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- January 25, 2023
25 Jan'23
Spatial analysis a portal to deeper insights from data
When combined with other types of data, location information can add important context that leads to the well-informed insights that result in decisions and actions.
- January 20, 2023
20 Jan'23
Snowflake acquires Mobilize.net tools to aid cloud migration
The vendor purchased SnowConvert, a set of tools designed to automate some of the onerous coding work required to migrate data out of on-premises databases to the cloud.
- January 19, 2023
19 Jan'23
Qlik unveils roadmap for analytics, data integration tools
The vendor plans to increase its connectivity to SaaS applications so users can integrate data from more sources and to add new APIs for embedded BI and automation.
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- January 17, 2023
17 Jan'23
Overrated and underrated trends in analytics
Strong data governance frameworks are seemingly always underrated, while new data architectures such as data mesh and the promise of automated machine learning might be overrated.
- January 11, 2023
11 Jan'23
Sisense unveils integration with ChatGPT
The analytics vendor designed a new UI that enables customers to engage with the chatbot and use its capabilities to dramatically speed data preparation and enhance data analysis.
- January 09, 2023
09 Jan'23
Qlik acquisition of Talend adds data fabric capabilities
Through its latest purchase, the longtime analytics vendor adds data fabric and self-service data pipeline development capabilities to its existing suite of data integration tools.
- January 06, 2023
06 Jan'23
Salesforce layoffs evidence Tableau has lost independence
The analytics vendor was significantly affected by the CRM giant's latest staff cut, which comes on the heels of an exodus of executives from Tableau that included its former CEO.
- January 04, 2023
04 Jan'23
Experts predict NLP to be biggest BI trend this year
Given the advancements in chatbot technologies like the recent launch of ChatGPT, industry watchers expect analytics vendors to prioritize natural language query and analysis.
- December 21, 2022
21 Dec'22
ThoughtSpot, DBT partner to join BI and data modeling
The analytics vendor and open source tool have already developed integrations that combine self-service BI and semantic modeling, and now plan to fine-tune their functionality.
- December 21, 2022
21 Dec'22
Ascend.io tool offers free data ingestion for Snowflake users
Free Ingest encourages the vendor's customers to use its data import tools, rather than a third party's, to reduce the complexity and improve the security of data management.
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- December 19, 2022
19 Dec'22
Expert advice on how to start with self-service analytics
In addition to an easy-to-use BI platform, keys to developing a successful data culture driven by business analysts include a data catalog, executive support and good training.
- December 16, 2022
16 Dec'22
Data governance, AI among the past year's analytics trends
Organizations recognized data governance as an enabler of self-service BI and a way to keep data safe as well as that AI is best used to augment humans rather than replace them.
- December 14, 2022
14 Dec'22
Sigma Computing advances data collaboration with new tool
Live Edit not only enables collaboration during the decision-making process but also lets data engineers and business users work together as they develop new data products.
- December 14, 2022
14 Dec'22
Tableau update enables direct action from analytics insights
The vendor's fourth-quarter update includes an integration with Salesforce Flow that enables users to trigger actions in business applications directly from their BI dashboards.
- December 09, 2022
09 Dec'22
People and processes key to a successful analytics strategy
A commitment from the C-suite, including appointing data leaders, that leads to processes that enable data-driven decision-making are critical to successful BI.
- December 06, 2022
06 Dec'22
AWS analytics tools help French utility go green
The cloud computing giant's suite enabled Engie SA to transition away from fossil fuels and now helps the French utility manage a network of renewable energy sources.
- December 02, 2022
02 Dec'22
Mortgage data vendor uses Qlik to build analytics platform
Polygon Research used tools from the analytics vendor to develop a SaaS platform consisting of nine dashboards that mortgage specialists can use to inform decisions.
- December 02, 2022
02 Dec'22
Tableau CEO Mark Nelson steps down, no successor to be named
Nelson ascended to the leadership role in March 2021 after the departure of Adam Selipsky. Salesforce, which acquired the analytics vendor in 2019, will now take on its leadership.
- November 29, 2022
29 Nov'22
Amazon enhances QuickSight with added NLQ capabilities
The platform's latest update includes the ability to ask "why" of data and do forecasting without writing code as well as new cloud migration and paginated reporting capabilities.
- November 29, 2022
29 Nov'22
Starburst adds features to further data mesh approach
The data and analytics vendor advanced its SaaS platform with data discoverability and governance features and its enterprise platform with support for AWS Lake Formation.
- November 28, 2022
28 Nov'22
Healthcare firm builds SaaS analytics tools with ThoughtSpot
The healthcare consulting firm used the analytics vendor's platform to develop tools that enable customers to reduce risk and increase efficiency related to the auditing process.
- November 18, 2022
18 Nov'22
TigerGraph Cloud update adds ML, data visualization tools
The latest from the graph database vendor includes a feature that enables users to build visuals without writing code and another that lets data scientists use familiar tools.
- November 16, 2022
16 Nov'22
Alteryx launches SaaS version of Designer in Analytics Cloud
The fully cloud-native version of Designer furthers the vendor's move toward the cloud, which began in early 2022 with the launch of its first cloud-based suite of tools.
- November 15, 2022
15 Nov'22
Tableau packages tools in Analytics Performance Bundle
The combination of four tools comes at a cost savings for customers and is designed to better enable users to derive value from data by providing all needed capabilities in one.
- November 15, 2022
15 Nov'22
Knime unveils collaboration hub for analytics, data science
Built to complement Knime's Analytics Platform, the cloud-native hub is an environment for sharing, collaborating and launching data tools into production across organizations.
- November 10, 2022
10 Nov'22
Logi Analytics focused, stable as part of Insightsoftware
The formerly independent embedded BI specialist is benefiting from its new parent company's aggressive acquisition strategy as well as its emphasis on product development.
- November 07, 2022
07 Nov'22
Launch of Business Analytics Enterprise unifies IBM BI tools
The tech giant joined previously disparate capabilities in a single platform and unveiled a new hub where customers can view models and dashboards from various vendors.
- November 03, 2022
03 Nov'22
Qlik launches new cloud-based data integration platform
The new integration platform as a service joins data preparation and cataloging capabilities in one place, enabling organizations ready their data in real time for analysis.
- November 03, 2022
03 Nov'22
Election campaigns recognize need for analytics in politics
Candidates are now using data to build profiles of potential voters and target their outreach in much the same way enterprises use BI tools to personalize marketing efforts.
- October 28, 2022
28 Oct'22
Modernizing talent one of the keys to analytics success
Adding a chief data officer, hiring data engineers and implementing a data literacy program are crucial aspects of reaching a desired level of data maturity.
- October 27, 2022
27 Oct'22
ThoughtSpot launches integration with Google Sheets
The combination of the analytics vendor's NLP-based platform with the spreadsheet is designed to help joint customers derive insights from their data and take action.
- October 24, 2022
24 Oct'22
Startup Tellius raises $16M in new funding to fuel growth
The analytics vendor plans to use the capital to build up an ecosystem for analytics through new integrations and develop industry-specific applications to speed up time to value.
- October 19, 2022
19 Oct'22
TigerGraph unveils support for query language openCypher
The graph database vendor moves to support openCypher to attract customers unfamiliar with its GSQL query language while the industry works to develop a standard query language.
- October 18, 2022
18 Oct'22
Guided analytics tool highlights Tableau platform update
Data Guide features augmented intelligence capabilities designed to assist users as they surface insights from their data and reach actionable decisions.
- October 18, 2022
18 Oct'22
Oracle analytics update adds CX app, semantic modeling tool
The tech giant's latest platform update adds capabilities designed to improve the productivity of business users and reduce organizations' reliance on IT teams.
- October 13, 2022
13 Oct'22
Marketing agency uses Looker to build data platform, grow
When overhauling its analytics operations, a digital marketing agency turned to analytics vendor Looker's tools to build data marts and enable self-service exploration and analysis.
- October 12, 2022
12 Oct'22
Power BI platform adds cross-tenant sharing, integrations
Power BI users can now safely share data and collaborate with partner and customer organizations, while new integrations with Microsoft 365 tools are now in preview.
- October 11, 2022
11 Oct'22
Google Cloud consolidates analytics tools under Looker name
The tech giant renamed Data Studio, its primary BI platform before its acquisition of Looker, and unveiled a new enterprise version of the rebranded platform.
- October 06, 2022
06 Oct'22
Yellowfin enhances NLQ tool in analytics platform update
The release is the vendor's first since being acquired by Idera in early 2022 and builds on natural language query features it first launched in late 2021.
- October 06, 2022
06 Oct'22
SingleStore raises funding to fuel development, expansion
The database vendor plans to use the capital to fund product development, global expansion and marketing as well as keep some in reserve as a hedge against a potential recession.
- October 04, 2022
04 Oct'22
Accounting giant boosts efficiency with Alteryx automation
Two years after starting a pilot program with the data and analytics vendor, the accounting firm has saved more than 100,000 work hours by automating repetitive tasks.
- September 27, 2022
27 Sep'22
SAS, Microsoft make Viya available on Azure Marketplace
The vendors aim to market the analytics platform to a new audience of self-service customers that will be able to quickly deploy Viya and pay only for the compute power they use.
- September 26, 2022
26 Sep'22
Starburst adds tools to enhance its data mesh capabilities
The vendor added data product and data set sharing features along with enhanced governance capabilities aimed at enabling organizations to decentralize their analytics operations.
- September 22, 2022
22 Sep'22
Google launches trio of new tools for its data cloud
The data management and analytics tools, including new data sharing and data lake platforms, are designed to let users access more data at lower expense.
- September 20, 2022
20 Sep'22
Tableau unveils integration with Salesforce Genie
The combination is designed to enable joint customers of the analytics vendor and CRM giant to more easily connect to their customer data and surface insights.
- September 20, 2022
20 Sep'22
More automation, embedded analytics part of Tableau plans
New capabilities scheduled for release as part of the vendor's final two platform updates in 2022 are designed to speed the ability to reach insights and take actions.
- September 15, 2022
15 Sep'22
Ricoh modernizes its analytics with Qlik
The information management and digital services company is beginning to develop a data culture, and the BI vendor's platform has enabled new efficiencies.
- September 14, 2022
14 Sep'22
Consumer data needs better protection by government
Though legislation is before Congress that would address data privacy, it may not set clear enough guidelines or give individuals enough control.
- September 14, 2022
14 Sep'22
Data privacy concerns grow as legislation lags
While healthcare and financial data are protected by federal legislation, individuals have little control over how consumer data is collected and used.
- September 08, 2022
08 Sep'22
Snowflake, UiPath launch integration to automate data prep
The collaboration between the data cloud vendor and robotic process automation vendor will enable joint customers to automate data pipelines used to fuel business applications.
- September 07, 2022
07 Sep'22
Business intelligence needs boost from decision intelligence
As the volume and complexity of data grows, organizations need AI and ML capabilities to surface insights and augment the capabilities of overmatched BI tools.
- August 31, 2022
31 Aug'22
Amazon advances QuickSight with new embedded analytics tool
Coming after the addition of natural language processing capabilities, the new embedded analytics tool strengthens the BI platform to make it more feature rich.
- August 30, 2022
30 Aug'22
Sisu adds new decision intelligence capabilities
The startup aims to augment human decision-making with automation, and its new tools find and explain changes in data, analyze their effect and prescribe what to do next.
- August 29, 2022
29 Aug'22
Teradata launches cloud-native platform, enhances BI suite
VantageCloud Lake is designed to enable wider use across organizations along with better cost control, while ClearScape Analytics adds more than 50 new capabilities.
- August 24, 2022
24 Aug'22
New SAS, SingleStore integration boosts speed, efficiency
The integration between the longtime data and analytics vendor and the upstart database vendor enables users to work with data in-database, which increases speed-to-insight.
- August 18, 2022
18 Aug'22
Geospatial data a key means of combating climate change
By pinpointing when and where fires, floods and other natural disasters caused by climate change might occur, the damage from such events can be drastically reduced.
- August 17, 2022
17 Aug'22
Scenario planning fertile ground for analytics vendors
Despite enabling organizations to explore what might happen based on different decisions and to prepare for potential problems, many BI vendors don't offer such tools.
- August 12, 2022
12 Aug'22
Free tool from Collibra tests data maturity against peers
The assessment tool is free to anyone and is designed to help organizations better understand the evolution of their data and analytics systems relative to others.
- August 11, 2022
11 Aug'22
Cloud-agnostic ethos key for Qlik as an independent vendor
The vendor has developed relationships with many of the key cloud providers and is intent on enabling its users to house their data on the cloud of their choice.
- August 05, 2022
05 Aug'22
Intersport boosts analytics, marketing efficiency with Knime
Using the BI vendor's platform, the sporting goods retailer has reduced staff needed to attend to data, decreased time to build data workflows and improved marketing campaigns.
- August 04, 2022
04 Aug'22
MicroStrategy adds more governance to analytics platform
The longtime independent vendor's latest platform update features tools to help system administrators and application developers easily add data governance and security guardrails.
- August 03, 2022
03 Aug'22
Saylor to step down as MicroStrategy CEO after 33 years
The vendor's co-founder will leave the role he's held since the company was founded to become executive chairman, with President Phong Le to take over as CEO.
- August 03, 2022
03 Aug'22
Metrics upgrades, AR tool highlight Power BI platform update
The July update includes over 20 features, with highlights including new capabilities for Metrics, a tool that uses AR to add context to data and new embedded BI capabilities.
- July 21, 2022
21 Jul'22
Automation, more security and governance next big BI trends
As many data preparation and management tasks get automated, insight generation and action are the next likely targets for automation. Another key trend is more data governance.
- July 19, 2022
19 Jul'22
5 business analytics trends that shaped the start of 2022
While AI and machine learning capabilities continue to evolve, another major movement in BI so far in 2022 has been to enable users to take action directly from insights.
- July 18, 2022
18 Jul'22
Tibco adds SaaS version of MDM platform, updates TCI
The analytics vendor unveiled Cloud EBX as it continues to add cloud-native versions of its tools. In addition, it launched an updated version of its cloud integration suite.
- July 13, 2022
13 Jul'22
New CEO not likely to change Tibco once merged with Citrix
The analytics vendor's product leaders all remain in place, so while it will have a new company leader, its product development capabilities are expected to remain unchanged.
- July 12, 2022
12 Jul'22
SingleStore secures $116M in funding to fuel growth
The data management vendor has secured $278 million in financing since December 2020 and plans to use the new funds to fuel product development and expand marketing efforts.
- July 12, 2022
12 Jul'22
Tibco targets data model deployment with ModelOps launch
The analytics vendor designed the no-code platform, a sort of operating system for AI, to simplify the deployment of AI and machine learning models by users across organizations.
- July 08, 2022
08 Jul'22
Databricks platform fuels analytics at State Department
The vendor's AI and machine learning capabilities have enabled the government agency to improve the effectiveness of its data analysis technology and its overall efficiency.
- July 06, 2022
06 Jul'22
LA County modernizes hiring with Azure and Databricks
The HR department of the largest U.S. county revamped its analytics stack in order to help reduce hiring times that often took more than a year.
- July 06, 2022
06 Jul'22
TigerGraph Cloud update enables easier adoption, deployment
With enterprise customers adding more users as graph technology gains popularity, the vendor added features to make wide use of its SaaS platform easier and more secure.
- June 29, 2022
29 Jun'22
Tableau adds data storytelling tool in latest update
Six months after the analytics vendor's acquisition of Narrative Science comes Data Stories, a new tool aimed at enabling more employees within organizations to work with data.
- June 29, 2022
29 Jun'22
New Collibra, Snowflake integration enhances data governance
The new tool aims to enable customers to quickly put protections on sensitive data without requiring them to write code so that business users can securely work with data.
- June 22, 2022
22 Jun'22
Scottish EPA rebuilds with Tibco Spotfire after cyber attack
After almost all of the agency's data and analytics tools were wiped out, it survived and then thrived using the analytics platform to fuel data-driven decision-making.
- June 20, 2022
20 Jun'22
Knime adds new UI, tighter Snowflake bond to analytics suite
The vendor's new platform update is aimed at end users and features a revamped user interface, more Snowflake integration and a dedicated Python environment for writing scripts.
- June 16, 2022
16 Jun'22
Tibco Spotfire 12 to enable direct actions from dashboards
The platform's next update, which the vendor previewed during a recent virtual user conference, will enable customers to trigger data-driven actions directly from their dashboards.
- June 15, 2022
15 Jun'22
SAS analytics and BI platform evolves toward cloud
Though the analytics vendor has invested heavily in AI over the past few years, the most significant change to its platform has been its embrace of the cloud.
- June 14, 2022
14 Jun'22
ThoughtSpot, Matillion partner to accelerate analytics
The analytics vendor and data integration vendor both offer cloud-native tools and have joined forces to reduce the time it takes go from data ingestion to insight and action.
- June 09, 2022
09 Jun'22
Increasing importance of analytics an opportunity for ISVs
With more organizations looking to data to inform decision-making, there's a growing need for the services of independent software vendors and data providers.
- June 09, 2022
09 Jun'22
Datamart a new self-service developer tool in Power BI
The capability, now in in preview, will enable Premium customers to build small to midsize relational databases dedicated to a single subject, without requiring code.
- June 07, 2022
07 Jun'22
Qlik fuels solar equipment maker IronRidge's insights
The manufacturer is using the analytics vendor's platform to harness both internal and external data and inform decision-making throughout the solar firm's partner network.
- June 03, 2022
03 Jun'22
Data connectivity key to insight discovery
With the economy in near constant flux over the past two years, connecting data points to fuel analytics has enabled many organizations to act and react as they need to.
- June 01, 2022
01 Jun'22
Analytics, automation and AI will fuel future of business
Organizations that speed their decision intelligence abilities will be those that survive and thrive, while those that don't digitally transform will fail.
- May 26, 2022
26 May'22
Tech stock sell-off signals tough times for data vendors
In addition to lowering the values of publicly traded data, analytics and AI vendors, the stock market's decline is making it difficult for companies still in their funding phase.
- May 25, 2022
25 May'22
TigerGraph unveils new tool for machine learning modeling
The vendor's new capability is a pipeline for developing and deploying machine learning models with graph technology and works with popular third-party machine learning platforms.
- May 20, 2022
20 May'22
Alteryx adds augmented analytics, more cloud capabilities
The vendor's latest update includes increased connectivity to cloud data storage repositories and enhanced augmented intelligence features designed to increase speed-to-insight.
- May 19, 2022
19 May'22
Baseball's Rangers seek analytics edge with Tableau
Although the game's governing body provides comprehensive stats, the franchise is using the analytics vendor's tools to deliver digestible daily reports to gain a competitive edge.
- May 18, 2022
18 May'22
Qlik unveils 2022 roadmap for its analytics platform
Included in the vendor's product development plans are a new in-database query tool, stronger machine learning capabilities and enriched security and compliance features.
- May 17, 2022
17 May'22
HP deriving value from data with ThoughtSpot
After experimenting with a variety of BI platforms, the computer giant found success with the analytics vendor's platform given its ability to handle scale.
- May 17, 2022
17 May'22
Tableau adding new storytelling tool to analytics platform
During its user conference, the vendor unveiled automated data storytelling capabilities, a new cloud version of its platform and more self-service data science tools.
- May 13, 2022
13 May'22
Data storytelling, cloud in focus at Tableau Conference '22
Following its 2021 acquisition of Narrative Science, data storytelling -- along with cloud capabilities -- will be prominent when the vendor hosts its upcoming user conference.
- May 12, 2022
12 May'22
ThoughtSpot roadmap aims to make analytics simple, efficient
The vendor's product development philosophy is designed to give users more output from the platform while requiring less effort from the users themselves.
- May 11, 2022
11 May'22
ThoughtSpot demonstrates its evolution at Beyond 2022
The vendor's first in-person user conference since 2019 has showcased its transformation. In an interview, ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair discusses the company's modernization.
- May 10, 2022
10 May'22
ThoughtSpot broadens analytics customer base, targets SMBs
The analytics and BI vendor has added plug-in API apps to its natural language processing and embedded BI-friendly platform aimed at larger cloud-based enterprises and SMBs.
- May 10, 2022
10 May'22
ThoughtSpot adds analytics app templates, more automation
New capabilities included in the vendor's latest platform update include prebuilt applications, tools that automate insight delivery and a series of integrations with partners.
- May 09, 2022
09 May'22
Pyramid Analytics raises $120M, IPO could be next
The vendor plans to use the influx of capital to fund product development, geographic expansion and add staff with an eye toward going public within three years.
- April 29, 2022
29 Apr'22
Qlik wants analytics platform to lead to certainty, swagger
The vendor has added capabilities through acquisitions in recent years, and at its user conference plans to demonstrate the full scope of its integrated, end-to-end platform.
- April 27, 2022
27 Apr'22
Experts outline keys for strong data governance framework
Developing guidelines that simultaneously protect organizations from risk while enabling and encouraging employees to work with data can be difficult, but not impossible.
- April 27, 2022
27 Apr'22
Tableau targets embedded analytics with new developer tools
Unveiled during Salesforce's TrailblazerDX '22 developer conference, the new capabilities are aimed at enabling more business users to work with data in their everyday workflows.