Pega details ‘model mechanics’ for real world AI
There’s a lot of AI talk. We now exist in a technology industry obsessed with the development, implementation and extension of predictive, reactive, generative and (insert next big AI trend here) intelligence functions. So much is this the case that we seem to have forgotten about core basics suc... Read more
Data specialist Alteryx sold for 4 billion euros to private equity
Data specialist Alteryx will be definitively owned by private investment companies Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners for a total of 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion). This brings an end to a sale process that started earlier this year.
Alteryx, a data science and analytics specialist, ha... Read more
SAS puts three critical principles at the heart of AI and analytics
There is a lot of technology within the SAS platform to address the AI and analytics lifecycle. But where exactly is the focus for further development of the platform? We spoke to Gavin Day during the recent SAS Innovate on Tour event in Amsterdam about the direction and focal points.
Day is Exe... Read more
Ilionx takes over Inergy to strengthen data analytics offering
Dutch IT company Ilionx is strengthening its position by acquiring Inergy. The latter is a specialist in the field of data analytics.
Ilionx describes itself as a knowledge and implementation partner within the sector, with a stated mission to make the complex IT world manageable. The Dutch outl... Read more
AWS helps sports clubs with data to improve performance
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's largest cloud provider. AWS's primary business is providing cloud infrastructure for your applications and data. However, AWS does much more, and one of the things that is less well-known is AWS for Sports. The AWS for Sports offering contains various soluti... Read more
Microsoft Fabric intends to be a data platform for the AI era
That data is becoming increasingly important is something Microsoft also knows. The company hopes to save organizations money, time and effort by offering a new data platform: Microsoft Fabric. It integrates existing solutions from within the MS suite to simplify data analysis.
The platform is i... Read more
IBM joins the Presto Foundation through acquisition of Ahana
IBM purchase of the venture-backed SaaS for Presto startup company further builds its open-source portfolio.
Last week IBM announced that it had acquired Ahana, a startup SaaS company that offers managed and commercial versions of the Presto open-source distributed query engine. In buying Ahana,... Read more
Data processor Alation expands with €120 million in growth capital
Alation secured a funding round of more than €120 million in growth capital. The organization develops data structuring solutions. Ten years after its founding, Alation is valued at about €1.7 billion euros.
The data analytics market is rapidly growing. The more data businesses generate, th... Read more
Cloudera launches all-in-one SaaS data lakehouse CDP One
Cloudera introduces Cloudera Data Platform One (CDP One), an all-in-one SaaS data lakehouse. With this, Cloudera aims to make it easier to perform data analytics in cloud environments.
With the introduction of CDP One, the big data vendor aims to make it easier to perform self-service analytics ... Read more
Expert talks
Knee deep in the data mess: How to finish in the Data Analytics Race
In May 2018, the introduction of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) forced organizations to rethink the way they collect and store data. However, even years after the legislation went into effect, organizations still seem to be struggling with their data and lack proper fundamental data gove... Read more