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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.
By Eric Avidon • Oct. 6, 2022 -
SingleStore raises funding to fuel development, expansion
The database vendor plans to use the capital to fund product development, global expansion and marketing as well as keep some in reserve as a hedge against a potential recession.
By Eric Avidon • Oct. 6, 2022 -
Accounting giant boosts efficiency with Alteryx automation
Two years after starting a pilot program with the data and analytics vendor, the accounting firm has saved more than 100,000 work hours by automating repetitive tasks.
By Eric Avidon • Oct. 4, 2022 -
Qlik unveils pair of new integrations with Databricks
One is designed to enable joint users to easily ingest data into lakehouses, while the other aims to enable potential users to experiment with the platforms on a trial basis.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 28, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 27, 2022 -
Starburst adds tools to enhance its data mesh capabilities
The vendor added data product and data set sharing features along with enhanced governance capabilities aimed at enabling organizations to decentralize their analytics operations.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 26, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 22, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 22, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 20, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 20, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 15, 2022 -
Consumer data needs better protection by government
Though legislation is before Congress that would address data privacy, it may not set clear enough guidelines or give individuals enough control.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 14, 2022 -
Data privacy concerns grow as legislation lags
While healthcare and financial data are protected by federal legislation, individuals have little control over how consumer data is collected and used.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 14, 2022 -
Snowflake, UiPath launch integration to automate data prep
The collaboration between the data cloud vendor and robotic process automation vendor will enable joint customers to automate data pipelines used to fuel business applications.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 8, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Sept. 7, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 31, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 30, 2022 -
Expert Advice
Top 4 self-service BI benefits for organizations
Self-service BI tools benefit organizations in four major ways, including improved decision-making, organizational efficiency, increased collaboration and reduced costs.
By Lisa Morgan • Aug. 29, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 29, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 24, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 18, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 17, 2022 -
Free tool from Collibra tests data maturity against peers
The assessment tool is free to anyone and is designed to help organizations better understand the evolution of their data and analytics systems relative to others.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 12, 2022 -
Opinion
The importance of continued business analytics education
Business professionals can expand career opportunities by engaging in educational resources for business analytics, a key driver of data-driven decision-making and business success.
By Devin Partida • Aug. 12, 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.
By Eric Avidon • Aug. 11, 2022