Databricks launches SQL Analytics
Databricks (the AI and data analytics company) announced that it was launching the SQL Analytics service to make it easy for data analysts to perform standard SQL queries directly on data lakes.
With this new capability, an enterprise will now connect their BI (Business Intelligence) tools like ...
ThoughtSpot is a rising star in the BI world
In recent years, the Business Intelligence (BI) world has been dominated by a handful of vendors. However, ThoughtSpot is on the rise. It records strong growth figures, is appreciated by analysts and has recently entered some new markets. Time for a conversation with the CEO of ThoughtSpot, Sudhees...
TIBCO expands its enterprise reach by acquiring Information Builders
TIBCO Software is on the acquiring Information Builders in a move that will bring their combined 70 years of data management expertise under one roof. Information Builders was founded in 1975 in New York City. Since then, it has been providing tools for data analysis for upward of 45 years now.
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The Google Analytics update brings ML to reveal useful customer data
Brands want more and better information about their target markets. Just this week, Twilio bought the customer data startup Segment for a reported $3.2 billion. Google is no different than any other company in the same space.
Yesterday, it announced a slew of updates to Google Analytics to help ...
Qlik BI switches to end-to-end data platform
Qlik aims to play a bigger role in the data analytics journey of enterprises. This means addressing both Business Intelligence (BI) and data integration. A unified approach which Qlik calls an end-to-end data platform, ultimately leading to 'Active Intelligence'.
The BI industry is experiencing ...
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...
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...
Thousands of ecommerce sites using Magento left in the cold
Magento, the open source ecommerce platform provider, has announced that it will no longer be providing support for Magento 1 as of June 2020.
No support means greater risks
Without support, the CMS is likely to develop vulnerabilities which can lead to a higher level of risk for websites. On...
Cloudera acquires Arcadia Data for analytics tools
Cloudera has announced that it wants to take over Arcadia Data, in order to add more analytics tools to its platform. Arcadia Data is a company that sells a business intelligence platform that uses visualizations to make data analysis easier to understand. We don't know how much Cloudera pays for Ar...
Salesforce acquires Tableau for 15.7 billion dollars
Salesforce has announced Tableau's acquisition of $15.7 billion ($13.9 billion). Tableau is a manufacturer of business intelligence software that allows users to combine data from multiple sources into rich and easy to share visualizations.
Tableau, which was founded in 2003, itself states that it ...