ThoughtSpot valued at 3.7 billion euro after Series E funding round
ThoughtSpot raised $100 million, announcing that the funding more than doubled its pre-money valuation to $4.2 billion. The new series F funding round for the data analytics software developer company was led by March Capital, a new investor, and brings the company's funding total to $674 million.
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ThoughtSpot launches Data Workspace, focuses on data professionals
ThoughtSpot introduces the Data Workspace, a series of introductions for technically proficient data professionals.
ThoughtSpot develops a search and AI engine to make the data in data warehouses insightful and approachable for users with or without a technical background. The way there, setting...
Nitro acquires European e-sign company Connective for $81 million
Nitro, a document productivity software company, has agreed to acquire the European-based e-sign software-as-a-service provider Connective. The deal is worth $81 million. Nitro intends to fund the transaction by going to investors for $104 million.
Connective is the leading e-sign provider in Be...
Tableau makes analytics more accessible and integrates with Slack
At Tableau Conference, the Business Intelligence (BI) vendor announces expansions of its platform. Bringing analytics to "anyone, anywhere", as the company itself likes to summarize its mission, plays a central role. Data and analytics must become more accessible. To this end, Tableau is aiming for...
Qlik Application Automation unites BI and automation
Qlik introduces Qlik Application Automation. With the new no-code solution, the software company is pushing the boundary between Business Intelligence and the subsequent automation of SaaS applications.
Among other things, Qlik Application Automation enables users to recognize and follow up even...
Google’s Looker gets a facelift to appeal to developers
Google is bringing major updates to a business intelligence platform it acquired last year (Looker) in a new release announced on Wednesday.
The release will have a developer portal, support for Microsoft Azure hosting, an interactive way to view APIs (application programming interfaces), and in...
Zoho debuts new BI tools
The new BI platform with improved data analytics and visualization empowers businesses to create actionable insights.
As a leading provider of cloud-based platforms, Zoho helps with various processes from employee onboarding to accounting and data management, etc.
Yesterday, they announced th...
SAS Institute decides not to sell to Broadcom
Broadcom wanted to acquire SAS Institute, but negotiations have fallen through after the institute's founders changed their minds about the sale. In a report by the Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the matter said that the companies were discussing a deal that would value SAS anywhere from...
Microsoft Power BI will track progress towards goals
Microsoft has released Power BI Goals. The software allows users to track how close their companies are to achieving specific goals.
The goal of Goals is to bridge the distance from tracking company data to comparing that data to a company's goals, Microsoft says in its announcement. With Goals,...
‘ThoughtSpot and Snowflake is a well-oiled data machine together’
The data world is currently experiencing a wave of innovation. Some new IT vendors are disrupting the market. ThoughtSpot and Snowflake are two of those companies. The Business Intelligence (BI) vendor and data warehouse vendor have a strong partnership, as they complement each other.
Many IT p...
Microsoft adds new security features to Power BI
Microsoft has added a couple of new security features to its Power BI platform for business intelligence. The features provide options to better limit who can access what data.
Arun Ulag of Microsoft explains the new security options in Power BI in a blog post. These mainly revolve around networ...
‘With Active Intelligence, your business is prepared for the future’
The world of analytics is shifting towards Active Intelligence, according to data specialist Qlik. With Active Intelligence, an organisation takes a step forward into modernisation and is prepared for the future. During the recent Data Revolution Virtual Summit, Qlik discussed exactly what your bus...