It’s crazy to imagine that by 2020, every person will generate 1.7 megabytes of data each second! The days of slow communication and occasional snail mail are long over. We generate data without thinking about it - using apps, paying with credit cards, and even shopping online for groceries. It’s no secret that companies use this data to improve our customer experience and gain insights for strategic business decisions. Well, that’s what they should be doing anyway.

Innovation in the BI industry died about 30 years ago. Sure the colors and format may be different but what’s delivered to business users is exactly the same and that's a real problem. I think this is because the industry spends more time thinking about how to make a data analyst’s life easier rather than helping business users get the most value from their data.

We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google Cloud (Apigee)—for the fourth time in a row—as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management. In this year’s report, Google (Apigee) is positioned highest on Gartner’s “ability to execute” axis.

In May, we had shared an announcement that we were working to provide Microsoft Azure enterprise customers a native solution to help them accelerate their cloud data warehousing journey on Azure. Today, we are excited to let you know that Talend Cloud on Microsoft Azure, an Azure-native Integration Platform-as-a-Service for collecting, transforming and cleaning data, is now officially available!

At Hitachi Vantara, our mission is to help customers extract all the value of their data through our DataOps methodology, which helps them achieve tangible outcomes that positively drive business and society forward. One field where we’re making advances – which also strikes a personal chord with me, given my background as a biomedical engineer – is in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Specifically, I’m referring to our work with the American Heart Association (AHA).

The extraordinary spread of smart technology, and the ready access it has provided to a mother lode of real time data, is changing the way companies deliver customer service in a slew of Australian industries, including the utilities sector.

Michael Tschanz, Director of Technology and Analysis, Design and Engineering Technology and Analysis at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Today, Hitachi Vantara announced that we have become the Official Ride and Show Analytics provider of the Walt Disney World® Resort and the Disneyland® Resort. Working together, we will bring new levels of efficiency to attractions while enhancing the guest experience at both locations.