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- April 19, 2022
19 Apr'22
Tibco WebFocus update aims to make analytics accessible
The platform update adds capabilities including a hub for analytics assets and natural language query designed to increase the number of potential users within organizations.
- April 18, 2022
18 Apr'22
GoodData to launch fully managed analytics platform on AWS
The vendor unveiled its overhauled suite in June 2021, and in July 2022 expects to make GoodData Cloud generally available to users who prefer not to manage their own deployments.
- April 13, 2022
13 Apr'22
Databricks fuels analytics for Spain's top soccer league
After prioritizing data-driven decision-making over the last decade, LaLiga is now using Databricks to inform its clubs and fans about play on the field.
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- April 12, 2022
12 Apr'22
Infragistics targets better data-driven decision-making
The vendor released Slingshot, a new platform that brings analytics, collaboration, a data catalog and project management capabilities into one environment.
- April 07, 2022
07 Apr'22
Gartner: Augmented analytics, ecosystem for BI now key
While AI capabilities are now a must for BI vendors, it is becoming increasingly important that their capabilities fit into a larger ecosystem for users, according to Gartner.
- April 07, 2022
07 Apr'22
Domo unveils integrations with Microsoft 365, Teams
The new integrations will allow joint customers of the analytics vendor and the tech giant to access data assets while remaining in their everyday workflows.
- April 06, 2022
06 Apr'22
New integrations unite Looker with other Google BI tools
As part of a project the tech giant is calling Big BI, Google is unifying the analytics vendor's capabilities with those of Data Studio and Connected Sheets.
- April 01, 2022
01 Apr'22
ESPN improves app performance with Domo analytics tools
The sports broadcasting giant is using a customer care application developed with the analytics vendor's tools to improve its app performance and streaming capabilities.
- March 31, 2022
31 Mar'22
Tableau analytics platform update targets efficiency
The vendor's first 2022 release includes capabilities that make natural language query easier and aid dashboard developers as they build new assets.
- March 28, 2022
28 Mar'22
Snowflake launches industry-specific data cloud for retail
Retail Data Cloud is the vendor's fourth industry-specific data cloud, and comes prepackaged with data sets and capabilities to enable efficient data management and analytics.
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- March 25, 2022
25 Mar'22
Data, analytics remain key tools as pandemic abates
The past two years have shown the vital role of analytics, and even as some COVID-19 restrictions ease, many organizations now understand BI is a permanent part of decision-making.
- March 23, 2022
23 Mar'22
Domo BI update includes app development, multi-cloud tools
The vendor's platform update highlights its focus on applications as a way to extend analytics to more business users and expands the platform's multi-cloud capabilities.
- March 22, 2022
22 Mar'22
Domo making app development a focus of analytics platform
With a new CEO in place, one of the cloud-based vendor's main goals is to get data into the hands of more business users within the flow of their everyday work.
- March 18, 2022
18 Mar'22
Seeking truth in crisis times shows importance of metadata
Metadata gives context to data, and during crises like the war in Ukraine when it's difficult to know what news to trust, context can help distinguish truth from fiction.
- March 16, 2022
16 Mar'22
Pyramid Analytics helps LionShare increase speed, efficiency
Using the BI vendor's platform, the healthcare marketing and CRM firm has improved speed to insight and increased customer engagement with data for its clients.
- March 10, 2022
10 Mar'22
Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud update targets productivity
The vendor's new and enhanced features are aimed at improving user efficiency and include a new browser extension along with added data governance capabilities.
- March 09, 2022
09 Mar'22
An analyst's blueprint for choosing a cloud data platform
Though choosing the tools that best fit the needs of an organization is difficult, analyst Doug Henschen has come up with a series of steps that can serve as a guide.
- March 08, 2022
08 Mar'22
Use of data, analytics a growing part of battle for equality
As technology plays a larger role in working toward a more equitable world, the practice of using analytics to further social causes is becoming more widespread.
- March 04, 2022
04 Mar'22
Differentiation key for independent Pyramid Analytics
A strong set of augmented intelligence capabilities and an end-to-end platform are enabling the vendor to grow despite not having the backing of a large parent company.
- March 02, 2022
02 Mar'22
Domo CEO Josh James steps down, John Mellor promoted
The analytics vendor's leadership change comes as it continues to add functionality to its platform and after it reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year revenue growth.
- February 28, 2022
28 Feb'22
Sisense analytics tools spur growth at Hastings Mutual
The insurance company is using the BI vendor's tools to improve data-driven decision-making efficiency and identify sales opportunities leading to revenue growth.
- February 23, 2022
23 Feb'22
Power BI platform adds new data prep, mobile capabilities
Microsoft added more than 40 features to its main analytics tool this month, including enhancements to data preparation capabilities and upgraded mobile formatting options.
- February 23, 2022
23 Feb'22
Alteryx makes personnel changes to navigate cloud journey
The longtime data management vendor has remade its C-suite over the past few years, including adding a new CEO and president, as it modernizes its technology.
- February 16, 2022
16 Feb'22
Salesforce, Tableau unveil trio of new integrations
As part of its Spring '22 Release, the CRM giant added three new tools powered by the analytics vendor's augmented intelligence capabilities.
- February 15, 2022
15 Feb'22
Databricks launches new lakehouse for financial services
The cloud data vendor's new set of capabilities for financial services customers is its second industry-specific lakehouse after it launched one for retail users in January.
- February 11, 2022
11 Feb'22
Good data-driven decision-making avoids common pitfalls
Avoiding cognitive biases that can lead to the use of incomplete or inaccurate data is crucial to the successful use of analytics.
- February 09, 2022
09 Feb'22
Crate & Barrel modernizes with MicroStrategy BI platform
The home decor chain added governance capabilities and sped time-to-insight by adopting the longtime analytics vendor's platform after 14 years using a legacy system.
- February 07, 2022
07 Feb'22
Trusted data key to MicroStrategy platform plans
The vendor plans to add new capabilities this year that will provide AI-generated guidance to better enable self-service users to take action using governed data.
- February 03, 2022
03 Feb'22
Use of AI and automation together an analytics trend in '22
Analysts at BI vendor MicroStrategy's virtual user conference said the combination of the two technologies could deliver insights that lead to action in real time.
- February 02, 2022
02 Feb'22
App development a focus of MicroStrategy analytics platform
The longtime independent vendor is making application development and embedded BI priorities in order to enable data-driven decision-making in real time.
- January 31, 2022
31 Jan'22
Yellowfin acquired by B2B software specialist Idera
The formerly independent analytics vendor hopes to expand its customer base by getting acquired, while its app development tools made it attractive to its new parent company.
- January 31, 2022
31 Jan'22
Microsoft steadily adding to Power BI analytics platform
The tech giant continues to add functionality to its BI platform, recently including a feature that will enable Premium users to run reports with only the freshest data.
- January 31, 2022
31 Jan'22
Tibco, Citrix to merge after Citrix acquired by Vista
The combination will join the analytics vendor's capabilities with a digital workspace and app delivery platform used by 98% of the Fortune 500. The deal is worth $16.5 billion.
- January 28, 2022
28 Jan'22
HomeToGo turns data into action with Sisu analytics platform
Slowed by a rising volume of data, the vacation rental vendor adopted the startup analytics vendor's platform to speed time-to-insight and fuel its product and marketing decisions.
- January 24, 2022
24 Jan'22
IBM offloads Watson Health business data, analytics
IBM Watson Health assets acquired by Francisco Partners include extensive data sets and software, marking an end to IBM's efforts in the healthcare tech industry.
- January 21, 2022
21 Jan'22
Qlik IPO filing culminates a 5-year transformation
When the vendor was taken private in 2016, its plan was to add the capabilities needed to build a cloud-first platform that enabled real-time analytics.
- January 20, 2022
20 Jan'22
Tibco continues adding developer tools to analytics platform
Since its last major update in September 2021, the vendor has added to its array of prebuilt Spotfire Mods applications, including new AI Mods called Data Functions.
- January 18, 2022
18 Jan'22
Databricks unveils first industry-specific lakehouse
The cloud data vendor launched a new lakehouse designed for retail and consumer goods customers that includes blueprints and best practices.
- January 12, 2022
12 Jan'22
IBM unveils acquisition of Envizi to add ESG analytics tools
With Envizi in the fold, the tech giant will be able to expand the environmental analytics capabilities of its platform and better enable customers who undertake ESG initiatives.
- January 12, 2022
12 Jan'22
Self-service capabilities crucial to analytics success
According to a new report from the Harvard Business Review and ThoughtSpot, empowering employees with self-service capabilities is fuel for a strong business intelligence program.
- January 10, 2022
10 Jan'22
Sigma Computing keeps focus on product enhancements
The startup recently secured $300 million in Series C funding, which its CEO said it plans to use to advance its product and expand its engineering capabilities.
- January 10, 2022
10 Jan'22
Alteryx agrees to acquire Trifacta for $400 million
The acquisition, expected to close during the first quarter of 2022, adds cloud-native capabilities to Alteryx's platform and is aimed at accelerating its move to the cloud.
- January 06, 2022
06 Jan'22
Qlik planning an IPO, files application with the SEC
The vendor plans to return to the public markets with an initial public stock offering after being taken private in 2016 when it was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.
- January 05, 2022
05 Jan'22
MicroStrategy enhances security, embedded analytics features
The vendor recently upgraded its products to the latest version of Log4j's software while also adding a new viewing experience and embedded BI capabilities to its platform.
- December 22, 2021
22 Dec'21
5 business intelligence trends to watch in 2022
Predicted trends for 2022 include rising adoption of automated insight delivery and augmented analytics capabilities, including natural language processing and AutoML.
- December 17, 2021
17 Dec'21
Cloud maturation, data mesh among 2021 top analytics trends
After years of slow growth, this was the year analytics in the cloud became the norm and on-premises BI receded to the background. It was also the year data mesh emerged.
- December 16, 2021
16 Dec'21
Tableau completes acquisition of Narrative Science
With the closing of the purchase, the analytics vendor added automated data storytelling capabilities to its existing cache of natural language processing tools.
- December 15, 2021
15 Dec'21
Sisense analytics platform update aids data scientists
Though Sisense's platform is largely geared toward business users, the latest addition to the vendor's suite is a tool aimed at helping code-first users build data assets.
- December 13, 2021
13 Dec'21
Tableau platform update adds governance, security tools
With many organizations enabling more employees to work with data, Tableau 2021.4 includes three new features aimed at improving data governance and increasing data security.
- December 13, 2021
13 Dec'21
8 analytics startups to watch over the next year
Differentiation is key to the success of any new enterprise, and a crop of analytics vendors are delivering new capabilities to try to distinguish themselves.
- December 10, 2021
10 Dec'21
Data catalogs fuel increased efficiency, speed-to-insight
By collecting and arranging data assets in a single environment, organizations are able to reduce the time to reach the insights that lead to data-driven decisions.
- December 08, 2021
08 Dec'21
NFL's Raiders use analytics to engage new customer base
The franchise's move to Las Vegas forced it to modernize its analytics stack as it engaged a new fan base and cultivated the unique opportunities present in Sin City.
- December 07, 2021
07 Dec'21
Yellowfin analytics platform update adds NLQ capabilities
Yellowfin 9.7, the vendor's latest platform update, includes Guided Natural Language Query, a tool that enables users to explore and analyze data without writing code.
- December 07, 2021
07 Dec'21
NetSpring raises $13M to fuel operational intelligence suite
The startup offers a real-time analytics platform designed to enable agile decision-making. It plans to use its funding for product development and to expand its go-to-market efforts.
- December 06, 2021
06 Dec'21
Qlik integration with UiPath boosts automation capabilities
Although the analytics vendor's platform already has automation capabilities, the integration with the RPA vendor will extend those capabilities to new use cases.
- December 01, 2021
01 Dec'21
Cloud, self-service BI capabilities fuel agile analytics
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of agile data-driven decision-making, and key to that agility are a deployment in the cloud and self-service BI capabilities.
- November 16, 2021
16 Nov'21
Salesforce to buy Narrative Science, roll it into Tableau
The data storytelling vendor revealed that it has reached an agreement to be acquired by Salesforce and will then become part of the Tableau subsidiary.
- October 26, 2021
26 Oct'21
Qlik adds Forts to analytics suite, enabling faster analysis
Qlik Forts, a tool that enables customers to access and analyze data where it resides rather than forcing them to first import it into Qlik, is now generally available.
- October 14, 2021
14 Oct'21
MLB Statcast delivering real-time insights with Google Cloud
With Google Cloud to process and transform data collected during games by its tracking technology, Major League Baseball is delivering real-time insights to both fans and teams.
- October 12, 2021
12 Oct'21
Google Cloud unveils integration between Looker and Tableau
Two analytics vendors unveiled an integration Tuesday that enables users to benefit from the semantic modeling strength of one and the data visualization capabilities of the other.
- October 11, 2021
11 Oct'21
New Balance managing the pandemic with Tibco Spotfire
New Balance, a manufacturer and seller of athletic shoes and apparel whose in-store sales plummeted due to the pandemic, used Tibco's BI tools to develop its e-commerce strategy.
- October 07, 2021
07 Oct'21
Alteryx acquisition of Hyper Anna adds AI capabilities
The data management vendor has acquired Hyper Anna, an Australian startup, to add automated augmented intelligence capabilities to its data management and analytics platform.
- October 07, 2021
07 Oct'21
InsightSoftware acquires Exago to fold into Logi Analytics
InsightSoftware, which acquired embedded BI vendor Logi in April, has acquired fellow embedded BI vendor Exago and plans to integrate Exago into Logi.
- October 05, 2021
05 Oct'21
Gartner predicts exponential growth of graph technology
As both organizations and their databases struggle to manage growing amounts of data, experts see dramatic growth in the use of graph databases by 2025.
- October 05, 2021
05 Oct'21
TigerGraph 3.2 targets platform's performance, ease of use
Enterprise-grade performance and ease of use are the key areas of the latest platform update from the startup graph database vendor as it looks to attract more enterprise customers.
- October 01, 2021
01 Oct'21
Qlik acquisition of Big Squid adds autoML capabilities
Qlik has acquired Big Squid to add automated machine learning capabilities to its platform. In addition, the analytics vendor recently unveiled a new automated workflow tool.
- September 30, 2021
30 Sep'21
New Tibco Spotfire capabilities add interoperability
The new capabilities added to Tibco's Predict portfolio of BI tools focus on ease of use and their interoperability with other parts of the Tibco platform.
- September 29, 2021
29 Sep'21
ThoughtSpot reports cloud growth, but IPO still not imminent
ThoughtSpot, which made a strategic shift to prioritize the cloud in 2020 in anticipation of eventually going public, reported substantial year-over-year SaaS revenue growth.
- September 29, 2021
29 Sep'21
Vista plans to acquire Blue Prism and roll it into Tibco
Vista Equity Partners, the parent company of analytics vendor Tibco, has revealed its intent to acquire a leading robotic process automation vendor and plans to roll it into Tibco once the deal closes.
- September 28, 2021
28 Sep'21
Alteryx partnership with UiPath adds automation capabilities
Alteryx expanded its partnership agreement with a robotic process automation vendor as Alteryx continues to make automation a central part of its analytics platform.
- September 27, 2021
27 Sep'21
Hyperconverged Analytics continues to guide Tibco strategy
A year after unveiling a new analytics environment that blends data science, visualization and streaming, interoperability continues to guide the vendor's development strategy.
- September 23, 2021
23 Sep'21
New Tableau integrations with Slack aim to increase speed
Tableau unveiled a series of tools during Salesforce's Dreamforce 2021 user conference that blend Tableau's analytics capabilities with the collaboration capabilities of Slack.
- September 22, 2021
22 Sep'21
Modern data strategy includes cloud, domain federation
Analytics strategies should include overarching organizational best practices blended with teams empowered to build interoperable data assets, according to one industry expert.
- September 21, 2021
21 Sep'21
Pandemic continues to highlight importance of analytics
Organizations with successful analytics programs have weathered the economic crisis caused by the pandemic far better than those who have not prioritized BI, according to research.
- September 16, 2021
16 Sep'21
Domo adds collaborative development tool to analytics suite
Domo has unveiled Sandbox, a new portal for developing and testing data assets that enables collaboration and provides safety and governance measures.
- September 15, 2021
15 Sep'21
Uplevel analytics tools lift software engineering efficiency
Uplevel, a startup vendor whose focus is on improving the efficiency of software engineers, unveiled a set of new capabilities that use data to monitor software design projects.
- September 14, 2021
14 Sep'21
Future of analytics will close gap between data, decisions
As data increases in complexity and volume, a gap is growing between data intake and data-driven decision-making that analytics tools will need to address and aim to close.
- September 10, 2021
10 Sep'21
Time is now for enterprises to deploy analytics in the cloud
Speed and security now make cloud analytics preferable to on-premises deployments, along with advantages such as collaboration for a distributed workforce and agility to scale.
- September 08, 2021
08 Sep'21
Oracle Analytics helps Northwell Health meet staffing needs
In need of an efficient way to determine staffing needs when the pandemic struck, Northwell Health got help with an Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management dashboard.
- September 08, 2021
08 Sep'21
Analytics trends include a surge in app development
As more organizations have recognized the value of data during the pandemic, a surge in application development is among the top business intelligence trends.
- September 02, 2021
02 Sep'21
Dresner: Top analytics trend remains rate of adoption
Increased investment in analytics and proliferation of data science capabilities are among the most significant ongoing trends in BI as the pandemic stretches into late 2021.
- September 02, 2021
02 Sep'21
Tableau platform update focuses on broad analytics adoption
Tableau 2021.3 doesn't include fancy new AI or machine learning features, instead focusing on capabilities that enable enterprises to scale their analytics programs to more users.
- August 31, 2021
31 Aug'21
TigerGraph aims to take graph technology mainstream
As relational databases struggle with scale, one graph database vendor says a paradigm shift is underway and aims to make graph technology the standard approach for data storage.
- August 20, 2021
20 Aug'21
Alteryx platform update includes automated recommendations
Automation is an ongoing focus for Alteryx. The vendor's latest update adds an automated recommendation feature that suggests tools to connect as users build workflows.
- August 18, 2021
18 Aug'21
How to increase the success rate of data science projects
Most data science initiatives don't produce value due to obstacles like poor data quality, but CNN senior lead of product analytics Bryce Macher has a plan for success.
- August 17, 2021
17 Aug'21
Metals manufacturer uses Sisu analytics tools to spur growth
In need of identifying repeat business opportunities, startup metals manufacturer Fractory used Sisu's platform to automate complex data queries and develop key metrics.
- August 13, 2021
13 Aug'21
Augmented analytics capabilities mark the new era of BI
Augmented intelligence capabilities like automated data prep and natural language processing are now common, showing that BI has advanced to a new era of technological innovation.
- August 12, 2021
12 Aug'21
MicroStrategy analytics platform helps Medibank add value
An Australian insurance company recently migrated its data operations to the cloud and, using MicroStrategy and AWS, has reaped benefits including improved efficiency.
- August 12, 2021
12 Aug'21
Qlik acquisition of NodeGraph adds data management tech
Qlik said it acquired NodeGraph in a move aimed at enhancing the longtime analytics vendor's data management capabilities, including data pipeline and governance features.
- August 10, 2021
10 Aug'21
Tellius-Looker analytics partnership enhances powers of both
A partnership between Tellius and Looker will enable users to combine Tellius' AI and machine learning technology with Looker's data modeling and app development capabilities.
- August 06, 2021
06 Aug'21
Startup Sisu adds more automation to its analytics platform
Sisu recently introduced Smart Waterfall Charts, a tool that automates the development of certain visualizations, as part of its effort to find ways to explain changes in data.
- August 05, 2021
05 Aug'21
Collaboration key to Qlik's quest for active intelligence
Among the new capabilities Qlik recently unveiled is a tool that enables collaboration not only at the end of an analytics project, but also throughout the project lifecycle.
- August 04, 2021
04 Aug'21
Embedded analytics leads to improved productivity
With many enterprises still in the early stages of using AI technologies, embedded BI remains a key means of making data accessible to a broad array of potential users.
- August 02, 2021
02 Aug'21
SAS planning an IPO after rumored acquisition talks end
The longtime independent analytics vendor, which just two weeks ago was in negotiations to get acquired, revealed plans to, instead, prepare for an initial public stock offering.
- July 22, 2021
22 Jul'21
Sisense unveils Extense Framework to enable embedded BI
After rebranding its platform early in 2021 to reflect a heightened focus on embedded analytics, Sisense introduced a set of new capabilities to enable developers.
- July 21, 2021
21 Jul'21
Looker platform update adds new app development capabilities
Looker 21, which the vendor unveiled July 21, features the general availability of Looker's new portal for application developers and support for hosting on Microsoft Azure.
- July 14, 2021
14 Jul'21
SAS, Microsoft a possible pairing after Broadcom talks end
Acquisition talks between SAS and Broadcom broke down a day after they were reported, but SAS may have hoped all along to attract another potential buyer.
- July 13, 2021
13 Jul'21
Expert: It's time for the death of the analytics dashboard
Dashboards take substantial time to build and maintain, and they've become outdated with the current pace of business, says ThoughtSpot's chief data strategy officer.
- July 12, 2021
12 Jul'21
Analytics vendor SAS an acquisition target of Broadcom
Longtime independent business intelligence vendor SAS Institute Inc. is in talks to be acquired by Broadcom, with a reported purchase price of $15 billion to $20 billion.
- 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.