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Data science storytelling emerges as top analytics skill

Storytelling in data science is emerging as a critical skill to have in analytics. Without it, data-driven insights have a tendency to wither on the vine.

By Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D. • Oct. 1, 2019

Qlik Sense Business improves Qlik’s cloud, AI capabilities

Qlik's new product shows the vendor's strategy of providing a cloud-based service for users that's rich in augmented intelligence and machine learning capabilities.

By Eric Avidon • Oct. 1, 2019

Former accountant embezzled $3.5 million from QlikTech Singapore

A former employee of analytics vendor Qlik’s Singapore subsidiary embezzled nearly $4 million. Ariel Biasong Salamanes worked in the Singapore office’s sales and marketing department.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 27, 2019

Information Builders BI platform making a return to form

After lagging behind the pace of innovation in recent years, Information Builders is modernizing its BI platform and again offering a full suite of analytics tools.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 26, 2019

IBM certification program tackles shortage of data scientists

IBM reported it certified 140 new data scientists, the first to be certified under a program IBM developed with The Open Group to address the dearth of data scientists.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 26, 2019

TigerGraph Cloud releases graph database as a service

TigerGraph, a graph database vendor, now offers a native cloud database-as-a-service product with its newest release.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 24, 2019

Qlik exec discusses AI and its role in the future of BI

The next major trend in business intelligence will be the increasing impact of augmented intelligence and machine learning, Qlik's VP of product marketing Dan Potter says in a Q&A.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 19, 2019

SAP BI platform stays strong due to cloud-based architecture

A cloud-native BI platform along with domain-specific applications that can be embedded to serve the needs of various industries keep SAP current and positioned well for the future.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 19, 2019

Tableau 2019.3 highlighted by enhanced AI, new data catalog

Tableau released its third-quarter update Wednesday, featuring Explain Data, an enhanced augmented intelligence tool, and Tableau Catalog, a data management suite.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 18, 2019

Oracle BI platform on the comeback trail

Time had seemingly left Oracle's business intelligence tools behind -- until the vendor responded by consolidating its BI products and catching up to the pace of innovation.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 13, 2019

BI for mobile remains a challenge for vendors

While some BI vendors have developed effective mobile apps that provide concise insights, those that have attempted to recreate their desktop dashboards on phones have struggled.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 12, 2019

Magento BI update a benefit to vendor’s e-commerce customers

Magento rolled out the Magento Business Intelligence Summer 2019 Release, updating its BI platform with enhanced scheduling capabilities and new data visualizations.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 11, 2019

Flowhub provides cannabis industry with tailored BI platform

With marijuana now legal in some form in more than 30 states, Flowhub is selling business intelligence software to an industry still in its early stages.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 6, 2019

Yellowfin analytics platform gets upgraded mobile app

Yellowfin upgraded its business intelligence platform with a revamp of its mobile app that will enable users to have more complete functionality while away from their desktops.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 5, 2019

Data integration problems a hurdle companies must overcome

Relevant data is hard for organizations to find, Talend CEO Mike Tuchen says. So is mining the right data amid the complexity that large data stores have created.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 4, 2019

Talend CEO discusses importance of mining relevant data

Enterprises can't do good business intelligence without good data. In the first part of a two-part Q&A Talend CEO Mike Tuchen talks about how hard mining the right data can be.

By Eric Avidon • Sept. 4, 2019

Domain-specific BI vendors gain foothold with expertise

While leading BI vendors target large audiences with their analytics tools, many other companies target a single specialized industry and use their expertise to best serve users.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 30, 2019

Tibco analytics platform keeps pace through innovation

Tibco has remained one of the more active business intelligence vendors while some of its competitors have lost some momentum.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 29, 2019

Tableau vs. Qlik Sense: Pros and cons of the BI tools

Products from the two top data visualization vendors are starting to resemble each other as the need for strong visualizations and scalability in self-service BI has crystalized.

By Ed Burns • Aug. 29, 2019

ThoughtSpot BI platform gets financial boost, IPO may be near

With its latest round of venture capital funding, ThoughtSpot is planning to invest heavily in product improvement while also pondering a potential initial public offering.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 28, 2019

Governance, compliance, ethics in data mining: Separate but equal

In the ethical mining and analysis of data, governance, compliance and ethics are mistakenly taken as one in the same. Data managers need to be aware of the critical differences.

By Donald Farmer • Aug. 27, 2019

Museums and data: A powerful combination

With more and more museums using data to inform their decision-making processes, visitors are reaping the benefits by enjoying a better user experience.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 23, 2019

Phocas BI tool proves its value for manufacturers, wholesalers

With its focus on the manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries, Phocas Software has carved out a niche for itself among other BI software vendors.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 20, 2019

The Salesforce acquisition of Tableau complements Einstein Analytics

Given the different strengths of Salesforce's Einstein Analytics platform and Tableau, the BI tools could prove complementary now that Tableau is part of Salesforce.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 16, 2019

Domo management expansion signals strategic shift

Five months after it stated it would be pursuing strategic partnerships, Domo appears to be making a move toward implementing that strategy with the hiring of three new executives.

By Eric Avidon • Aug. 14, 2019