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How to enhance your data science storytelling

How do you create substantive, compelling stories for business executives from cold, hard numerical data? Experts share their tips on how to improve your data storytelling skills.

By George Lawton • Jan. 13, 2020

Power BI platform remains a vibrant, respected suite

With the ability to update on a nearly constant basis, Microsoft's Power BI remains a strong analytics product despite not necessarily being at the forefront of innovation.

By Eric Avidon • Jan. 10, 2020

Former SAP Concur exec Christal Bemont named Talend CEO

Talend named Christal Bemont its new CEO on Thursday after Mike Tuchen stepped down after six years in the role. Bemont comes to Talend following 15 years at SAP Concur.

By Eric Avidon • Jan. 9, 2020

Investing in tech startups an act of trust for VC firms

Investing in tech startups, including BI vendors, is about finding that quality that makes a company special, according to Vanessa Larco, a partner at New Enterprise Associates.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 23, 2019

Differentiation key for BI startups when attracting investors

A strong value proposition is crucial to attracting venture capital investments, said Vanessa Larco, a partner at New Enterprise Associates, in a Q&A about startup BI vendors.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 23, 2019

NLP, embedded BI and data literacy top 2020 analytics trends

Improved natural language processing tools, more embedded BI applications and an increase in data literacy are among the analytics trends to watch in 2020.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 20, 2019

2019 BI trends included reality check for AI, consolidation

AI features in BI products improved in 2019, but not at the pace predicted before the year began. Instead, advancement was incremental and consolidation was a dominant theme.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 19, 2019

Up-and-coming BI vendors to watch in 2020

Promising BI startups look to gain a foothold in 2020 by focusing on underserved markets and embracing next-gen technologies not available in traditional analytics tools.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 17, 2019

Government IT pros: Hiring data scientists isn’t an exact science

There's no such thing as a data science unicorn, U.S. government experts caution. You'll need more than programmers and technical expertise on your data science team.

By Dave Raffo • Dec. 12, 2019

Tableau 2020.1 unveiled for beta testing

Featuring improvements to Explain Data, an AI product that aims to explain the reasons behind data points, the update is made up of 21 features.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 12, 2019

Data scientist vs. data analyst: What’s the difference?

Data scientists and data analysts have a lot of crossover in their roles, but they're certainly not the same. Here's a look at some key differences in the positions.

By George Lawton • Dec. 12, 2019

Easy-to-use coding tools a new opportunity for BI vendors

In a Q&A, Yellowfin CTO Brad Scarff talks about why analytics software vendors have recently introduced low-code tools for developers as part of their offerings.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 11, 2019

Low-code tools serve BI customer needs

With easy-to-use tools for application development a growing trend among BI vendors, Yellowfin CTO Brad Scarff discusses the motivation behind them in part one of a two-part Q&A.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 11, 2019

Alteryx 2019.4 highlighted by new integration with Tableau

New integrations with Tableau that enable easier data management and Mapbox to provide street-level map views come with the latest platform update from Alteryx.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 9, 2019

BI vendors jump into low-code/no-code tools for developers

A spate of BI vendors included easy-to-use tools for developers in their recent updates, perhaps marking the start of a new trend in the analytics software market.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 9, 2019

Sisense analytics platform update features AI, data prep tool

Augmented intelligence features and an in-warehouse data prep tool highlight Sisense's latest update, its second since acquiring Periscope Data in May.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 3, 2019

Operation Fistula uses data to treat childbirth injuries

Aided by an analytics stack developed by Exasol, nonprofit Operation Fistula is working to end obstetric fistula in targeted regions around the world.

By Eric Avidon • Dec. 2, 2019

Automated tools broaden the future scope of data science

Automated data science tools may make their way into the data science process, but are unlikely to ever be able to do everything human data scientists do, experts say.

By Ericka Chickowski • Nov. 27, 2019

Startup Sisu’s data analytics tool aims to answer, ‘Why?’

With the ability to answer, 'Why?' at the core of its diagnostic tool, startup analytics vendor Sisu recently entered the market with aims of competing against established vendors.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 26, 2019

Everything you need to know about augmented analytics vendors

Augmented analytics is set to become the newest trend in BI and analytics, and vendors are making big investments to develop products smarter for a wider range of users.

By George Lawton • Nov. 25, 2019

Tableau Foundation, Splash fight for clean water in schools

With funding and analytics technology from Tableau, Splash, a global nonprofit organization, is providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene to children in Ethiopia and India.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 22, 2019

Alteryx analytics platform focuses on ease of use

Alteryx is focusing on ease of use in new platform updates as it looks to attract users beyond its traditional base of data scientists and data analysts.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 20, 2019

Salesforce acquisition of Tableau finally getting real

With Salesforce and Tableau finally free to start integrating, Andrew Beers, Tableau's chief technology officer, talks about what the future might be for Tableau and its users.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 15, 2019

Tableau analytics platform upgrades driven by user needs

In a Q&A, Tableau chief technology officer Andrew Beers talks about the driving factors behind recent product upgrades centered around data management and augmented intelligence.

By Eric Avidon • Nov. 15, 2019

Tableau or Qlik: What separates the data visualization tools?

While leading data visualization vendors Tableau and Qlik may seem similar, there are substantial differences. Understanding the differences is key to making the right decision.

By George Lawton • Nov. 15, 2019