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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.

By Eric Avidon • June 16, 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.

By Eric Avidon • June 13, 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.

By Eric Avidon • June 9, 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.

By Hannah Pullen-Blasnik • June 7, 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.

By Craig Stedman • June 6, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 24, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 23, 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.

By Karolina Kiwak, Tim Murphy • May 18, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 9, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 9, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 9, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 5, 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.

By Eric Avidon • May 3, 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.

By Corinne Bernstein • May 1, 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.

By Mike Leone • April 28, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 27, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 25, 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.

By Mary Pratt • April 24, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 18, 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.

By George Lawton • April 18, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 14, 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.

By Eric Avidon • April 13, 2023

Cenegenics modernizes with Domo’s embedded analytics suite

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

By Eric Avidon • April 7, 2023

Databricks launches new lakehouse for manufacturing

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

By Eric Avidon • April 5, 2023

Fivetran, Monte Carlo target data observability at ingestion

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

By Eric Avidon • April 4, 2023