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20 years ago in man vs. machine, a landmark battle was won by IBM
Before AlphaGo and Watson, there was Deep Blue and Gary Kasparov.
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Microsoft and others predict automated assistants are the way of the future. Now they have their own app store
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has made clear: One … Continue reading Need to buy a bot? There’s now an app store for that
Power BI is Microsoft’s tool for analyzing data and building interactive data-based dashboards and reports. At its Build developer conference in San Francisco, the company today announced the preview of Power BI Embedded. With this, developers will be able to integrate Power BI and its interactive dashboards right into their own apps. Read More Continue reading Microsoft now lets developers embed Power BI visualizations into their own apps
Looker, a data visualization and business intelligence startup announced a new component today that brings Looker data directly into Slack conversations without having to access the program separately. The new tool is called Looker Slack Bot and is built using the Slack bot technology. It provides a way for users working in Slack to access data related to the discussion. They may want a… Read More Continue reading Looker’s slick Slack integration inserts data directly into conversations
Tableau announced today that it has acquired early-stage startup HyPer, which has developed an advanced database technology that Tableau intends to incorporate into its product set.
Tableau is a business intelligence and analytics company, taking business data and helping companies make sense of it. The new HyPer database technology should provide a performance boost across Tableau products… Read More Continue reading Tableau scores advanced database tech with acquisition of German startup HyPer