August 2019

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Ethical data mining and analytics elude privacy, usage snafus

  This handbook examines the ethics of data mining and offers advice on missteps to avoid when mining and analyzing customer data to help drive marketing campaigns.  Continue Reading

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  5 augmented analytics examples in the enterprise

  Here are the top examples of augmented analytics uses that BI vendors support and enable, including data preparation, NLP-based querying and automated insights.  Continue Reading

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  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.  Continue Reading

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Reveal moves Infragistics BI platform into embedded analytics

  With the release of Reveal, an embedded business intelligence platform, longtime software vendor Infragistics is expanding its presence in the analytics space.  Continue Reading

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  What's behind the Domo machine learning tool Did You Know

  Domo's Did You Know feature uses machine learning algorithms to automatically pull analytics information out of data sets for business users. Here's how it works.  Continue Reading

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  Deal boosts MicroStrategy platform's foray into government

  Through its new deal with ImmixGroup, a distributor of enterprise software to the public sector, MicroStrategy aims to increase sales of its BI platform to government agencies.  Continue Reading

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Pyramid sees opportunity in staying an independent BI company

  As competitors merge forces, Pyramid Analytics not only chooses to stay independent but also sees an opportunity to grow into the space left behind by the wave of consolidation.  Continue Reading

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Splunk Business Flow evidences company's heightened focus on BI

  Long known as a data security and IT monitoring vendor, Splunk is honing its data analytics tools and making the foray into business intelligence.  Continue Reading

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  BABOK Guide (Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge)

  The guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, or the BABOK Guide, is a book from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) that provides essential support and direction to business analysts (BAs) by presenting a collection of ...  Continue Reading

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Merger and acquisition activity is altering the BI landscape

  From Qlik's acquisition of Podium Data in July 2018 through Salesforce's purchase of Tableau Software in June 2019, the last year in BI has been characterized by a wave of consolidation.  Continue Reading

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Data ethics issues create minefields for analytics teams

  Organizations have to map out ethical boundaries for data mining and analytics applications, according to participants in a roundtable discussion on data and ethics.  Continue Reading