Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of January 19; Updates from Databricks, Power BI, Qlik & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of January 19, 2024.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant analytics and data science news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy analytics and data science news items.

Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of January 19, 2024

Databricks Launches Vertical Analytics for Telcos

Databricks said the offering provides a unified foundation for data and AI development that gives service providers a holistic view of their networks, operations and customer interactions without sacrificing data privacy or risking disclosure of confidential information.

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Copilot in Power BI (Preview) is Now Available

Based on a high-level prompt, Copilot for Power BI in Fabric creates an entire report page for you by identifying the tables, fields, measures, and charts that would help you get started. You can then customize the page using our existing editing experiences. Copilot can also help you understand your semantic model and even suggest topics for your report pages.

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Qlik Acquires NLP Leader Kyndi

This move signifies a substantial advancement in Qlik’s vision of delivering precise, contextually-rich answers to complex business questions. The acquisition leverages the combination of Qlik Cloud’s structured data mastery with Kyndi’s pioneering unstructured data technologies, reinforcing Qlik’s position as a transformative market leader in how organizations utilize data.

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Expert Insights Section

Watch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community for business software pros. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, trends and predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.

SR Editors Release Annual Roundup of Expert Analytics & Data Science Predictions for 2024

For our 5th annual Insight Jam LIVE! Solutions Review editors sourced this resource guide of analytics and data science predictions for 2024 from Insight Jam, its new community of enterprise tech experts.

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Solutions Review Set to Host Semarchy and Sanofi for Exclusive Spotlight Webinar January 23

With the next Solutions Spotlight event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading unified data management platform Semarchy to provide viewers with a unique webinar called Sanofi’s MDM Journey: Rapidly Enabling a Global Customer 360 Solution. In this presentation, Sanofi’s Head of Customer Master Data Management will share its journey to achieving a Customer 360 solution through Master Data Management and data engineering.

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Solutions Review Set to Host Denodo for Exclusive Spotlight Webinar January 25

With the next Solutions Spotlight event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading unified data management platform Denodo to provide viewers with a unique webinar called Best Practices for Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Data Lakes. In this presentation, Denodo will discuss scalable analytics, democratizing data, seamless integration, maximizing ROI, and simplified governance.

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Solutions Review Set to Host Databricks and Unravel Data for Exclusive Roundtable on February 14

With the next Expert Roundtable event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with Databricks and Unravel Data to delve into the relationship between AI products and efficient, production-ready data pipelines.

The speakers will explore how organizations are leveraging data observability and FinOps to augment data teams. Hear strategies from the experts to accelerate your data pipeline deployments to support GenAI innovation.

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For consideration in future analytics and data science news roundups, send your announcements to the editor: tking@solutionsreview.com.