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• 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.

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• 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.

• July 09, 2021 09 Jul'21

  Top trends include value of analytics getting recognized

  The high valuations investors are placing on data and analytics vendors, as well as the importance of AI and self-service BI amid the pandemic, marked the first half of 2021.

• July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21

  MicroStrategy keeps focus on embedded analytics in update

  Embedded BI capabilities, including integrating single data assets, rather than entire dashboards into users' workflows, feature prominently in MicroStrategy's latest update.

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Logi Analytics guided by a rigorous goal

  Guided by the desire to enable developers to create applications, embedded BI vendor Logi Analytics recently updated its platform and expanded its resources via M&A activity.

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Eckerson Group unveils service to benchmark analytics

  Consulting firm Eckerson Group recently developed an assessment for the insurance industry to help companies compare their analytics programs with their peers.

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  TigerGraph expands reach of its graph database technology

  With demand for graph analytics on the rise, TigerGraph recently unveiled an expanded partner ecosystem that will enable the vendor to gain domain expertise as its userbase grows.

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Yellowfin analytics platform update targets data storytelling

  The new platform update enables customers to include Yellowfin Stories, the vendor's data storytelling tool, on dashboards to create a unified workflow.

• June 29, 2021 29 Jun'21

  Tableau platform update features upgraded AI tools

  Tableau on June 29 unveiled new versions of Ask Data and Explain Data, tools that enable users with natural language processing, and two new integrations with Salesforce.

• June 21, 2021 21 Jun'21

  Roadmap for Collibra platform includes more speed and scale

  Collibra's roadmap is focused on adding more speed, with a plan in place to quadruple the amount of data customers can access and use by the end of 2022.

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Tableau analytics capabilities aid World Food Programme

  The United Nations' World Food Programme is now using Tableau to inform its decision-making process and speed the time it takes to respond to crises worldwide.

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Trio of trends influencing analytics, says Tableau's Beers

  Some key trends driving product development include a single interface to work with data, embedded BI, and AI and ML, according to Tableau's tech chief.

• June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21

  Election data revolutionizes the running of campaigns

  Political campaigns used to rely primarily on polls to inform decisions, but with advances in technology over the past 15 years they are now using advanced analytics techniques.

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  Speed, ease of use guide Snowflake approach to analytics

  Fast-data cloud vendor Snowflake continues to expand its platform with capabilities that enable organizations to quickly and easily work with their data.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  ThoughtSpot unveils support for Snowflake developer platform

  ThoughtSpot expanded its partnership with a leading data cloud provider, revealing ThoughtSpot for Snowpark to better enable developers as they work in-warehouse.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  AWS analytics helps vendor fight climate change

  Using a cache of analytics tools from AWS, Carbon Lighthouse is helping commercial property owners reduce carbon emissions while saving on energy costs.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  Domo streamlines embedded analytics platform

  The vendor released a new version of Domo Everywhere, streamlining the embedded BI platform to make it easier to develop and distribute applications.

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  Bundesliga delivering insight to fans via AWS

  Through its partnership with AWS, Germany's top soccer league is delivering advanced analytic insights to fans and broadcasters in real time during matches.

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  AI capabilities a target for merger and acquisition activity

  Analytics vendors are on the hunt for augmented intelligence capabilities, and with acquisition activity heating up, vendors specializing in AI could be targets for BI vendors.

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Evolution of analytics sped up by pandemic

  Just as the pandemic has forced organizations of all kinds to adapt, business intelligence tools have had to evolve as well to keep up with the changing needs of customers.

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  GoodData launches overhauled analytics platform

  Featuring a suite of microservices, GoodData released its new platform after nearly two years spent overhauling each of its individual capabilities.