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Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of February 21, 2025.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n For early access to all the expert insights published on Solutions Review<\/em>, join Insight Jam<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a community dedicated to enabling the human conversation on AI.<\/p>\n New automation capabilities, including Python APIs, eliminate repetitive tasks, streamline data queries, and simplify report generation. For large-scale projects, advanced batch execution and task libraries reduce time spent on complex workflows.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n These key additions to the executive team underscore Alteryx’s commitment to helping customers scale their AI and analytics automation journey. Pexton will oversee all global financial operations and Birdsall will drive Alteryx’s global revenue strategy.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n Whether you\u2019re a data scientist looking to streamline your workflow or a business leader trying to make sense of complex data, Lumen makes AI-powered analytics more intuitive and accessible. Lumen eliminates those roadblocks by giving users an AI-powered environment to quickly generate SQL queries, analyze datasets, and build interactive dashboards\u2014all without writing code.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n By integrating AtScale with Cortex Analyst, businesses can now query their data using plain English, eliminating the need for complex SQL syntax while maintaining their data’s integrity, consistency, and performance. AtScale acts as the governance layer, ensuring that the AI-generated queries align with the business definitions and optimizing query performance across the Snowflake platform.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n Cube unveiled an expanded partnership with Microsoft, launching new integrations on Tuesday between its semantic layer and both Power BI and Excel that enable joint customers to better access data for analysis. The Cube Cloud for Excel Add-in, meanwhile, uses Cube’s Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) API to connect governed data with Excel.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis benchmark highlights the critical role of database performance in AI-driven workloads. EDB Postgres AI outperformed MongoDB in JSON processing\u2014delivering significantly better speed and efficiency in a test that mirrors RAG AI use cases,\u201d said William McKnight, President, McKnight Consulting Group.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n The collaboration will see Securiti integrate its Gencore AI tool with two components of Databricks\u2019 popular cloud data platform. The first is the Delta table data format, while the other is the Mosaic AI toolkit for building AI software. Alongside Gencore AI, Securiti\u2019s new partnership with Databricks focuses on the latter company\u2019s Delta table and Mosaic AI features.<\/p>\n Read on for more<\/a><\/p>\n In a\u00a0survey announced last month<\/a>\u00a0co-developed by\u00a0Skillify<\/a>,\u00a0Solutions Review<\/em>, and\u00a0Insight Jam<\/em>, over 200 tech professionals, including senior leaders in areas like cybersecurity, information management, and data science, have underscored the escalating importance of soft skills during this AI moment.<\/p>\n Read on Insight Jam<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n In this month’s Jam Session, the panel discusses the growing trend of workload repatriation among enterprises. They’ll address questions like what factors are driving cloud repatriation, how do you decide what to repatriate, what does it take to repatriate an application or workload, and what can you do to avoid the cost and hassle of repatriation?<\/p>\n Watch free on Insight Jam<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n With the next Solutions Spotlight event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading data security governance platform provider Concentric AI to provide viewers with a unique webinar called Modern Data Security Governance in the Generative AI Era<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Register free on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n In the same way that CeramicSpeed looked beyond the traditional mechanics of cycling, organizations must\u00a0break the chain <\/em>of outdated BI and analytics practices to unlock innovation. This article explores three types of innovation that are possible only when businesses embrace\u00a0a data strategy that thinks outside the box<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 just like the inventors of this incredible bike.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Back in 2002, I was thrown in at the deep end, tasked with creating a data strategy for a global business I worked for. At the time, I thought \u201cstrategy\u201d was just a sophisticated way of saying \u201cplan.\u201d I believed it was about mapping things out in a structured way, like a detailed blueprint.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n While the initial appeal of automated reporting often centers on efficiency gains and cost reduction, the true value proposition extends far beyond these immediate benefits. The strategic value of automated reporting tools comes from an ability to deliver insights directly to end-users. Solutions Review\u2019s Executive Editor Tim King created this primer on automated reporting systems with inputs from\u00a0our partner LANSA.<\/p>\nAnalytics and Data Science News for the Week of February 21<\/strong>, 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Altair Releases New HyperWorks 2025<\/h4>\n
Alteryx Appoints Jon Pexton & Steven Birdsall to Executive Team<\/h4>\n
Anaconda Announces New Lumen AI<\/h4>\n
AtScale and Snowflake Announce Integration with Cortex Analyst<\/h4>\n
Cube Extends Partnership with Microsoft<\/h4>\n
New McKnight Consulting Group Study Compares Analytic & AI Databases<\/h4>\n
Securiti Partners with Databricks on AI App-Dev<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Watch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam<\/em>, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community<\/a><\/strong><\/span> 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.<\/p>\nFuture of Work: Results from the 2025 Survey of Tech Professionals – Exclusively on Insight Jam<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
February 21: The Jam Session –<\/em> Why Enterprises are Abandoning the Public Cloud Featuring SR<\/em> Experts @ Insight Jam<\/em> Robert Eve and Philip Rusom, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n
What to Expect at Solutions Review<\/em>‘s Spotlight with Concentric AI & Enterprise Strategy Group on February 27<\/h4>\n
NEW by Solutions Review<\/em> Expert @ Insight Jam<\/em> Thought Leader Dr. Joe Perez – Breaking the Chain: The Power of Data-Driven Innovation<\/h4>\n
NEW by Solutions Review<\/em> Expert @ Insight Jam<\/em> Thought Leader Samir Sharma – Strategy Isn’t What I Thought It Was & Many Still Get It Wrong<\/h4>\n
ICYMI: Solutions Review<\/em> Executive Editor Tim King Explores the Strategic Value of Automated Reporting Tools<\/h4>\n