effective dashboards that can help drive informed decision-making. Continue Reading
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06 Jul 2020
Top data visualization techniques and how to best use them
BI and analytics teams and self-service BI users can choose from various types of data visualizations. Here are examples of 12, with advice on when to use them. Continue Reading