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Google acquisition of Looker to boost Google Cloud analytics

By acquiring Looker, Google will enhance its analytics and BI capabilities available through Google Cloud, while becoming a formidable force in the enterprise-level BI space.

By Mark Labbe and Chris Kanaracus • June 6, 2019

6 tips for effective customer data mining

Digging into customer data can improve sales opportunities -- but how do you balance that against data privacy concerns? Get insights from data professionals.

By Maria Korolov • May 29, 2019

Latest Tableau BI software update upgrades map technology

Tableau Software has released Tableau 2019.2, an update to previous BI software. It includes upgrades to location data, new vector maps and other requested upgrades.

By Tanner Harding • May 22, 2019

McDonald’s orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food

The fast-food giant is acquiring Dynamic Yield, a big data analytics platform, in pursuit of a more personalized customer experience on drive-thru and digital orders.

By Scott Robinson • May 17, 2019

Sisense acquisition of Periscope yields versatile BI platform

The Sisense merger with Periscope Data is expected to create a new, combined BI product that will cater to casual business users and advanced data scientists alike.

By Mark Labbe • May 15, 2019

Qlik multi-cloud, Kubernetes options drive cloud-first vision

Qlik advances its plan to be a cloud- and SaaS-first analytics vendor with new multi-cloud and Kubernetes deployment options. But on prem still is a priority -- for now.

By Brian Holak • May 15, 2019

Qlik debuts free data literacy certification

Qlik unveiled a free data literacy certification in the hopes of making people -- both customers and non-customers -- more data literate.

By Brian Holak • May 15, 2019

SAS Viya cloud software at center of SAS analytics strategy

The spotlight at SAS Global Forum 2019 was on the vendor's Viya analytics tools, which are getting new functionality and licensing options meant to spur deployments.

By Craig Stedman • May 3, 2019

Beyond customer sentiment: How to put NLP technology to work

Natural language processing tools and apps have finally arrived -- but how are organizations putting NLP to work? Here are some possibilities that might not be obvious.

By Scott Robinson • May 1, 2019

SAS Platform update expands AI in Viya cloud analytics tools

A new version of the SAS analytics platform adds a variety of AI features to SAS Viya, the cloud-based software that SAS hopes will secure its place in the AI future.

By Craig Stedman • April 30, 2019

A future data scientist needs business, deep learning skills

As automation grows, data scientists will focus more on business needs, strategic oversight and deep learning and less on model creation and other routine tasks.

By Brian Holak • April 29, 2019

Augmented BI tools speed insights with less manual labor

Through AI, machine learning and NLP, augmented analytics reduces the manual labor of traditional BI work to more quickly and accurately locate and analyze relevant data.

By George Lawton • April 24, 2019

Most in-demand data science skills include ML, Python

Experts detail the skills employers want most in data scientists -- notably machine learning and programming languages -- and why often the most valuable expertise comes with time.

By Brian Holak • April 24, 2019

How to integrate Power BI and SharePoint via embedded reports

Expert Brien Posey explains two methods for including Power BI reports on pages in SharePoint Online's cloud service: publishing a link to a report, or embedding one.

By Brien Posey • April 15, 2019

Data-rich organizations turn focus to ethical data mining

As data analytics has increasingly become a core component of organizations' strategies, concerns have arisen around how data is mined. Experts offer tips.

By Beth Stackpole • April 11, 2019

Cloud AutoML, BigQuery ML upgrades expand Google stake in ML

Google introduced a raft of updates to its cloud-based machine learning and AI products, including expanded capabilities for its AutoML and BigQuery ML tools.

By Brian Holak • April 10, 2019

Google’s BigQuery ML needs big changes to compete

On the eve of Google Cloud Next '19, experts assess the impact of Google's BigQuery ML since its release and their hopes for the automated machine learning tool's future.

By Brian Holak • April 8, 2019

Equifax and FICO unite to move into alternative data market

With the Equifax-FICO alliance, the credit giants are offering a combined Data Decisions Cloud suite they hope can solidify their place in the alternative data market.

By Brian Holak • April 4, 2019

$1 billion SAS AI investment recharges vendor’s mission

SAS' new AI initiative includes a $1 billion investment and partnership with AI chip vendor Nvidia. The goal is to bring advanced AI tech to end users.

By Brian Holak • April 2, 2019

Qlik Research head talks Associative Engine, NLP and Data Swarm

Elif Tutuk, research head at Qlik, discusses projects her team is working on -- including a smarter Associative Engine, multi-attribute visualizations and NLP.

By Brian Holak • April 1, 2019

Yellowfin Signals delivers automated insights to BI users

BI vendor Yellowfin's Signals tool automatically alerts users about changes in business data with an aim to broaden the use of analytics in organizations.

By Donald Farmer • March 28, 2019

Analytics an uneasy balance between data collection and privacy

In the age of GDPR and privacy regulations, attention must be paid to user privacy. Data management tools that employ AI as part of analytics can help achieve that.

By Maria Korolov • March 28, 2019

7 enterprise use cases for real-time streaming analytics

Organizations are tapping into real-time streaming analytics to respond quickly to customers and provide a range of services. Learn how some companies are utilizing such platforms.

By George Lawton • March 28, 2019

Tableau-VoiceBase deal brings speech analytics data to users

Tableau's partnership with AI speech analytics vendor VoiceBase enables users both inside and outside of the contact center to easily derive insights from speech analytics data.

By Brian Holak • March 19, 2019

NYPD’s Patternizr crime analysis tool raises AI bias concerns

The NYPD has rolled out Patternizr, a machine learning algorithm that helps analysts identify crime patterns but highlights the complexity around eliminating AI bias in real-world systems.

By Brian Holak • March 14, 2019