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Using data for public good in fight for racial equity

While some data-driven methods recently have been publicly scrutinized for biases in practice, there are plenty of ways data can aid the fight for racial equity.

By George Lawton • Aug. 12, 2020

Baseball’s Twins deploy Databricks to improve analytics power

With the amount of data used to make player personnel decisions in baseball growing exponentially, the Minnesota Twins began using Databricks to improve their modeling capabilities.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 10, 2020

Maine state government modernizes with Oracle Analytics

Hampered by siloed data and a data warehouse constructed 25 years ago, Maine's state government used tools from Oracle to break down data barriers and improve BI capabilities.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 6, 2020

TigerGraph adds cloud support, helps standardize graph coding

With democratization of graph databases in mind, TigerGraph recently added support for Microsoft Azure and took steps to help standardize graph query language.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 6, 2020

Looker, Google unveil first collaboration since acquisition

Six months after Google's acquisition of Looker finally closed, the two unveiled their first collaboration during Google Cloud's virtual user conference.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 6, 2020

Why more employees need data literacy skills

Encouraging employees to learn data literacy skills can benefit any enterprise. Read on for some of the benefits and resources to take advantage of in building those skills.

By Maria Korolov • Aug. 4, 2020

Python exploratory data analysis and why it’s important

Exploratory data analysis is a key step to building the best models to gain insight from your data. Read on to see how Python can be a useful tool in this process.

By Kara Joyce, Packt Publishing • July 28, 2020

AI, UX and embedded features all pillars of Power BI platform

As Microsoft adds new features to Power BI, augmented intelligence and embedded analytics will continue to be a focus, Microsoft revealed during its Inspire user conference.

By Eric Avidon • July 23, 2020

Alteryx ADAPT a program for laid-off workers, recent grads

Alteryx is offering a free training program in data science to help people whose jobs have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as new graduates entering the workforce.

By Eric Avidon • July 23, 2020

Ensuring predictive model accuracy in the age of COVID-19

Data scientists are used to concept drift, but the constantly changing data due to COVID-19 can be hard to address. Experts discuss how to maintain model accuracy in the pandemic.

By Lisa Morgan • July 22, 2020

ThoughtSpot, VoiceBase partner to provide complementary tools

The complementary capabilities of ThoughtSpot's BI platform and VoiceBase's speech analytics tools can now be combined due to a new strategic partnership between the vendors.

By Eric Avidon • July 21, 2020

Prescriptive analytics in healthcare finds use amidst pandemic

Prescriptive analytics can provide organizations with actionable plans based on their gathered data and assist during a pandemic as well as in a post-pandemic world.

By Joseph Carew • July 17, 2020

Implementing an analytics business plan requires commitment

To get the most out of a data analytics business plan, companies must have clear goals and communication, as well as proper buy-in companywide.

By Joseph Carew • July 16, 2020

Howard Dresner talks current trends in analytics

In an interview on the state of business intelligence, longtime analyst Howard Dresner said cloud migration and AI features like natural language processing remain major trends.

By Eric Avidon • July 15, 2020

Alteryx continues focus on ease of use in analytics platform

Ease of use is an ongoing focal point for Alteryx, which recently rebranded its suite of tools the Alteryx APA (Analytic Process Automation) Platform.

By Eric Avidon • July 15, 2020

What are the key BI team roles and responsibilities?

A business intelligence team helps an organization deploy, manage and use BI tools. Here are the primary roles on a BI team and an overview of their responsibilities and duties.

By David Weldon • July 14, 2020

Geospatial data a means for deeper understanding

A presentation during Oracle's virtual user conference showed not only the value of spatial data but how it can be used with the vendor's tools.

By Eric Avidon • July 13, 2020

Important resources in a data scientist education

There are plenty of resources for data science learning for people entering the field all the way up to managers. Read on for key resources and an excerpt from a new book on data science skills.

By Kara Joyce, Technics Publications • July 10, 2020

Tellius introduces SaaS version of its analytics platform

Tellius, an analytics startup whose platform is built on AI and machine learning, introduced a SaaS version of its tools to help customers reduce costs.

By Eric Avidon • July 9, 2020

State of the self-service analytics market

Self-service analytics are important to strong enterprise analytics. Experts talk about how top vendors in the market are keeping up with user needs.

By Lisa Morgan • July 9, 2020

Information Builders rebranded IBI, updates analytics suite

Newly rebranded as IBI, the former Information Builders unveiled new features at its user conference in late June centered on AI and the cloud along with its new name.

By Eric Avidon • July 8, 2020

Key elements of a DataOps framework for BI and analytics

DataOps brings speed and agility to BI processes and helps align data management to business goals. Learn about the key elements of a DataOps framework.

By David Weldon • July 7, 2020

Sisu adds new ways of answering ‘Why?’ to analytics platform

BI vendor Sisu on Tuesday revealed its second update since emerging from stealth in late 2019 featuring new tools aimed at quickly identifying why changes occur in data sets.

By Eric Avidon • July 7, 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.

By George Lawton • July 6, 2020

Overcoming the top 3 analytics adoption challenges

Analytics is a growing part of many businesses. Experts talk about some of the most pressing challenges enterprises may face when implementing new analytics strategies.

By Maria Korolov • July 3, 2020