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MotherDuck Launches Beta Extension to Enhance PostgreSQL with DuckDB Analytics

MotherDuck,  known for its innovative cloud data platform that focuses on simplifying data management and analysis, has announced the beta release of pg_duckdb - a PostgreSQL extension that integrates DuckDB's analytics Read more…

Lightdash Secures $11M To Bring AI To Business Intelligence

Lightdash, a business intelligence (BI) platform and open-source alternative to Google’s Looker, announced it has raised $11 million in an early-stage funding round to integrate artificial intelligence into BI solution Read more…

Cube Deepens Semantic Hooks Into GCP, Holds First Conference

Universal semantic layer provider Cube this week unveiled new integration with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that will streamline GCP user access to data that’s well-modeled and governed. The company also held its first Read more…

Couchbase Launches Column Store to Activate Dormant JSON Data

Couchbase says the new column store that it officially launched today on AWS will streamline analytics on “dormant” JSON data residing in its NoSQL database. The company also launched vector search capabilities in th Read more…

IBM Unveils watsonx BI Assistant to Simplify Business Decision-Making

As the business world eagerly embraces the potential of GenAI, many companies are discovering that there are still lots of challenges along the way. One of the key challenges is complexity.  Companies are struggling Read more…

Sigma Secures $200M Round to Advance Its BI and Analytics Solutions

Sigma Computing, a cloud-based analytics solutions provider, has raised $200 million in Series D funding to further advance its efforts in broadening BI use within organizations by enabling users to query and analyze dat Read more…

Unlocking the Full Potential of Generative AI for Enterprise Analytics

Steve Jobs once compared the electric motor to the democratization of new technologies. When the electric motor was first invented, it could only be manufactured on a large-scale in a factory. They had great applications Read more…

MicroStrategy Fleshes Out AI-for-BI Strategy, Bets Big On Bitcoin

MicroStrategy this week unveiled a new customizable AI bot called Auto that lets business users interact with MicroStrategy’s data analytics offerings through natural language. But investors in the publicly traded Virg Read more…

GoodData Unveils Major Update to Redefine the Landscape for BI Practitioners

In the realm of business intelligence (BI) and analytic platforms, artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a behind-the-scenes force for a while. However, the advent of GenAI has revolutionized the way organizations levera Read more…

The Data Lakehouse Is On the Horizon, But It’s Not Smooth Sailing Yet

Data warehouses and data lakes serve clear and distinct purposes. Typically, data warehouses store structured data according to a predefined schema to generate fast query speeds for reporting purposes.  Data lakes, on t Read more…

Making the Leap From Data Governance to AI Governance

The topic of data governance is one that’s been well-trod, even if not all companies follow the widely accepted precepts of the discipline. Where things are getting a little hairy these days is AI governance, which is Read more…

Beyond the Hype: 10 Core Principles for AI Success

The paradigm shift ushered in by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in today's business and technological landscapes is nothing short of revolutionary. AI's potential to transform traditional business models, optimize operatio Read more…

Data Mesh 2.0: Realizing the Promise of Decentralization

It’s fair to say that "data mesh" is having a moment. Even a cursory search via Google News turns up dozens of related results, and there’s considerable variety in the mix. Sure, this happens with many new technol Read more…

Why a Universal Semantic Layer is the Key to Unlock Value from Your Data

A semantic layer is a way to represent data so that it can be easily understood by business users, making it easier for them to interpret and use it directly, without a dependence on data engineering teams. Wikipedia def Read more…

The Business Case for Privacy Enhancing Technologies

In a world that’s constantly hyping the next big thing, it’s natural to be wary when a family of technologies is described as transformational. This label has been recently associated with Privacy Enhancing Technolog Read more…

Snowflake Gives Everybody a Little Something at Summit

Whether you’re a data engineer building data pipelines, a data scientist creating AI models, or a CFO trying to minimize cloud spending, Snowflake gave you something today at its annual user conference in Las Vegas, Ne Read more…

Making Better Data-Informed Decisions to Navigate Disruptions

Unprecedented levels of disruption have significantly complicated business leaders’ efforts to make critical data-driven decisions to guide their organizations successfully into the future. To keep their analytic capab Read more…

Qlik Completes Acquisition of Talend

BI and analytics provider Qlik announced its intent to acquire Talend earlier this year, and now it has formally completed the deal, giving it an immediate boost in the data management department. Data sprawl, data qu Read more…

The Semantic Layer Architecture: Where Business Intelligence is Truly Heading

The rise of cloud computing, data mesh, and especially data lakehouses all reflect the massive efforts to adopt architectures that will keep pace with the exponential of data constantly growing. But the industry is st Read more…

LLMs Are the Dinosaur-Killing Meteor for Old BI, ThoughtSpot CEO Says

When the dust from the bombardment of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) on the market finally clears, there will be fewer BI and analytics vendors left standing, ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair said. “I t Read more…

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