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• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Data analytics in government efforts lack structure

  Data analytics in government agencies lack organization, focusing on immediate problems instead of attacking underlying causes without a unified strategy or system.

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Airbnb, Univision highlight best practices in BI

  At the Real Business Intelligence conference, Airbnb and Univision execs presented some of the BI strategies their organizations use to help drive growth and cut costs.

• June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18

  The future of BI is bright, as experts note evolving trends

  Fast-evolving tech trends like machine learning and cloud storage management will have big roles in BI in the coming years, especially with the dominance of cloud computing, experts say.

• 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.

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• 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.

• 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.

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Cambridge Analytica-Facebook case shows need for ethical data mining

  Ethical data collection practices are becoming even more important, as cases like Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook data challenge consumer trust in enterprise analytics.

• 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.

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Hyper engine aims to give enterprise Tableau analytics a boost

  The Hyper in-memory data engine added in Tableau 10.5 could make Tableau analytics capabilities more expansive, enabling the software to support new use cases, like IoT analytics.

• December 15, 2017 15 Dec'17

  Predictive analysis for business requires the right data

  More data doesn't always benefit predictive analytics projects. Data sources must be scrutinized and understood before being used in a predictive model, experts warn at the AI World conference.

• October 13, 2017 13 Oct'17

  Tableau data visualization tool gets enterprise upgrade

  Tableau is adding low-level capabilities to raise its software's standing above that of a data visualization tool for business units and to gain more acceptance enterprise-wide.

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Siloed data doesn't have to stop you from doing advanced analytics

  Breaking down data silos is rarely easy, but doing so can lead to more effective analytics that bring together data from all of a business's operational systems.

• August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17

  IBM cracks the code for speeding up its deep learning platform

  Using more GPUs when training deep learning models doesn't always deliver faster results, but new software from IBM shows it can be done.

• July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17

  Business intelligence and artificial intelligence are a natural fit

  Despite the current notion that business intelligence and artificial intelligence are separate disciplines, AI-powered BI is an idea that should get more attention.