Data is a superpower, but can also be super vulnerable
These days, companies deal with more data than ever. This data has become a superpower, as it comes with many opportunities. At the same time, it comes with new major security risks. By having a clear picture of what you can do about it and what will happen in the coming months, your company become...
The data age: trends you need to know about
The large amounts of data that companies have at their disposal offer enormous opportunities. Now that we have entered the 'data age', it is possible to optimise business processes much better with data. It also makes it easier to identify market opportunities. Therefore, getting your data strategy...
Snowflake reports first earnings since IPO
Revenue more than doubled to $159.6 million from $73 million a year ago.
This week Snowflake, the San Mateo, California based Data Cloud provider, announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2021, ended October 31, 2020.
Total revenue for the quarter was $159.6 million, repre...
Snowflake data warehouse gets Informatica’s data integration features
Informatica’s line of data integration and governance tools for Snowflake is expanding. The company launched serverless data integration pipelines, a collaborative marketplace of data analytics tools, and a portal for creating user profiles.
Informatica is one of the largest data integration p...
Pandemic reveals that data is the most essential tool for businesses
Businesses leveraging data say that decision-making gives them a critical advantage over their competitors, especially during the pandemic. This fact comes from a new report penned by Tableau, who polled 3,500 senior managers and IT decision-makers in the UK and three European countries.
The mos...
Einstein Analytics and Tableau form a single powerful solution
Salesforce Benelux Live took place at the same time as the Tableau Conference 2020 this year. A good moment for us to find out what Tableau will look like under Salesforce's wing.
For those who missed it, Salesforce has acquired Tableau. The main reason for this acquisition is to be able to offe...
AWS plans to expand its cloud in Switzerland
Amazon Web Services announced that they plan to build a cloud region or data center cluster in Switzerland. The move will support several local companies and the public sector organizations that will use the platform.
The announcement is just another move by AWS to expand in Europe. In recent ye...
How to prepare for the data age?
Over the decades organisations adapted to a data-driven era. We've seen the rise of cloud technology as we learned that all data didn't need to be locked on-premises. We saw the rise of analytics as big data became the rage. Broadband, Wi-Fi and 4G technologies made it easier to move and access dat...
9 out of 10 executives say data is more important due to COVID-19
Business leaders look to data analytics to survive in a post-pandemic world.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations across private industries have become more reliant on data and analytics. This is according to a new report released this week by Teradata, a leading cloud data analy...
Microsoft releases deep learning software with simple interface
Microsoft has released a program that allows users to perform deep learning on images without the need for programming knowledge.
The app consists of a simple interface that, in three steps, lets the user make the software recognize and add custom labels to images. The steps are explained in the...
Boomi and Snowflake are partnering to offer powerfull data solution
Boomi, known for its iPaaS service is partnering with Snowflake, a data warehouse solution. Together they will offer a solution where you can bring all your data together for analysis and reporting.
Snowflake's solution spans the entire lifecycle of data for customers, starting from discovery, ...
Barely 1 in 3 cybersecurity experts get accurate and relevant threat data
The pandemic is in full swing, and cybercriminals are attacking everyone. They are taking every opportunity to challenge IT security pros, and it is working out for the hackers. IT pros need fresh, relevant, and precise data to analyze the threats presented to them.
In an environment that moves ...