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- June 13, 2018
13 Jun'18
Tableau acquisition of MIT AI startup aims at smarter BI software
Tableau acquires AI startup Empirical Systems in a plan to provide users with automated data modeling capabilities and enable broader BI and analytics applications.
- June 01, 2018
01 Jun'18
BI vendors aim to ease visual data analysis by business users
Despite the self-service BI push, enabling end users to take the lead on analyzing and visualizing data is often still a challenge -- one that vendors continue to address.
- May 03, 2018
03 May'18
Qlik readies new Qlik Sense features for cloud, AI, big data
Self-service BI vendor Qlik is beginning to add a promised set of advanced functionality to its Qlik Sense software, but the features will be delivered in stages.
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- April 30, 2018
30 Apr'18
Tableau Prep tool aims to ease Tableau data preparation work
Tableau users who previously had to rely on software from other vendors to prepare data now have a new option: Tableau Prep, the BI vendor's own data preparation tool.
- February 13, 2018
13 Feb'18
IT analysts look for clarity on IBM analytics tools
IBM's analytics software is strong technically but disjointed and hard to understand, say analysts who think simplifying things should be a priority at the company's Think 2018 conference.
- June 22, 2017
22 Jun'17
Despite functionality gains, use of cloud BI tools elevates slowly
Running business intelligence applications in the cloud has yet to take the BI world by storm. Researcher Howard Dresner offers insight on why and discusses the state of cloud BI software.
- April 06, 2017
06 Apr'17
Tableau pricing shifts to subscription to keep up with market demands
The cost of Tableau software for most new customers will be calculated based on subscription fees rather than licenses, in a reaction to emerging market demands and challenges.
- March 28, 2017
28 Mar'17
Self-service BI and analytics tools face evolving set of challenges
Self-service BI tools have become the go-to standard for business intelligence software, but users are pushing vendors to rethink how they address enterprise needs and advanced analytics.
- March 17, 2017
17 Mar'17
Ease of use is top priority in selecting self-service analytics tools
A lot of factors go into a choosing a strong, modern BI tool. But several users say ease of use trumped all other considerations for them in picking self-service software.
- July 07, 2016
07 Jul'16
Data science as a service provides instant access to analysts
Data scientists are in high demand, but in such scarce supply that some companies outsource their data for analysis. DataScience Inc. CEO Ian Swanson explains how it works.
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- February 19, 2016
19 Feb'16
Gartner shakes up annual ranking of business analytics tools
This year's Magic Quadrant report from Gartner on business intelligence and analytics platforms reflects a shifting market for BI reporting tools and includes some big changes in its vendor rankings.
- January 29, 2016
29 Jan'16
Report highlights growing role for location-mapping software
A new report from Dresner Advisory Services says businesses see increased value in location intelligence software, but products need to improve.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
Tableau adds Vizable mobile BI app to seek out more users
Tableau Software's new Vizable tool is a free mobile business intelligence app for iPad users, which was built as a standalone product from the company's namesake BI platform.
- June 29, 2015
29 Jun'15
MicroStrategy unveils its new take on self-service analytics
MicroStrategy has introduced the first major new version of its BI software in six years, and it's playing for self-service customers with the MicroStrategy 10 release -- but with a focus on governance.
- June 23, 2015
23 Jun'15
Putting the data governance plan in self-service analytics
As self-service analytics software becomes more common, users are calling on vendors to beef up governance capabilities.