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- July 12, 2021
12 Jul'21
Enabling collaboration a rising analytics trend
A proliferation of tools that enable collaboration is an emerging trend among BI vendors as 2021 passes its midpoint. Adding AI capabilities, meanwhile, remains a major trend.
- July 09, 2021
09 Jul'21
Top trends include value of analytics getting recognized
The high valuations investors are placing on data and analytics vendors, as well as the importance of AI and self-service BI amid the pandemic, marked the first half of 2021.
- July 08, 2021
08 Jul'21
MicroStrategy keeps focus on embedded analytics in update
Embedded BI capabilities, including integrating single data assets, rather than entire dashboards into users' workflows, feature prominently in MicroStrategy's latest update.
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- July 06, 2021
06 Jul'21
Logi Analytics guided by a rigorous goal
Guided by the desire to enable developers to create applications, embedded BI vendor Logi Analytics recently updated its platform and expanded its resources via M&A activity.
- July 01, 2021
01 Jul'21
Eckerson Group unveils service to benchmark analytics
Consulting firm Eckerson Group recently developed an assessment for the insurance industry to help companies compare their analytics programs with their peers.
- July 01, 2021
01 Jul'21
TigerGraph expands reach of its graph database technology
With demand for graph analytics on the rise, TigerGraph recently unveiled an expanded partner ecosystem that will enable the vendor to gain domain expertise as its userbase grows.
- July 01, 2021
01 Jul'21
Yellowfin analytics platform update targets data storytelling
The new platform update enables customers to include Yellowfin Stories, the vendor's data storytelling tool, on dashboards to create a unified workflow.
- June 29, 2021
29 Jun'21
Tableau platform update features upgraded AI tools
Tableau on June 29 unveiled new versions of Ask Data and Explain Data, tools that enable users with natural language processing, and two new integrations with Salesforce.
- June 21, 2021
21 Jun'21
Roadmap for Collibra platform includes more speed and scale
Collibra's roadmap is focused on adding more speed, with a plan in place to quadruple the amount of data customers can access and use by the end of 2022.
- June 17, 2021
17 Jun'21
Tableau analytics capabilities aid World Food Programme
The United Nations' World Food Programme is now using Tableau to inform its decision-making process and speed the time it takes to respond to crises worldwide.
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- June 16, 2021
16 Jun'21
Trio of trends influencing analytics, says Tableau's Beers
Some key trends driving product development include a single interface to work with data, embedded BI, and AI and ML, according to Tableau's tech chief.
- June 14, 2021
14 Jun'21
Election data revolutionizes the running of campaigns
Political campaigns used to rely primarily on polls to inform decisions, but with advances in technology over the past 15 years they are now using advanced analytics techniques.
- June 11, 2021
11 Jun'21
Speed, ease of use guide Snowflake approach to analytics
Fast-data cloud vendor Snowflake continues to expand its platform with capabilities that enable organizations to quickly and easily work with their data.
- June 09, 2021
09 Jun'21
ThoughtSpot unveils support for Snowflake developer platform
ThoughtSpot expanded its partnership with a leading data cloud provider, revealing ThoughtSpot for Snowpark to better enable developers as they work in-warehouse.
- June 09, 2021
09 Jun'21
AWS analytics helps vendor fight climate change
Using a cache of analytics tools from AWS, Carbon Lighthouse is helping commercial property owners reduce carbon emissions while saving on energy costs.
- June 08, 2021
08 Jun'21
Domo streamlines embedded analytics platform
The vendor released a new version of Domo Everywhere, streamlining the embedded BI platform to make it easier to develop and distribute applications.
- June 04, 2021
04 Jun'21
Bundesliga delivering insight to fans via AWS
Through its partnership with AWS, Germany's top soccer league is delivering advanced analytic insights to fans and broadcasters in real time during matches.
- June 03, 2021
03 Jun'21
AI capabilities a target for merger and acquisition activity
Analytics vendors are on the hunt for augmented intelligence capabilities, and with acquisition activity heating up, vendors specializing in AI could be targets for BI vendors.
- June 03, 2021
03 Jun'21
Evolution of analytics sped up by pandemic
Just as the pandemic has forced organizations of all kinds to adapt, business intelligence tools have had to evolve as well to keep up with the changing needs of customers.
- June 02, 2021
02 Jun'21
GoodData launches overhauled analytics platform
Featuring a suite of microservices, GoodData released its new platform after nearly two years spent overhauling each of its individual capabilities.
- May 27, 2021
27 May'21
Utah agency tracks wildlife data with Google analytics tools
Tools from the Google Cloud Platform enabled the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to manage the growing amount of data that overwhelmed its on-premises system.
- May 26, 2021
26 May'21
New Google tools aim to simplify data analytics lifecycle
Google Cloud unveiled a trio of new tools, aimed at enabling users to work through the entire analytics workflow, during its virtual Data Cloud Summit.
- May 26, 2021
26 May'21
Tibco update features embedded analytics, ModelOps tools
Tibco unveiled a host of new features May 26 during its virtual user conference, including new embedded data science capabilities and a model deployment tool.
- May 20, 2021
20 May'21
British rowing team employs SAS analytics to prep for Olympics
Forced to train remotely during the pandemic, the British rowing team has used SAS software tools to develop training programs for its athletes ahead of the 2021 Summer Olympics.
- May 19, 2021
19 May'21
AutoML, cloud-native tools highlight Alteryx platform update
An automated machine learning tool and a cloud-native version of Alteryx Designer are among the new capabilities Alteryx unveiled during its virtual user conference.
- May 18, 2021
18 May'21
SAS analytics platform adds native support for AWS, GCP
SAS unveils cloud-native support for AWS and Google Cloud during SAS Global Forum, the vendor's virtual user conference. SAS introduced similar support for Microsoft Azure in 2020.
- May 14, 2021
14 May'21
Qlik analytics, DataRobot modeling fuel healthcare change
Using Qlik's business intelligence capabilities and predictive modeling from DataRobot, an England-based healthcare organization is overhauling the way it addresses patient care.
- May 12, 2021
12 May'21
SaaS adoption, real-time BI among top analytics trends
More enterprises using SaaS and the need for data in real time are among the top trends in analytics, according to Dan Sommer, senior director and market intelligence lead at Qlik.
- May 10, 2021
10 May'21
Active intelligence continues to guide Qlik roadmap
Automated integrations and a new collaboration tool highlight Qlik's roadmap, which the vendor unveiled during QlikWorld 2021, its virtual user conference.
- May 07, 2021
07 May'21
Qlik keeps focus on real-time, actionable analytics
In an interview, Qlik CEO Mike Capone discusses the vendor's focus on active intelligence, which means delivering actionable insights to users in real time within their workflows.
- May 05, 2021
05 May'21
Acquisition by ThoughtSpot adds data integration capabilities
ThoughtSpot both acquired Diyotta on May 4 to add data integration capabilities and released ThoughtSpot Everywhere, a new embedded analytics platform, for general availability.
- May 05, 2021
05 May'21
Gartner: Data-driven decision-making never more important
Organizations must take a concerted approach to most effectively take advantage of their data, Gartner analyst Gareth Herschel said during the advisory firm's virtual conference.
- May 04, 2021
04 May'21
Goals in Power BI a new data-driven performance tracker
Microsoft unveiled a new performance-tracking tool for Power BI that enables organizations to create key business objectives and metrics and measure their progress.
- May 03, 2021
03 May'21
New ML, AI features highlight Oracle Analytics Cloud update
Augmented intelligence and machine learning capabilities feature prominently in the latest Oracle analytics platform update, which the vendor revealed on May 3.
- April 29, 2021
29 Apr'21
Toucan Toco unveils native integration with Snowflake
A France-based data storytelling startup unveiled its first native integration with a cloud service provider, aligning with Snowflake to improve security and speed queries.
- April 28, 2021
28 Apr'21
Graph analytics uniquely suited for fighting financial crime
As organizations attempt to stop financial crimes, graph technology can be a significant tool given the way it finds and reveals complex relationships.
- April 26, 2021
26 Apr'21
Chief data officer role key to data-drive decision-making
Though the first CDO was hired nearly 20 years ago, many organizations are only now beginning to realize the value of data and seek someone to oversee their data operations.
- April 22, 2021
22 Apr'21
Graph analytics being used in childhood cancer research
With relational databases limited in how they connect data points, graph database tools from TigerGraph are aiding the Technical University of Denmark's childhood cancer research.
- April 21, 2021
21 Apr'21
TigerGraph unveils support for GCP, adds new connectors
Graph database vendor TigerGraph unveiled support for Google Cloud and new connectors to Snowflake and Tableau on April 21 during its virtual user conference.
- April 20, 2021
20 Apr'21
Startup Veezoo emerges from stealth with NLQ-based platform
Aiming to be 'Siri for enterprises,' an analytics startup emerged from stealth with a platform that enables users to interact with data using natural language.
- April 15, 2021
15 Apr'21
Insightsoftware acquisition of Izenda targets embedded BI
ERP vendor Insightsoftware acquired embedded analytics specialist Izenda on April 15, marking its second purchase of an embedded BI vendor this month.
- April 14, 2021
14 Apr'21
Data scientist shortage leaves organizations uncertain
Despite their desire to use data science in their decision-making process, some organizations can't find qualified data scientists to develop and run their data science initiatives.
- April 09, 2021
09 Apr'21
Air Force's data overhaul makes analytics a priority
With its data locked in legacy systems that didn't communicate with one another, in 2017 the Air Force started to overhaul of its BI stack to enable data-driven decision-making.
- April 07, 2021
07 Apr'21
Logi Analytics acquired by ERP vendor Insightsoftware
Logi Analytics, a BI vendor specializing in embedded business intelligence, was acquired on April 7 by an ERP vendor specializing in financial reporting and budgeting tools.
- April 02, 2021
02 Apr'21
Tennis great Venus Williams a devotee of analytics
Tennis great Venus Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, views data as a differentiator when she's on the court -- sometimes what separates winning from losing.
- April 01, 2021
01 Apr'21
Strong data governance frameworks are fuel for analytics
Good data governance can remove fear of data by striking a balance between restricting access to sensitive data and fostering a culture of data exploration and analysis.
- March 31, 2021
31 Mar'21
ThoughtSpot makes first acquisition, buys SeekWell
ThoughtSpot reached an agreement to acquire SeekWell on Wednesday, a move that will enable the analytics vendor to deliver insights to users in their workflows via SQL.
- March 25, 2021
25 Mar'21
Domo analytics suite focused on usability
The Domo BI platform is aimed at enabling users of all skill levels. New and planned features stick with that easy-to-use approach, chief business officer Jay Heglar says.
- March 24, 2021
24 Mar'21
Domo update adds embedded analytics, multi-cloud capabilities
The latest platform update from Domo includes enhanced embedded BI, AI and multi-cloud capabilities. The features were unveiled during the vendor's virtual user conference.
- March 24, 2021
24 Mar'21
Mark Nelson named new CEO of Tableau
With Adam Selipsky headed to AWS, Mark Nelson has been named the new chief executive officer of Tableau. Nelson had been Tableau's head of product development since 2018.
- March 23, 2021
23 Mar'21
Tableau releases first integration with Einstein Analytics
AI and machine learning capabilities developed by Salesforce are now available in Tableau, marking the first integration between the vendors since the CRM giant acquired Tableau.
- March 22, 2021
22 Mar'21
GoodData to unveil analytics platform overhaul in April
Self-service business intelligence and data as a service form the foundation of the overhauled platform GoodData plans to release in April following two years of retooling.
- March 17, 2021
17 Mar'21
SAS hit with 100 layoffs amid digital transformation efforts
SAS said it is still hiring for hundreds of open positions worldwide, despite cutting approximately 100 jobs. The independent analytics vendor employs nearly 14,000 people.
- March 16, 2021
16 Mar'21
Oracle aims to enable access to analytics via ease of use
Oracle continues to add augmented intelligence features to its BI suite with the aim of enabling business users to work with data without needing the skills of a data scientist.
- March 10, 2021
10 Mar'21
Talend to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.4 billion
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo reached an agreement to acquire Talend, an analytics vendor whose platform enables users to integrate data from disparate sources.
- March 10, 2021
10 Mar'21
ThoughtSpot sells $20 million equity stake to Snowflake
ThoughtSpot received a $20 million equity investment from a cloud data services provider in a move that helps validate the analytics vendor's strategic focus on the cloud.
- March 09, 2021
09 Mar'21
Tableau adds global vaccination info to COVID-19 Data Hub
Tableau unveiled the Global Tracker, a new tool to help organizations track coronavirus vaccinations by country and enable them to make decisions related to the pandemic.
- March 04, 2021
04 Mar'21
Microsoft unveils per-user pricing for Power BI Premium
Microsoft is making Power BI Premium, the top-tier version of the big tech vendor's business intelligence platform, available on a per-user basis for the first time.
- March 04, 2021
04 Mar'21
Sisu redesigns analytics platform to streamline workflows
Sparked by feedback from both existing and potential customers, startup BI vendor Sisu redesigned its platform to make data exploration and analysis more efficient.
- March 02, 2021
02 Mar'21
Gartner emphasizes augmented analytics in new Magic Quadrant
Augmented intelligence features and value are what separate leading BI platforms from the rest, Gartner analyst Rita Sallam said in a recent interview.
- March 01, 2021
01 Mar'21
Qlik analytics platform keeps focus on active intelligence
With new data catalog capabilities and enhanced SAP connectors, Qlik continues its focus on the concept of active intelligence to enable users to more easily gain insights.
- February 25, 2021
25 Feb'21
Gartner predicts data storytelling will dominate BI by 2025
With analytics still the domain of data experts, Gartner predicts data narratives will be the BI capability that makes analytics accessible to a broad audience.
- February 23, 2021
23 Feb'21
Latest Uplevel tool enables software engineering efficiency
With Project Explorer, Uplevel enables development teams to improve efficiency by identifying potential risks and monitoring the overall health of projects.
- February 17, 2021
17 Feb'21
Microsoft strengthens Power BI security with new capabilities
The latest Power BI update features a series of new capabilities aimed at enabling organizations to secure their data as they move to the cloud and embrace remote work.
- February 17, 2021
17 Feb'21
TigerGraph raises $105M in funding to fuel growth
With $105 million in new financing, TigerGraph is planning to invest in more product development and expand its operations into new geographic regions.
- February 11, 2021
11 Feb'21
ThoughtSpot, Azure alliance boosts BI capabilities of both
A new strategic partnership between ThoughtSpot and Microsoft Azure unveiled on Feb. 11 includes joint product development plans in addition to enhanced connective capabilities.
- February 10, 2021
10 Feb'21
TSA tracks PPE supply data with MicroStrategy amid pandemic
The TSA has taken advantage of its lengthy relationship with MicroStrategy to develop tools to oversee its supply of PPE and keep employees as safe as possible during the pandemic.
- February 09, 2021
09 Feb'21
Sisense analytics suite renamed to reflect embedded BI focus
The business intelligence vendor unveiled Sisense Fusion, a rebranded version of Sisense's platform named to reflect the vendor's new focus on embedded BI capabilities.
- February 05, 2021
05 Feb'21
MicroStrategy plans include SaaS version of its BI platform
MicroStrategy revealed during its user conference that a SaaS version of its platform is in the works, as are new embedded analytics and process automation capabilities.
- February 03, 2021
03 Feb'21
Embedded analytics prominent in latest MicroStrategy update
New embedded BI capabilities and tools that enable collaboration are key features of MicroStrategy 2021, the latest platform update from the longtime BI vendor.
- February 02, 2021
02 Feb'21
New Viya, Azure integration enables SAS analytics users
A new integration between SAS Viya and Microsoft Azure makes Azure the preferred cloud for SAS customers and will enable a more seamless connection between the platforms.
- January 29, 2021
29 Jan'21
BI vendor Phocas raises funds to build predictive analytics
With its eyes on expansion and new analytics product development, a veteran Australian-based BI vendor raised $34 million in venture capital funding.
- January 28, 2021
28 Jan'21
Data governance for self-service analytics best practices
Establish a strong data governance strategy that will support your self-service analytics environment by including these best practices in your organization's process.
- January 28, 2021
28 Jan'21
Expert: Agile data-driven decision-making key to growth
Insight-driven decisions are crucial to the success and survival of organizations amid the current economic environment, advises an expert, as is the ability to act and react.
- January 25, 2021
25 Jan'21
Customer analytics firms merge to take on Salesforce, Adobe
Manthan Systems and RichRelevance, vendors specializing in customer analytics, recently merged to bring together AI-fueled insights with expertise in global retail.
- January 22, 2021
22 Jan'21
Data governance framework key to analytics success
Successful data-driven decision-making relies on good data at its core, and it's a strong governance plan that ensures the quality of an organization's data.
- January 22, 2021
22 Jan'21
Looker, Google planning plenty of analytics collaborations
While collaboration with its parent company is prominent in Looker's plans, so are investments in analytics capabilities including embedded BI and natural language processing.
- January 19, 2021
19 Jan'21
Partnership enables Alteryx users to prep data in Snowflake
Alteryx and a rising cloud data warehouse vendor unveiled a new partnership that will enable joint customers to more easily and inexpensively prepare data for analytics.
- January 15, 2021
15 Jan'21
Data storytelling a key part of Yellowfin analytics platform
Data storytelling remains a focal point for Yellowfin. Stories, the vendor's narrative generation tool, features heavily in both its latest platform update and roadmap for 2021.
- January 14, 2021
14 Jan'21
Assent Compliance automates text analytics with AWS
With more than 20,000 documents to review each month, Assent Compliance, a supply chain data management vendor, turned to AWS to automate its text analysis operations.
- January 12, 2021
12 Jan'21
Tibco acquisitions add capabilities to analytics platform
The recent completion of Tibco's acquisition of IBI has the potential to benefit customers of both given the complementary qualities of the vendors' platforms.
- January 07, 2021
07 Jan'21
Data storytelling vendor Toucan Toco poised for growth
Startup data storytelling vendor Toucan Toco has big goals for 2021, including doubling its annual revenues and expanding its customer base by about 50%.
- January 06, 2021
06 Jan'21
DataOps engineer an emerging role in analytics
As organizations accumulate more data and realize the need to implement a DataOps strategy, they are now seeking DataOps specialists to help implement and oversee data management.
- December 24, 2020
24 Dec'20
Analytics trends to watch in the coming year
Process automation and continuous intelligence are among the BI trends to watch in 2021 as organizations employ analytics to become more efficient and agile than ever before.
- December 18, 2020
18 Dec'20
Analytics startups to watch in the coming year
The startup BI vendors to watch in 2021 are those companies attempting to extend data analysis beyond data scientists and trained analysts to ordinary business users.
- December 15, 2020
15 Dec'20
Data prep in browser highlights Tableau BI platform update
New data preparation capabilities highlight the release of Tableau 2020.4, which was unveiled on Dec. 15 and includes a version of Tableau Prep Builder for the browser.
- December 11, 2020
11 Dec'20
Data literacy necessary amid COVID-19 pandemic
Data literacy is perhaps more important now than ever before as healthcare organizations, governments and enterprises struggle to deal with the effects of COVID-19.
- December 10, 2020
10 Dec'20
New ThoughtSpot tool advances embedded BI capabilities
ThoughtSpot this week unveiled ThoughtSpot Everywhere, an embedded analytics platform in preview, and a host of features on its roadmap, including pinboard filtering.
- December 09, 2020
09 Dec'20
Snowflake's Slootman predicts future of cloud analytics
Cloud data platforms that effectively eliminate data silos and reduce the need for multiple tools will emerge over the next few years, according to Snowflake's CEO.
- December 09, 2020
09 Dec'20
Startup analytics vendor Einblick emerges from stealth
Startup BI vendor Einblick emerged from stealth on Wednesday and aims to differentiate itself with a platform that integrates AI and machine learning with business intelligence.
- December 09, 2020
09 Dec'20
ThoughtSpot expands cloud capabilities with ThoughtSpot One
ThoughtSpot One, a new tool from analytics vendor ThoughtSpot, enhances the natural language search and data sharing capabilities of the SaaS version of the vendor's platform.
- December 07, 2020
07 Dec'20
ThoughtSpot BI platform to focus on the cloud
After developing a strong on-premises customer base, ThoughtSpot is undergoing a transformation with the cloud at the center of is product development strategy.
- December 04, 2020
04 Dec'20
The top 5 enterprise advanced analytics use cases
Advanced analytics adoption has been growing across industries. The technology has many growing use cases in enterprises, but these are the top five.
- December 03, 2020
03 Dec'20
Microsoft's Azure Synapse Analytics now generally available
After more than a year in preview, Microsoft's new analytics platform that brings together data integration, data warehousing and big data analysis is now generally available.
- December 03, 2020
03 Dec'20
Enabled by AWS, Vyaire ramps up production of ventilators
When demand for ventilators increased exponentially due to COVID-19, a developer of respirators turned to analytics tools from AWS to help determine how to meet the sudden need.
- December 02, 2020
02 Dec'20
Price differentiates Amazon QuickSight, but capabilities lag
New embedded analytics capabilities highlight the latest additions to the QuickSight platform, but despite improving capabilities, its low cost remains its key attraction.
- November 25, 2020
25 Nov'20
Coronavirus quickly expands role of analytics in enterprises
While NLP and embedded BI were expected to be key analytics trends, the effect of the pandemic on enterprises' takeup of analytics instead was the biggest development of 2020.
- November 23, 2020
23 Nov'20
Analytics keys Golden State Warriors' wins, on court and off
After adopting a data-driven culture a decade ago, the Golden State Warriors transformed themselves from one of the NBA's least successful franchises to one of its best.
- November 20, 2020
20 Nov'20
Knime focused on performance speed of analytics platform
New nodes that enhance speed and efficiency are at the core of Knime's roadmap as the open source analytics vendor prepares its next update for release in December.
- November 19, 2020
19 Nov'20
Enhanced admin controls highlight Alteryx platform update
New features to augment administrative control over the data management process highlight Alteryx 2020.4, the latest update from the data management vendor.