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- December 23, 2019
23 Dec'19
Investing in tech startups an act of trust for VC firms
Investing in tech startups, including BI vendors, is about finding that quality that makes a company special, according to Vanessa Larco, a partner at New Enterprise Associates.
- December 23, 2019
23 Dec'19
Differentiation key for BI startups when attracting investors
A strong value proposition is crucial to attracting venture capital investments, said Vanessa Larco, a partner at New Enterprise Associates, in a Q&A about startup BI vendors.
- December 20, 2019
20 Dec'19
NLP, embedded BI and data literacy top 2020 analytics trends
Improved natural language processing tools, more embedded BI applications and an increase in data literacy are among the analytics trends to watch in 2020.
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- December 19, 2019
19 Dec'19
2019 BI trends included reality check for AI, consolidation
AI features in BI products improved in 2019, but not at the pace predicted before the year began. Instead, advancement was incremental and consolidation was a dominant theme.
- December 17, 2019
17 Dec'19
Up-and-coming BI vendors to watch in 2020
Promising BI startups look to gain a foothold in 2020 by focusing on underserved markets and embracing next-gen technologies not available in traditional analytics tools.
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Sponsored News
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Private AI Demystified
Sponsored by Equinix - Many enterprises are considering a Private AI solution as companies experiment with how Artificial Intelligence can drive their business forward. Most organizations adopting a multicloud approach are grappling with bringing AI to where their data is generated, stored and utilized, whether on the cloud or at the edge. Moving their data securely across clouds and other sources with full control and ownership is becoming a priority. Private AI is thus emerging as a stronger and safer option as businesses look to embrace new technology and create new workflows. Designed for a specific entity and hosted in a private, protected environment, private AI allows businesses to take full advantage of the benefits of artificial intelligence safely and securely. For highly regulated industries such as Healthcare, Financial Services, and Government, the data privacy and security this offers is paramount. See More
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Harness AI at the Edge to Enhance Business Success
Sponsored by HPE & Intel - Artificial intelligence is disrupting business processes, creating unlimited possibilities from improved customer experience and greater business efficiency to stronger data analysis. AI does this by presenting opportunities to turn insight into action: Processes become more streamlined with tasks completed faster and human error eliminated from workflows. But while there is confidence in AI approaches to processes, critical implementation gaps could negatively impact business success. See More
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The Future of Private AI: How Industries Take Advantage of AI
Sponsored by Equinix - AI is already changing the way businesses across industries approach their operations today. The future impact of what the technology can do leads forward-thinking businesses to develop new ways to incorporate AI into their work and upend existing processes. However, the risks and challenges of taking advantage of a new technology are real; smart businesses must be aware of the potential pitfalls and prepare appropriately before deploying. As AI gets rolled out in more industries and verticals, seeing how others have used it can help businesses make stronger decisions in the future. See More
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How AI and the Data Center Streamlines Business Processes
Sponsored by HPE & Intel - Companies that are not taking advantage of AI are likely to fall behind the competition. AI as a core business principle is not a new concept, however, and businesses must ensure they leverage AI’s full potential as more advancements enter the market. AI-powered businesses use tech to drive innovation, maintain quality control, and monitor employee productivity. Equally, AI can be a great tool to improve cybersecurity and consumer personalization. See More
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- December 12, 2019
12 Dec'19
Government IT pros: Hiring data scientists isn't an exact science
There's no such thing as a data science unicorn, U.S. government experts caution. You'll need more than programmers and technical expertise on your data science team.
- December 12, 2019
12 Dec'19
Tableau 2020.1 unveiled for beta testing
Featuring improvements to Explain Data, an AI product that aims to explain the reasons behind data points, the update is made up of 21 features.
- December 11, 2019
11 Dec'19
Easy-to-use coding tools a new opportunity for BI vendors
In a Q&A, Yellowfin CTO Brad Scarff talks about why analytics software vendors have recently introduced low-code tools for developers as part of their offerings.
- December 11, 2019
11 Dec'19
Low-code tools serve BI customer needs
With easy-to-use tools for application development a growing trend among BI vendors, Yellowfin CTO Brad Scarff discusses the motivation behind them in part one of a two-part Q&A.
- December 09, 2019
09 Dec'19
Alteryx 2019.4 highlighted by new integration with Tableau
New integrations with Tableau that enable easier data management and Mapbox to provide street-level map views come with the latest platform update from Alteryx.
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- December 09, 2019
09 Dec'19
BI vendors jump into low-code/no-code tools for developers
A spate of BI vendors included easy-to-use tools for developers in their recent updates, perhaps marking the start of a new trend in the analytics software market.
- December 03, 2019
03 Dec'19
Sisense analytics platform update features AI, data prep tool
Augmented intelligence features and an in-warehouse data prep tool highlight Sisense's latest update, its second since acquiring Periscope Data in May.
- December 02, 2019
02 Dec'19
Operation Fistula uses data to treat childbirth injuries
Aided by an analytics stack developed by Exasol, nonprofit Operation Fistula is working to end obstetric fistula in targeted regions around the world.
- November 26, 2019
26 Nov'19
Startup Sisu's data analytics tool aims to answer, 'Why?'
With the ability to answer, 'Why?' at the core of its diagnostic tool, startup analytics vendor Sisu recently entered the market with aims of competing against established vendors.
- November 22, 2019
22 Nov'19
Tableau Foundation, Splash fight for clean water in schools
With funding and analytics technology from Tableau, Splash, a global nonprofit organization, is providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene to children in Ethiopia and India.
- November 20, 2019
20 Nov'19
Alteryx analytics platform focuses on ease of use
Alteryx is focusing on ease of use in new platform updates as it looks to attract users beyond its traditional base of data scientists and data analysts.
- November 15, 2019
15 Nov'19
Salesforce acquisition of Tableau finally getting real
With Salesforce and Tableau finally free to start integrating, Andrew Beers, Tableau's chief technology officer, talks about what the future might be for Tableau and its users.
- November 15, 2019
15 Nov'19
Tableau analytics platform upgrades driven by user needs
In a Q&A, Tableau chief technology officer Andrew Beers talks about the driving factors behind recent product upgrades centered around data management and augmented intelligence.
- November 13, 2019
13 Nov'19
Salesforce acquisition of Tableau details emerge as CEOs speak
The Salesforce and Tableau CEOs appeared together for the first time at Tableau Conference 2019, five months after the analytics vendor agreed to be acquired by the CRM giant.
- November 13, 2019
13 Nov'19
Tableau analytics platform gets AI, data management upgrades
Augmented intelligence, improved data management capabilities and a tool to monitor KPIs are at the core of improvements unveiled by Tableau on Wednesday.
- November 12, 2019
12 Nov'19
Tableau partners with AWS to release Modern Cloud Analytics
Tableau revealed an expanded partnership with AWS on Tuesday to help the vendor's on-premises users migrate their analytics operations to the cloud.
- November 07, 2019
07 Nov'19
Yellowfin 9 marked by developer tools, revamped mobile app
The latest product update from BI vendor Yellowfin features new dashboard design tools, a revamped mobile app and a repackaged data presentation platform.
- November 07, 2019
07 Nov'19
Evolution of analytics marked by wider dissemination of data
With BI platforms getting easier to use by the year and enabling more self-service users in process, the value of analytics is being realized by a growing audience.
- November 07, 2019
07 Nov'19
Analytics revolution has spread the wealth of information
Business intelligence over the last 20 years has been marked by the opening up of data to everyday business users after it was once the sole possession of IT departments.
- November 06, 2019
06 Nov'19
Looker 7 advances embedded BI capabilities of vendor's suite
The latest update of Looker's business intelligence platform, unveiled Wednesday at the vendor's user conference, is highlighted by improved embedded analytics capabilities.
- November 04, 2019
04 Nov'19
Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Analytics for the cloud
New Microsoft Azure analytics service provides cloud BI and machine learning, enabling users to do analytics on data in various sources, including data warehouses and data lakes.
- October 29, 2019
29 Oct'19
Domo BI platform helps Dal-Tile solve data management problems
Overwhelmed by an influx of data, Dal-Tile, a leading manufacturer of ceramic tile products, went to Domo to try to solve its business intelligence problems.
- October 29, 2019
29 Oct'19
ThoughtSpot-Qlik battle shines a light on non-compete contracts
ThoughtSpot and Qlik CEOs squabble online over controversial but widely used non-compete agreements and the larger impact these contracts have on the IT industry.
- October 25, 2019
25 Oct'19
AI for BI at the heart of third-generation analytics
Doug Henschen, analyst at Constellation Research, details in a Q&A some of the findings of his recent report on augmented capabilities in BI platforms.
- October 25, 2019
25 Oct'19
AI at the core of next-generation BI
AI is part of BI platforms, but this is only the start of a new analytics generation. In a Q&A, Constellation Research analyst Doug Henschen discusses AI tools in BI platforms.
- October 23, 2019
23 Oct'19
SAP Tennis Analytics adds tool to track patterns within points
Players and coaches in the Women's Tennis Association are now able to discover the tendencies of their opponents within a given point thanks to SAP's Patterns of Play.
- October 22, 2019
22 Oct'19
New tools add AI power to Teradata Vantage platform
Teradata unveiled Vantage Analyst and Customer Experience, two new tools now part of the vendor's analytics platform, on Tuesday at its user conference in Denver.
- October 17, 2019
17 Oct'19
SAS analytics platform aided by $1 billion AI investment
The SAS suite of business intelligence products is quickly seeing results from the vendor's $1 billion commitment to AI seven months after the investment was made public.
- October 15, 2019
15 Oct'19
ThoughtSpot BI platform an early adopter of AI
Due to AI, ThoughtSpot's analytics tools have been accessible to citizen data scientists from the start, Andrew Yeung, the vendor's senior director of product marketing, said in a Q&A.
- October 15, 2019
15 Oct'19
ThoughtSpot 6 advances AI power of BI platform
New augmented intelligence and machine learning tools, along with a new mobile app, highlight the release of the new update to the ThoughtSpot business intelligence platform.
- October 10, 2019
10 Oct'19
Promethium tool taps natural language processing for analytics
The software, called Data Navigation System, was designed to enable non-technical users to make complex SQL requests using plain human language and ease the delivery of data.
- October 09, 2019
09 Oct'19
Intelligence as a service is key to nonprofit's urban planning
Cobalt Community Research, a nonprofit organization based in Michigan, uses data collected and packaged by TruFactor for urban planning projects.
- October 08, 2019
08 Oct'19
GoodData BI customers now able to use data on Amazon Redshift
GoodData partners with Amazon Web Services to allow the vendor's users to store and manage their data in Amazon Redshift, a cloud data warehouse powered by AWS.
- October 07, 2019
07 Oct'19
Acquisition of AI lab a benefit for Alteryx BI users
With the acquisition of Feature Labs, a startup founded at MIT, Alteryx is making a heavy investment in augmented intelligence and machine learning capabilities.
- October 04, 2019
04 Oct'19
Tibco Spotfire BI platform gets an AI boost
Tibco Spotfire customers will benefit from AI upgrades.
- October 01, 2019
01 Oct'19
Qlik Sense Business improves Qlik's cloud, AI capabilities
Qlik's new product shows the vendor's strategy of providing a cloud-based service for users that's rich in augmented intelligence and machine learning capabilities.
- September 27, 2019
27 Sep'19
Former accountant embezzled $3.5 million from QlikTech Singapore
A former employee of analytics vendor Qlik’s Singapore subsidiary embezzled nearly $4 million. Ariel Biasong Salamanes worked in the Singapore office’s sales and marketing department.
- September 26, 2019
26 Sep'19
Information Builders BI platform making a return to form
After lagging behind the pace of innovation in recent years, Information Builders is modernizing its BI platform and again offering a full suite of analytics tools.
- September 26, 2019
26 Sep'19
IBM certification program tackles shortage of data scientists
IBM reported it certified 140 new data scientists, the first to be certified under a program IBM developed with The Open Group to address the dearth of data scientists.
- September 24, 2019
24 Sep'19
TigerGraph Cloud releases graph database as a service
TigerGraph, a graph database vendor, now offers a native cloud database-as-a-service product with its newest release.
- September 19, 2019
19 Sep'19
Qlik exec discusses AI and its role in the future of BI
The next major trend in business intelligence will be the increasing impact of augmented intelligence and machine learning, Qlik's VP of product marketing Dan Potter says in a Q&A.
- September 19, 2019
19 Sep'19
SAP BI platform stays strong due to cloud-based architecture
A cloud-native BI platform along with domain-specific applications that can be embedded to serve the needs of various industries keep SAP current and positioned well for the future.
- September 18, 2019
18 Sep'19
Tableau 2019.3 highlighted by enhanced AI, new data catalog
Tableau released its third-quarter update Wednesday, featuring Explain Data, an enhanced augmented intelligence tool, and Tableau Catalog, a data management suite.
- September 13, 2019
13 Sep'19
Oracle BI platform on the comeback trail
Time had seemingly left Oracle's business intelligence tools behind -- until the vendor responded by consolidating its BI products and catching up to the pace of innovation.
- September 12, 2019
12 Sep'19
BI for mobile remains a challenge for vendors
While some BI vendors have developed effective mobile apps that provide concise insights, those that have attempted to recreate their desktop dashboards on phones have struggled.
- September 11, 2019
11 Sep'19
Magento BI update a benefit to vendor's e-commerce customers
Magento rolled out the Magento Business Intelligence Summer 2019 Release, updating its BI platform with enhanced scheduling capabilities and new data visualizations.
- 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.
- September 05, 2019
05 Sep'19
Yellowfin analytics platform gets upgraded mobile app
Yellowfin upgraded its business intelligence platform with a revamp of its mobile app that will enable users to have more complete functionality while away from their desktops.
- September 04, 2019
04 Sep'19
Data integration problems a hurdle companies must overcome
Relevant data is hard for organizations to find, Talend CEO Mike Tuchen says. So is mining the right data amid the complexity that large data stores have created.
- September 04, 2019
04 Sep'19
Talend CEO discusses importance of mining relevant data
Enterprises can't do good business intelligence without good data. In the first part of a two-part Q&A Talend CEO Mike Tuchen talks about how hard mining the right data can be.
- 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 29, 2019
29 Aug'19
Tibco analytics platform keeps pace through innovation
Tibco has remained one of the more active business intelligence vendors while some of its competitors have lost some momentum.
- August 28, 2019
28 Aug'19
ThoughtSpot BI platform gets financial boost, IPO may be near
With its latest round of venture capital funding, ThoughtSpot is planning to invest heavily in product improvement while also pondering a potential initial public offering.
- August 23, 2019
23 Aug'19
Museums and data: A powerful combination
With more and more museums using data to inform their decision-making processes, visitors are reaping the benefits by enjoying a better user experience.
- 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 16, 2019
16 Aug'19
The Salesforce acquisition of Tableau complements Einstein Analytics
Given the different strengths of Salesforce's Einstein Analytics platform and Tableau, the BI tools could prove complementary now that Tableau is part of Salesforce.
- 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.
- August 07, 2019
07 Aug'19
Splunk Business Flow evidences company's heightened focus on BI
Long known as a data security and IT monitoring vendor, Splunk is honing its data analytics tools and making the foray into business intelligence.
- August 02, 2019
02 Aug'19
Merger and acquisition activity is altering the BI landscape
From Qlik's acquisition of Podium Data in July 2018 through Salesforce's purchase of Tableau Software in June 2019, the last year in BI has been characterized by a wave of consolidation.
- August 02, 2019
02 Aug'19
Data ethics issues create minefields for analytics teams
Organizations have to map out ethical boundaries for data mining and analytics applications, according to participants in a roundtable discussion on data and ethics.
- July 29, 2019
29 Jul'19
Looker's acquisition by Google seen in a good light for users
Overshadowed at the time by Salesforce's acquisition of Tableau, a few months later, Google's acquisition of Looker is still seen as a major positive for Looker's users.
- July 25, 2019
25 Jul'19
Analyst forecasts the next big things in BI
In a Q&A, Wayne Eckerson looks at the state of the business intelligence industry, and self-service analytics, and discusses what new innovations excite him about the future.
- July 25, 2019
25 Jul'19
Enterprises that use data will thrive; those that don't, won't
A data divide is growing between enterprises that embrace business intelligence and those that don't. It's the data elite that will survive, analyst Wayne Eckerson says in a Q&A.
- July 16, 2019
16 Jul'19
ThoughtSpot strategic partnerships help add capabilities
Through its partnership strategy, ThoughtSpot is adding to its capabilities as a BI software vendor the same way others are improving theirs by mergers and acquisitions.
- July 11, 2019
11 Jul'19
IBM battling to change perception of Cognos Analytics BI platform
While some see IBM's BI suite as being too complicated and expensive for citizen data scientists, the company is adding updates to try and attract the modern user.
- 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 10, 2019
10 Jul'19
AI in digital marketing powers hidden advertisements
With AI in advertising and marketing, companies can provide potential customers with more personalized results, while also increasing engagement rates.
- 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.
- June 27, 2019
27 Jun'19
Music data visualization comes to life in Tableau collection
With its new collection of visualizations about music, Tableau demonstrates how users are using its platform to understand the information behind the music.
- June 24, 2019
24 Jun'19
Power BI update firms up Microsoft analytics market
With its latest update to Power BI, Microsoft showed its commitment to its business intelligence platform and maintained its position as an industry leader.
- June 21, 2019
21 Jun'19
MicroStrategy product development advances after Voice.com sale
Analytics and BI vendor MicroStrategy sells the Voice.com domain name and moves forward with product R&D in a competitive market that is consolidating quickly.
- June 17, 2019
17 Jun'19
How the Salesforce acquisition will affect Tableau users
In the wake of Salesforce's acquisition of Tableau, it remains to be seen whether Tableau users will be pushed to the cloud and how Tableau's pace of innovation might be affected.
- June 06, 2019
06 Jun'19
Google acquisition of Looker to boost Google Cloud analytics
By acquiring Looker, Google will enhance its analytics and BI capabilities available through Google Cloud, while becoming a formidable force in the enterprise-level BI space.
- May 22, 2019
22 May'19
Latest Tableau BI software update upgrades map technology
Tableau Software has released Tableau 2019.2, an update to previous BI software. It includes upgrades to location data, new vector maps and other requested upgrades.
- May 15, 2019
15 May'19
Sisense acquisition of Periscope yields versatile BI platform
The Sisense merger with Periscope Data is expected to create a new, combined BI product that will cater to casual business users and advanced data scientists alike.
- May 15, 2019
15 May'19
Qlik multi-cloud, Kubernetes options drive cloud-first vision
Qlik advances its plan to be a cloud- and SaaS-first analytics vendor with new multi-cloud and Kubernetes deployment options. But on prem still is a priority -- for now.
- May 15, 2019
15 May'19
Qlik debuts free data literacy certification
Qlik unveiled a free data literacy certification in the hopes of making people -- both customers and non-customers -- more data literate.
- 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.
- April 24, 2019
24 Apr'19
Most in-demand data science skills include ML, Python
Experts detail the skills employers want most in data scientists -- notably machine learning and programming languages -- and why often the most valuable expertise comes with time.
- April 10, 2019
10 Apr'19
Cloud AutoML, BigQuery ML upgrades expand Google stake in ML
Google introduced a raft of updates to its cloud-based machine learning and AI products, including expanded capabilities for its AutoML and BigQuery ML tools.
- April 08, 2019
08 Apr'19
Google's BigQuery ML needs big changes to compete
On the eve of Google Cloud Next '19, experts assess the impact of Google's BigQuery ML since its release and their hopes for the automated machine learning tool's future.
- April 04, 2019
04 Apr'19
Equifax and FICO unite to move into alternative data market
With the Equifax-FICO alliance, the credit giants are offering a combined Data Decisions Cloud suite they hope can solidify their place in the alternative data market.
- April 02, 2019
02 Apr'19
$1 billion SAS AI investment recharges vendor's mission
SAS' new AI initiative includes a $1 billion investment and partnership with AI chip vendor Nvidia. The goal is to bring advanced AI tech to end users.
- March 19, 2019
19 Mar'19
Tableau-VoiceBase deal brings speech analytics data to users
Tableau's partnership with AI speech analytics vendor VoiceBase enables users both inside and outside of the contact center to easily derive insights from speech analytics data.
- March 14, 2019
14 Mar'19
NYPD's Patternizr crime analysis tool raises AI bias concerns
The NYPD has rolled out Patternizr, a machine learning algorithm that helps analysts identify crime patterns but highlights the complexity around eliminating AI bias in real-world systems.
- March 11, 2019
11 Mar'19
Users find data preparation tools vital to BI strategies
Data preparation isn't the sexiest topic, but it's critically important to IT and business users, according to a study by Dresner Advisory Services.
- March 01, 2019
01 Mar'19
Augmented analytics tools, NLP search, graph are trending
Augmented analytics, NLP and graph analytics are changing the data and analytics market, according to Gartner -- enabling users to more easily get at and share data.
- 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 25, 2019
25 Jan'19
Qlik's CrunchBot acquisition adds AI chatbot to analytics
Qlik's acquisition of CrunchBot, an AI chatbot, aims to help users of its BI software get data easier and underscores a growing enterprise trend: conversational analytics.
- 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.