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Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption
A new study finds that only a third of organizations are successfully developing GenAI tools. The problem preventing success is the quality of the underlying information.
By Eric Avidon • Jan. 27, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What is an analytics database (analytical database)?
An analytics database, also called an analytical database, is a read-only system that stores historical data on business metrics such as sales performance and inventory levels.
By Rahul Awati • Jan. 24, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Expert Advice
Develop data literacy skills to advance your career
Data literacy skills are the foundation of data-driven decision-making. Identify your current skill level and learn what you must improve to better use data in your work.
By Donald Farmer • Jan. 15, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
ThoughtSpot adds data preparation with Analyst Studio launch
Long focused largely on analytics, the vendor's new data preparation environment marks a foray into data management so users can ready data for informing AI and BI tools.
By Eric Avidon • Jan. 15, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Qlik’s Upsolver acquisition ups streaming, Iceberg support
With Iceberg a popular foundation for data lakehouses and streaming data key to AI development, the vendor's latest acquisition aims to address growing AI needs for customers.
By Eric Avidon • Jan. 14, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Expert Advice
Will generative AI replace data analysts?
Generative AI can't replace data analysts. It can help analysts be more effective, but GenAI lacks human insights and knowledge to do the job.
By Donald Farmer • Jan. 10, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Expert Advice
How LLMs can improve data analysis
Data professionals can use LLMs to enhance predictive analytics, but human oversight is still critical.
By John Burke • Jan. 9, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Expert Advice // Data visualization skills
9 data visualization certifications
Data visualization skills make you a valuable employee in a data-driven world, and adding a certification to your resume showcases your knowledge.
By Jacob Roundy • Jan. 6, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
New Alteryx CEO sees platform as the canvas for AI prep
Following a time of tumult that included going private, the vendor's new leader aims to spur growth by making its platform a pivotal part of the AI development process.
By Eric Avidon • Jan. 2, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Data visualization skills
Improve data visualizations, become a better storyteller
Visualizations that make sense and are important to your audience's goals help you tell better stories with data. Color, layout and the type of data you display play a role.
By Donald Farmer • Dec. 26, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
6 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2024
The transformation of data platforms into AI development platforms and the rise of agentic AI were the top developments in data management and business intelligence.
By Eric Avidon • Dec. 23, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
20 top business intelligence tools to know about in 2025
To help you find the right BI software for your analytics needs, here's a look at 20 top tools and the key features that differentiate them from other technologies.
By Donald Farmer • Dec. 16, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What is business intelligence (BI)? A detailed guide
Business intelligence, or BI, is a technology-driven data analysis process that helps an organization's executives, managers and workers make informed business decisions.
By Craig Stedman • Dec. 16, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What is days sales outstanding (DSO)?
Days sales outstanding (DSO) measures the average time it takes a business to collect payments after a sale.
By Kate Brush, Katie Terrell Hanna • Dec. 11, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Alteryx names new CEO amid ongoing change
A year after getting acquired by private equity firms amid declining revenue growth and a slow transition to the cloud, the longtime data management vendor has a new leader.
By Eric Avidon • Dec. 9, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
New Qlik integrations ready data for AI development
The longtime analytics and data management vendor's new integrations are designed to enable customers to ingest and prepare data for GenAI.
By Eric Avidon • Dec. 5, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What is big data analytics?
Big data analytics is the process of examining big data to uncover information -- such as hidden patterns, correlations, market trends and customer preferences -- that can help organizations make informed business decisions.
By Wesley Chai, Scott Robinson, Alexander Gillis • Dec. 2, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
6 data preparation best practices for analytics applications
Analytics applications need clean data to produce actionable insights. Six data preparation best practices can turn your messy data into high-quality fuel for analytics operations.
By Donald Farmer • Nov. 27, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What is a business intelligence analyst and what do they do?
Business intelligence analysts are key members of BI teams. Here's a look at the job, the skills it requires, salary levels and how the role of a BI analyst is evolving.
By Mary Pratt • Nov. 25, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Business intelligence reporting: What it is, how it works
BI reporting presents data in various formats so employees can interpret and act on that information in a timely manner without relying on a data analyst. But challenges exist.
By Chris Tozzi • Nov. 21, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
7 examples of augmented analytics in the enterprise
Augmented analytics uses machine learning, AI and natural language processing to help business users interpret complex data sets. Explore use cases across industries.
By Chris Tozzi • Nov. 19, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
With new Fabric features, Microsoft aims at AI development
New data management and analytics suite features include databases and a data catalog to enable enterprises to develop and operationalize advanced applications.
By Eric Avidon • Nov. 19, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Expert Advice
How to implement a business intelligence project in 7 steps
The BI implementation process involves a series of steps that organizations need to take to ensure projects are completed successfully and meet business goals.
By Jeff McCormick • Nov. 15, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Expert Advice
How to build an effective business intelligence strategy
Explore the eight steps organizations need to develop and implement a successful business intelligence strategy, as well as some of the challenges staff can encounter.
By Mary Pratt • Nov. 15, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What is continuous intelligence?
Continuous intelligence (CI) is a data analysis process that delivers real-time analytics and insights as a part of ongoing business operations.
By Mary Pratt • Nov. 13, 2024
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