Analytics

Special Episode: Fivetran and Databricks CEOs reveal the secret to AI

George Fraser, CEO and co-founder of Fivetran, and Ali Ghodsi, CEO and co-founder of Databricks, are building products that power the modern data stack. They offer an insider’s perspective on the hardest parts of building and deploying generative AI in the enterprise.

Maximizing Efficiency: Streamlining Your Business with Advanced SFDC Strategies

If you’re navigating the complexities of CRM and business automation, SFDC could be the game-changer you need. With SFDC, or Salesforce.com, businesses access a suite of tools for customer relationship management, marketing automation, and analytics to streamline operations. This article offers a focused look at how implementing SFDC strategies can elevate your data handling, improve customer engagement, and protect your information, all while bolstering your sales and marketing efforts.

What is a Data Catalog? Features, Best Practices, and Benefits

A data catalog is a central inventory of organizational data. It provides a comprehensive view of all data assets in an organization, including databases, tables, files, and data sources. Efficiently managing large amounts of information is crucial for companies to stay competitive. This practice is especially applicable to large organizations with scattered data.

Snowflake Data Clean Rooms: Securely Collaborate to Unlock Insights and Value

In December 2023, Snowflake announced its acquisition of data clean room technology provider Samooha. Samooha’s intuitive UI and focus on reducing the complexity of sharing data led to it being named one of the most innovative data science companies of 2024 by Fast Company. Now, Samooha’s offering is integrated into Snowflake and launched as Snowflake Data Clean Rooms, a Snowflake Native App on Snowflake Marketplace, generally available to customers in AWS East, AWS West and Azure West.

Episode 5: Data democratization and readiness for AI | Powell Industries

The key to breaking down data silos and fostering innovation goes well beyond having the right technology. It’s the people and processes that truly drive change. Ajay Bidani, Data and Insights Manager at Powell Industries, shares his perspective on how a strong, inclusive data culture is fueling the manufacturer’s global success.

How to Unlock the Power of Event-Driven Architecture | Designing Event-Driven Microservices

An Event-Driven Architecture is more than just a set of microservices. Event Streams should represent the central nervous system, providing the bulk of communication between all components in the platform. Unfortunately, many projects stall long before they reach this point.

The Essential Role of a Data Steward in Modern Business Intelligence

At the intersection of data management and business strategy lies the data steward. Tasked with safeguarding data integrity and enabling informed business intelligence, data stewards are fundamental to modern organizations. They ensure data is clean, compliant, and utilized effectively. Our exploration will detail the crucial role of data stewardship in navigating and leveraging an enterprise’s data landscape.

Data Architecture and Strategy in the AI Era

At a time when AI is exploding in popularity and finding its way into nearly every facet of business operations, data has arguably never been more valuable. More recently, that value has been made clear by the emergence of AI-powered technologies like generative AI (GenAI) and the use of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Best CFO KPIs and Dashboards for the 2024 CFO

What is kpi in business? A CFO Key Performance Indicator (KPI) or metric is a quantifiable high level measure of financial performance. These KPIs can be considered a specific subset of financial KPIs, used to help a CFO make informed decisions that steer their company in the right direction. These performance metrics can also be used to measure a company’s financial performance relative to competitors in the same industry.

What is the Augmented Consumer? Understanding Users of AI Analytics

The rise of AI-powered features in today’s analytics solutions has increasingly displaced our reliance on dashboards by making it easier for business people to analyze their data. With this rising paradigm shift, a new label has emerged: The augmented consumer. On a surface-level, the word ‘augmented’ may conjure up a variety of different interpretations. AI-based dashboard assistants? Natural language-led reporting?