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Data literacy framework must-haves for enterprises

As data becomes increasingly important to enterprises, employees beyond the data team need to be data literate. And data literacy programs need certain components to succeed.

By Lisa Morgan • Nov. 11, 2020

Presidential polling data again misses the mark in 2020

Just as they did in 2016, the election polls underestimated support for Donald Trump. Although he didn't defeat Joe Biden, the result was closer than the polls predicted.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 10, 2020

Data a key driver in fight for social justice

Analytics can be a critical tool in the social justice movement, but cultural and logistical hurdles can prevent nonprofits from using analytics to its full potential.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 6, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions among BI vendors not yet done

With the remaining longstanding independent vendors as the most likely acquisition targets, expect more consolidation in the BI industry over the next few years.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 5, 2020

Microsoft enhances integration between Power BI and Excel

The latest Microsoft update to its popular spreadsheet features an integration with Power BI that lets the analytics platforms send structured data back and forth for analysis.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 29, 2020

How DataOps architecture benefits your analytics strategy

A DataOps framework can provide access more efficiently throughout an organization to ease the analytics process and deliver insights faster.

By Lisa Morgan • Oct. 28, 2020

Qlik acquisition of Blendr.io adds integration capabilities

Qlik acquired Blendr.io for an undisclosed amount in a move that will expand the BI vendor's ability to integrate with cloud data storage and SaaS platforms.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 23, 2020

GoodData adds self-service modeling tools to analytics suite

New self-service data modeling tools are the latest additions to the GoodData platform as the vendor overhauls its platform in an attempt to enable more users.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 23, 2020

Tibco expands analytics offerings with IBI acquisition

In a move designed to add complementary capabilities to its platform, Tibco said it will acquire IBI, another veteran business intelligence vendor. Financial details were not disclosed.

By Eric Avidon , Shaun Sutner • Oct. 22, 2020

Chief data and analytics officer roles: What you need to know

Whether you have a chief analytics officer or chief data officer, there is a need for a unified leadership structure for data and analytics in the enterprise.

By Joseph Carew • Oct. 22, 2020

Logi Analytics keeps focus on embedded app development

Kevin Greene is the new CEO of Logi Analytics after previously serving as the vendor's COO. In an interview, Greene discusses his vision for the vendor's future.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 20, 2020

Data literacy skills key to cost savings, revenue growth

As organizations develop data-driven cultures, they need to implement programs to teach employees how to work with and make decisions based on high-quality data.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 16, 2020

Yellowfin 9.3 features embedded app development upgrades

New application programming interfaces to help app designers build embedded BI apps are among more than 25 new features in the latest update of the Yellowfin analytics platform.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 15, 2020

Looker adds mobile app, developer tools to analytics suite

While Looker revealed no new integrations with Google, a mobile app and additional tools for developers highlight the new features the BI vendor unveiled during its virtual user conference.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 13, 2020

Developing a data-driven culture begins with enablement

In an interview, Jennifer Redmon, chief data and analytics evangelist at Cisco, talks about how she helps organizations enable their employees to work with data.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 13, 2020

Tableau to launch racial justice Equity Data Hub

After unveiling the Racial Justice Data Initiative, Tableau is building a new data hub to help organizations working in the fight against systemic racism.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 9, 2020

Tableau, Salesforce integration now in full swing

Tableau and its new owner unveiled their first collaboration during Tableau's user conference, but due to COVID-19 the vendors have faced unique challenges as they join forces.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 7, 2020

Tableau roadmap features improved browser capabilities

Tableau's plans for 2021 include providing an end-to-end analytics experience on the web that mimics what users are able to do within the vendor's platform.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 7, 2020

Tableau unveils first integration with Einstein Analytics

Tableau adds AI power via an integration with Salesforce's predictive BI tool, the first collaboration between Salesforce and Tableau since the CRM giant acquired the BI vendor.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 6, 2020

Enterprise analytics benefits of natural language processing

As more analytics vendors adopt natural language tools, enterprises may want to think about the benefit the technology provides to their analytics abilities.

By Maria Korolov • Oct. 5, 2020

How predictive and prescriptive analytics impact the bottom line

With all the data organizations collect now, they need a good way to analyze it, and that's where predictive and prescriptive analytics can be useful.

By Jaya Shankar Byrraju • Oct. 5, 2020

Sisense unveils new integration with Azure Synapse Analytics

Sisense adds to its multi-cloud capabilities with a new integration that will allow customers that store their data in Microsoft's ecosystem to quickly act on their data.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 2, 2020

Pandemic speeds up digital transformation in sports

Professional sports teams and leagues are looking to the digital world as they seek other revenue streams due to the loss of fans in the seats during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 1, 2020

Technology central to vote count in a tight election

Tech tools will be key in a close election that requires recounts. While electronic signature verification systems have advanced, many digital voting machines are flawed.

By Shaun Sutner • Sept. 30, 2020

Emotions analytics helps Hotels.com connect with customers

While traveling has been halted for most of us, marketing efforts in hospitality still go on, and one way to sharpen those efforts is building an emotional connection -- with data.

By Kara Joyce • Sept. 29, 2020