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• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Flowhub provides cannabis industry with tailored BI platform

  With marijuana now legal in some form in more than 30 states, Flowhub is selling business intelligence software to an industry still in its early stages.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  Howard Dresner talks business intelligence trends

  In this Q&A, analyst Howard Dresner talks about trends in the business intelligence software market, industry consolidation and what excites him about analytics.

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Independent vendors Qlik, MicroStrategy upgrade BI platforms

  Independent business intelligence and analytics vendors Qlik and MicroStrategy update their platforms in a move to stay ahead of their competition.

• May 03, 2019 03 May'19

  SAS Viya cloud software at center of SAS analytics strategy

  The spotlight at SAS Global Forum 2019 was on the vendor's Viya analytics tools, which are getting new functionality and licensing options meant to spur deployments.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  SAS Platform update expands AI in Viya cloud analytics tools

  A new version of the SAS analytics platform adds a variety of AI features to SAS Viya, the cloud-based software that SAS hopes will secure its place in the AI future.

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  Attunity acquisition expands data management for Qlik users

  Qlik's acquisition of Attunity is another sign of the BI vendor's data management ambitions -- and may help attract new users that want to unify big data and analytics.

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Tableau Ask Data gives BI users simple NLP data query tool

  Tableau's new Ask Data software uses natural language processing to enable users of any skill level to more easily search for data insights by typing text queries.

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  MicroStrategy 2019 platform touts 'zero-click' analytics

  MicroStrategy's latest BI platform supports a 'zero-click' analytics future with help from new voice and vision capabilities. The aim: quicker decisions and the democratization of data.

• October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18

  Tableau new features include NLP, AI, machine learning

  Tableau unveiled AI and NLP tools intended to improve users' experience with its BI platform by adding smart capabilities to Tableau 2019, now out in a public beta.