Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of September 20; Updates from Firebolt, Qrvey, Teradata & More
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Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of September 20, 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 September 20, 2024
Databricks Introduces Assistant Quick Fix
Assistant Quick Fix leverages the Databricks Assistant to suggest error fixes but is optimized to quickly fix specific errors that users encounter frequently during SQL or Python authoring. A key goal is that Quick Fix is fast. Suggestions are returned quickly and you can accept without taking your hands off the keyboard.
Domino Data Highlights Gap Between Responsible AI Commitment and Governance
The findings highlight a growing readiness gap in the enterprise AI landscape, where responsible AI is increasingly seen as essential for innovation and compliance, but where resource constraints prevent full execution.
e6data Raises $10 Million Series A Funding
e6data has developed a new breed of “compute engine” for data intelligence platforms that helps enterprises amplify ROI on their existing platforms and architectures and escape ecosystem lock-in; all with zero friction to adoption in the form of zero data movement, zero application migration, and zero down-time.
Firebolt Brings Low Latency Analytics with New CDW Release
Firebolt is designed to meet the high demands of modern data workloads. Recognizing the need for a modern solution, Firebolt has reimagined how data should be stored, processed, and utilized, offering unmatched efficiency and low latency analytics. This engineering update marks a significant milestone in Firebolt's mission to transform data warehousing.
Qlik AI-Driven Data Integration Now Listed in AWS Marketplace for US Government
Through its collaboration with AWS, Qlik supports AI adoption by improving data utilization and streamlining compliance for federal agencies. With Qlik now available in AWS ICMP, agencies can more efficiently manage, analyze, and apply their data to make better decisions.
Sigma Unveils New Data Modeling Features
Sigma offers intelligent tools to help customers clean and model their data, and for consistency in their calculations. These new features provide a structured, high-level representation of business data and its relationships, which helps bridge the gap between complex data sources and data science work with business end users.
Sisense Partners with Dunraise
By integrating Sisense’s analytics platform, Funraise has empowered its clients with "Fundraising Intelligence," an advanced data platform designed to streamline access to and insights within crucial fundraising data. Ultimately, Fundraising Intelligence helps organizations achieve goals faster, like donor retention and increased giving.
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Teradata Updates ClearScape Analytics
One of the key updates includes the introduction of the pyspark2teradataml tool, which facilitates the conversion of legacy pyspark code to Teradata machine learning without the need for data transfer. This feature aims to reduce complexity and costs by eliminating the necessity for data exportation from VantageCloud to Spark platforms.
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Mini Jam LIVE is Back! Expert Panel - AI in Data Lifecycle Management: Automating Risk, Compliance & Security
Join us on September 26th at 10:00 AM EST for our Q3 "Mini Jam" event! Programming begins at 10 a.m. Eastern with an expert panel discussion on "AI in Data Lifecycle Management: Automating Risk, Compliance & Security" – moderated by Contoural CEO Mark Diamond and featuring Dave Cameron, David Loshin, Eric Kavanagh, William McKnight, and Yves Mulkers.
NEW by SR Expert @ Insight Jam Bob Seiner: Is Data Governance Just Government for Data?
While it’s true that having a solid data infrastructure is essential, it’s only a means to an end, not the end itself. And this platform-first mentality is not only problematic, but it also poses a serious threat to the long-term viability of data teams themselves. Harsh as it may sound.
NEW by SR Expert @ Insight Jam Nicola Askham: What is Data Lineage?
In its simplest form, Data Lineage can be thought of as a diagram that shows you how data flows through an organisation from the first point that it comes in at. For example, imagine a customer placing an order on a website. That’s where the data journey begins. Then it might travel through various systems like order processing and inventory management, before landing in an organisation’s data warehouse for reporting.
NEW by SR Expert @ Insight Jam Samir Sharma: Are Data Trams Building Platforms at the Expense of Strategy?
While it’s true that having a solid data infrastructure is essential, it’s only a means to an end, not the end itself. And this platform-first mentality is not only problematic, but it also poses a serious threat to the long-term viability of data teams themselves. Harsh as it may sound.
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