Category Archives: business intelligence

Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Link to help enterprises get faster insights from their data

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At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced Azure Synapse Link, a new enterprise service that allows businesses to analyze their data faster and more efficiently, using an approach that’s generally called ‘hybrid transaction/analytical processing’ (HTAP). That’s a mouthful, it essentially enables enterprises to use the same database system for analytical and transactional workloads on […] Continue reading Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Link to help enterprises get faster insights from their data→

OSINT – Using Threat Intelligence to Secure Your Organisation

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In my first article on Cyber Security Threat Intelligence Analysts, (CTI analysts) we covered what a CTI analyst is and discussed how they can bridge the gaps between IT, Security, and the Business. We discussed how this is beneficial to the maturity o… Continue reading OSINT – Using Threat Intelligence to Secure Your Organisation→

Fishtown Analytics raises $12.9M Series A for its open-source analytics engineering tool

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Philadelphia-based Fishtown Analytics, the company behind the popular open-source data engineering tool dbt, today announced that it has raised a $12.9 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with the firm’s general partner Martin Casada joining the company’s board. “I wrote this blog post in early 2016, essentially saying that analysts needed to work […] Continue reading Fishtown Analytics raises $12.9M Series A for its open-source analytics engineering tool→

Databricks makes bringing data into its ‘lakehouse’ easier

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Databricks today announced that launch of its new Data Ingestion Network of partners and the launch of its Databricks Ingest service. The idea here is to make it easier for businesses to combine the best of data warehouses and data lakes into a single platform — a concept Databricks likes to call ‘lakehouse.’ At the […] Continue reading Databricks makes bringing data into its ‘lakehouse’ easier→

Google Cloud opens its Seoul region

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Google Cloud today announced that its new Seoul region, its first in Korea, is now open for business. The region, which it first talked about last April, will feature three availability zones and support for virtually all of Google Cloud’s standard service, ranging from Compute Engine to BigQuery, Bigtable and Cloud Spanner. With this, Google […] Continue reading Google Cloud opens its Seoul region→

Sisense nabs $100m at a $1B+ valuation for accessible big data business analytics

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Sisense, an enterprise startup that that has built a business analytics business out of the premise of making big data as accessible as possible to users — whether it be through graphics on mobile or desktop apps, or spoken through Alexa — is announcing a big round of funding today and a large jump in […] Continue reading Sisense nabs $100m at a $1B+ valuation for accessible big data business analytics→

Situational Intelligence: Providing Answers in Moments of Crisis

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Situational intelligence can help organizations react more quickly and more appropriately in times of crisis It can be the difference between disaster or averting disaster. How do you get your employees to safety in a natural or man-made catastrophe? … Continue reading Situational Intelligence: Providing Answers in Moments of Crisis→

Software development analytics platform Sourced launches an enterprise edition

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Sourced, or source{d}, as the company styles its name, provides developers and IT departments with deeper analytics into their software development lifecycle. It analyzes codebases, offers data about which APIs are being used and provides general information about developer productivity and other metrics. Today, Sourced is officially launching its Enterprise Edition, which gives IT departments […] Continue reading Software development analytics platform Sourced launches an enterprise edition→

Video platform Kaltura adds advanced analytics

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You may not be familiar with Kaltura‘s name, but chances are you’ve used the company’s video platform at some point or another, given that it offers a variety of video services for enterprises, educational institutions and video on demand platforms, including HBO,  Phillips, SAP, Stanford and others. Today, the company announced the launch of an […] Continue reading Video platform Kaltura adds advanced analytics→

Clari platform aims to unify go-to-market operations data

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Clari started out as a company that wanted to give sales teams more information about their sales process than could be found in the CRM database. Today, the company announced a much broader platform, one that can provide insight across sales, marketing and customer service to give a more unified view of a company’s go-to-market […] Continue reading Clari platform aims to unify go-to-market operations data→