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January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21
Tibco acquisitions add capabilities to analytics platform

The recent completion of Tibco's acquisition of IBI has the potential to benefit customers of both given the complementary qualities of the vendors' platforms.
January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21
Data storytelling vendor Toucan Toco poised for growth

Startup data storytelling vendor Toucan Toco has big goals for 2021, including doubling its annual revenues and expanding its customer base by about 50%.
November 18, 2020 18 Nov'20
Snowflake to offer BI capabilities with Snowsight

Snowflake plans to join its cloud computing competitors by offering BI capabilities starting in 2021, though the vendor's tool will have limited capabilities.
October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20
Looker adds mobile app, developer tools to analytics suite

While Looker revealed no new integrations with Google, a mobile app and additional tools for developers highlight the new features the BI vendor unveiled during its virtual user conference.

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Top data visualization techniques and how to best use them

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Benefits of embedded BI and customizable analytics

Depending on your data needs, embedded analytics from a BI platform or a more custom-built analytics framework may work. Read on for the benefits of each option. Continue Reading
Evaluate Grafana vs. Kibana for IT data visualization

Take a deep dive into how Grafana and Kibana can help IT admins visualize critical system data through this database monitoring example. Continue Reading
The top augmented analytics tools vendors are offering

From natural language querying to automated data preparation, augmented analytics are key capabilities for the top BI platforms. Read on to see what popular vendors are offering. Continue Reading

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8 principles and best practices for good BI dashboard design

BI dashboards are a key tool for distributing data to business users. Here's advice on how to design effective dashboards that meet user needs for information. Continue Reading
Data warehousing design and value change with the times

Big data, the cloud and analytics profoundly shape data warehouse purpose and design. Learn how companies derive value from a repository that at times needs definition. Continue Reading
Analytics demands add loftier goals to data warehouse strategies

As the concept of storing data and the technologies needed to do it evolve, companies with set goals in mind are building their data warehouses to maximize analytics outcomes. Continue Reading

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Forget monitoring alerts, turn to IT root cause analysis

Alerts get your attention, but they don't always tell you where the core of a problem is to be found. Maybe it's time to shift your IT management strategy. Continue Reading
COVID-19 data resources for volunteering data scientists

Many data scientist are looking to research the novel coronavirus and ways to fight the continued outbreak. Read on for the top COVID-19 data resources for volunteer researchers. Continue Reading
Convert unstructured data to structured data with machine learning

With access to powerful compute power and advances in machine learning, unstructured data is becoming easier and cheaper for businesses to turn into usable sources of insight. Continue Reading