Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of May 10; Updates from Alteryx, Databricks, ThoughtSpot & More
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of May 10, 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 May 10, 2024
Alteryx Drops New Research on Awareness and Sentiment of GenAI in 2024
The “Market Research: Attitudes and Adoption of Generative AI” report surveyed 2,000 global IT business leaders and 3,000 members of the general public to gather insights that expose the differing perceptions of how the world is navigating and embracing genAI.
Databricks Announces Vector Search and Model Serving Enhancements
The company announced the general availability of Vector Search and major updates to Model Serving that make it easy for enterprises to build high-quality RAG applications with native capabilities available directly in the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
Microsoft Announces Live Connect for Power BI Report Integration with OneDrive
You can now view Power BI reports in ODSP with data live connected to a semantic model in the service! This new feature will elevate your experience with the existing Power BI and One Drive and SharePoint integrations.
MicroStrategy Releases World 2024 Highlights
In the keynote, executives from Vuori, Bayer and the U.S. Dept. of State discuss how they’re using AI + BI to make data insights easily available to employees within whatever application in which they are working.
Red Hat Extends Hybrid AI and Machine Learning Platform
Red Hat’s AI strategy enables flexibility across the hybrid cloud, provides the ability to enhance pre-trained or curated foundation models with their customer data and the freedom to enable a variety of hardware and software accelerators.
StarTree Enhances Real-Time Analytics Features
This marks the occasion of the general availability launch of StarTree ThirdEye, offering advanced anomaly detection, as well as the introduction of a write API facilitating real-time sync for ELT pipelines, and integrations with leading visualization platforms, including Tableau and Grafana.
ThoughtSpot Appoints Anthony Lee-Masis as New CISO
Prior to joining ThoughtSpot, Lee-Masis served as the CISO & Data Protection Officer at Xactly Corp, where he spearheaded major security initiatives that supported the company’s successful IPO in 2015.
Tredence Names Munjay Singh as New COO
Munjay’s appointment follows a season when Tredence has raised more than $205 million from private equity firms, expanded into new regions and verticals, launched the ATOM.AI ecosystem, and developed a GenAI-as-a-service platform.
Expert Insights Section
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SR Expert @ Insight Jam: Pilot Episode of Insight AI with Samir Sharma Now Live
Samir digs into seed funding in AI startups, Nvidia’s powerful new GPUs, Apple’s investment in AI training data, governmental initiatives to ensure AI safety, and more. Samir then sits down with Jason Hogg to talk about the pros and cons of this AI explosion through a cybersecurity lens.
Solutions Review Set to Host Databricks & ZoomInfo for Exclusive Roundtable May 29
With the next Expert Roundtable event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with Databricks and ZoomInfo to cover why bad data is the problem, how Databricks and ZoomInfo help companies build a unified data foundation that fixes the bad data problem, and how this foundation can be leveraged to easily scale and use data + AI for GenAI.
SR Expert @ Insight Jam Dr. Joe Perez Publishes the Cartographer’s Chronicle
This article dives into three essential components of this cartographer’s chronicle: mastering the art of feedback, navigating the complexities of intricate datasets, and venturing beyond the conventional to unearth hidden insights.
On-Demand: Solutions Review Hosted Infragistics for Exclusive Spotlight Show May 9
With the next Solutions Spotlight event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading developer tools provider Infragistics. In this presentation, we’re bringing two of the biggest trends in the market today – low-code app development and embedded BI.
On-Demand: Insight Jam-Exclusive Friday Jam Session AI and Graph Databases May 3
Our expert panel gets into how AI is reshaping business models and the increasing relevance of graph databases in supporting social media, e-commerce, and mobile apps. They discuss specific graph database vendors, AI-enhanced data management tools, and practical advice for businesses looking to leverage these technologies for competitive advantage.
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