For developers, embedding business intelligence (BI) analytics and interactive visualizations in an application can be a frustrating experience. You can sacrifice flexibility and more powerful capabilities in favor of simplicity and use iFrames or charting libraries. Or you can use representational state transfer (REST) APIs that grant you lots of control but are code-intensive to […]
Posted on June 14th, 2014 by admin
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SiSense, a business intelligence startup that is among those making big data analytics accessible to ordinary business users (and not just data scientists) is today announcing more funding: a $30 million Series C round led by DFJ Growth — the VC’s arm dedicated to later-stage investments that recently announced a new fund we understand to be totalling over $500 […]
Posted on June 12th, 2014 by admin
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Seattle-based ExtraHop, a service that offers real-time analytics based on analyzing data right off the wire instead of using software that runs on the server, today announced that it has raised a $41 million Series C round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). While TCV may not be a household name, the company has previously […]
Posted on June 7th, 2014 by admin
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In the conflict between advocates of consumer privacy and those promoting the benefits of wide-reaching data collection, it’s not often we hear about the former getting a win. Yet it appears that’s exactly what happened in San Francisco last night. Philz Coffee, the Bay Area coffee shop mainstay, announced that it would no longer collect […]
Posted on May 30th, 2014 by admin
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Microsoft plans to boost its Azure cloud services with its acquisition of Capptain, whose product helps developers track and analyze usage of their Web and mobile apps and implement customer retention strategies. Tweet This Post
Posted on May 29th, 2014 by admin
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The toughest part about earning a Master of Science in Analytics at North Carolina State University (NCSU) may be deciding which job to accept. The 75 students in the class of 2014, which is nearing graduation, received, in total, 246 job offers from 55 employers. Tweet This Post
Posted on April 26th, 2014 by admin
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Datameer’s latest update has an interesting twist, literally. As you can see by the GIF above, as you work with data in Datameer’s analytics tool, when you click a button, the screen turns revealing a visualization of the data on-screen in real time. Read More Tweet This Post
Posted on April 23rd, 2014 by admin
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Microsoft is targeting the growing volume of data being generated by both machines and humans. CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday showed off tools that could help organizations better understand — and profit from — this trove of information. One new hosted service, called the Azure ISS (Intelligent Systems Service), promises to ease the process of […]
Posted on April 16th, 2014 by admin
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Teradata is hoping to gain ground in the hotly competitive data-warehousing and analytics market with QueryGrid, a new product that allows users to run a single SQL-based query across multiple data stores, from Teradata’s own system to Hadoop and rival databases. QueryGrid will be available in the third quarter and is aligned with the release […]
Posted on April 8th, 2014 by admin
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Cotap, an enterprise messaging startup founded by ex-Yammer execs, launched last year with ambitions to be the “WhatsApp for the workplace” — a free app that was as ubiquitous as the popular messaging service bought by Facebook in February for $19 billion, used not just by “road warrior” white collar workers as an extension of their desktop […]
Posted on April 3rd, 2014 by admin
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