Microsoft will soon add RPA to Power Automation platform
Microsoft will soon add the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) feature UI Flows to its Power Automation platform. This will add extra functionality to the solution for automating workflows.
In November, Microsoft announced a number of updates to the solutions during its Ignite conference. For exam... Read more
Tableau 2020.1 announced, includes animated visualisations
The new version of Tableau recently announced has a number of new features, including visualisation animations, dynamic parameters and a number of new management capabilities. The updates should provide users with deeper insights into their data.
In Tableau 2020.1, the company adds a number of n... Read more
Google wants to promote AI development with new Open Images version
Google has released a new version of Open Images, the photo-dataset that helps with Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects. There are additional possibilities for labelling objects and a feature that is described as 'localised narratives'.
Open Images makes millions of photos available to data sc... Read more
Infor and Snowflake work together for simpler analytics
Infor informed Techzine about a new partnership with Snowflake. This should make it easier to use Infor's Birst analytics platform, as Snowflake has technology to prepare data for analysis.
Birst is the ERP vendor's business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform that helps companies gain more... Read more
Amazon tests AI customer service in webshop
With millions of customers on Amazon.com, it's not surprising that AWS invests heavily in AI technology to make it easier to offer services to customers. At Amazon.com, two AI-supported service assistants are currently being tested to see whether AI can also be used efficiently for this purpose.
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Qlik works on a platform for the next phase of business intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is a data discipline that is just entering a new phase. At least, that's the message Qlik's Elif Tutuk from the Research & Development department conveyed to us in a recent interview. The software supplier is busy preparing for this 'third generation BI', as Tutuk des... Read more
Databricks Ingest platform simplifies data management for analytics
Databricks has announced a new Ingest platform to simplify data management for business intelligence (BI) and machine learning applications.
The provider of data science software describes its approach as a data lakehouse, referring to the unification of data lakes and data warehouses. In this w... Read more
Automation Anywhere introduces Discovery Bot
Automation Anywhere has announced a new Discovery Bot tool for improved Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The tool should make it easier to recognise processes that can be automated with RPA.
Automation Anywhere's platform uses machine learning to take over repetitive tasks normally performed by... Read more
EU wants more transparency around use of AI
Making use of the possibilities offered by AI, but at the same time applying a clear set of rules to prevent misuse. This is what the European Union hopes to meet with a comprehensive plan, with a focus on transparency.
The use of AI through, for example, facial recognition and data collection s... Read more
Google completes billion-dollar acquisition of BI firm Looker
Google announces that it has officially completed the acquisition of Looker. The acquisition of 2.6 billion dollars (2.3 billion euros) was awaiting approval from a British regulator.
In June 2019, Google announced that it was taking over the business intelligence (BI) provider, with the immedia... Read more