Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of November 15; Updates from Alteryx, DataRobot, ThoughtSpot & More
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Tim King
, Executive Editor at Solutions Review - Business Intelligence News,
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of November 15, 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.
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Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of November 15, 2024
Alteryx Enhances the Hybrid Analytics Process
The latest update supports hybrid architectures and meets customers where they are—whether in the cloud or on premises. Alteryx’s Fall 2024 release provides business analysts with a seamless analytics experience that scales data-driven insights across departments and industries.
Connecty AI Secures $1.8 Million in New Funding
Emerging from stealth today with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding, the firm has developed a context engine that tackles the inherent complexity in enterprise data. The round was led by Market One Capital, with participation from Notion Capital and data industry experts including Marcin Zukowski, co-founder of Snowflake and Maciej Zawadzinski, Founder of Piwik PRO.
Databricks Study Finds Enterprise Infrastructure Not Yet Ready for AI
The report found the vast majority of enterprises (85 percent) are using generative AI (GenAI) in at least one function. But few (22 percent) feel confident that their current IT architecture could effectively support new AI applications moving forward.
DataRobot Announces New Enterprise AI Suite
Developers can build custom generative AI application interfaces with out-of-the-box examples for Streamlit, Flask, and Slack, or create bespoke interfaces with a preferred framework such as Dash, Shiny, Flask, and Microsoft Teams. Application experiences are tuned, refined, and viewed in real-time, streamlining how teams push to production and minimize downtime.
Mezmo Drops New Guided Experience for Building Telemetry Pipelines
Mezmo is leading the way for intelligent pipelines that automatically analyze telemetry data sources, identify noisy log patterns, and create a data-optimizing pipeline that routes to any observability platform. With Mezmo Flow, users can create their first log volume reduction pipeline in less than 15 minutes, retaining the most valuable data and preventing unnecessary charges, overages, and spikes.
ThoughtSpot Launches New Autonomous Agent for Analytics
Spotter enables every user within a business, irrespective of their technical capabilities or industry, to converse with Spotter as they would a human analyst. Users can self-serve actionable insights in natural, conversational language to scale reliable, data-driven decision-making across their organization.
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 where the human conversation around AI is happening. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.
On-Demand: Solutions Review Hosts Impetus, Deluxe, and Forrester Research for Exclusive Expert Roundtable on Unlocking the Power of Enterprise GenAI
The team at Solutions Review has partnered with Impetus to bring you a discussion from experts from Forrester Research, Impetus, and Deluxe Corporation that will help you take a dive deep into the real-world success stories of enterprises that are leading the charge with GenAI while discussing current and future trends.
NEW Episode of The Digital Analyst (John Santaferraro) Featuring John K. Thompson: Preparing for the AI Agent Revolution
They discuss how AI agents are poised to overtake generative AI as the next major technological advancement, with predictions that organizations will soon have more AI agents than employees. The conversation covers different types of AI agents, the challenges of governance and regulation, and the importance of AI literacy among executives and employees.
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Tim King
Executive Editor
Tim is Solutions Review's Executive Editor and leads coverage on data management and analytics. A 2017 and 2018 Most Influential Business Journalist and 2021 "Who's Who" in Data Management, Tim is a recognized industry thought leader and changemaker. Story? Reach him via email at tking@solutionsreview dot com.
