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May 05, 2021 05 May'21
Gartner: Data-driven decision-making never more important

Organizations must take a concerted approach to most effectively take advantage of their data, Gartner analyst Gareth Herschel said during the advisory firm's virtual conference.
April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21
Toucan Toco unveils native integration with Snowflake

A France-based data storytelling startup unveiled its first native integration with a cloud service provider, aligning with Snowflake to improve security and speed queries.
February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21
Gartner predicts data storytelling will dominate BI by 2025

With analytics still the domain of data experts, Gartner predicts data narratives will be the BI capability that makes analytics accessible to a broad audience.
January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21
BI vendor Phocas raises funds to build predictive analytics

With its eyes on expansion and new analytics product development, a veteran Australian-based BI vendor raised $34 million in venture capital funding.

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Self-service tools, data visualization software give BI a new look

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