Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of December 8; Updates from Alteryx, Qlik, KNIME & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of December 8, 2023.

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 December 8, 2023

Altair at the Forefront of Research on Electric Vehicle Design

The new process will leverage Altair technology to develop vehicle prototypes. The new vehicle models will have a new, lighter body that offers more room for the battery without adding additional weight.

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New Alteryx Attempts to Define the Enterprise of the Future

When envisioning the future, most organizations advocate for the pervasive use of AI to predict and react to change, but longer-term risks stemming from the evolving business landscape loom. While many identify AI as a key potential tool for success, it requires a combined approach of people, policies, and culture rather than technology alone.

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Databricks Unveils Vector Search Public Preview

Databricks Vector Search enables developers to improve the accuracy of their Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and generative AI applications through similarity search over unstructured documents such as PDFs, Office Documents, Wikis, and more.

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Analyst House Gartner, Inc. Releases 2023 Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software

Whether you’re searching for enhanced financial planning capabilities, or want to benchmark your existing planning software, download this report to get a detailed overview of the financial planning software market, discover practical recommendations around solution implementation, and ese why Board is named a Leader and learn about strengths and challenges of recognized vendors

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Kinetica Announces New SQL-GPT for Telecom

Kinetica’s origins as a real-time GPU database, purpose-built for spatial and time-series workloads, is well suited for the demands of the telecommunications industry. Telcos rely heavily on spatial and time-series data to optimize network performance, track coverage, and ensure reliability.

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KNIME Releases New Platform UI, AI Assistant & AI-Scripting

The newest release includes substantial improvements to the user interface driven by community feedback. Additionally, the KNIME AI Assistant has been improved to provide more accurate responses and to auto-create Python scripts and visualizations, making it easy for anyone to get started with and uplevel analytics, whether they are an experienced technical user or just starting out.

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Virtualitics Appoints Two New Members of Executive Team

Ferguson has served in key leadership roles at prominent enterprise software companies including Salesforce, where he spent more than a decade, Oracle, and PTC. Bocek has more than 15 years of experience leading teams in emergent defense, intelligence technologies, and enterprise software, bringing a wealth of expertise to Virtualitics.

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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 for business software pros. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, trends and predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.

What Happened at the 5th Annual Insight Jam LIVE on December 7

Insight Jam LIVE featured more than 100 experts across 18 Executive Roundtable panels over 4 days! Our editors encourage you to watch one or all of the sessions on-demand, and on your platform of choice. Click the link below to pick your player and graph your headphones!

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SR Editors Release Annual Roundup of Expert Analytics & Data Science Predictions for 2024

For our 5th annual Insight Jam LIVE! Solutions Review editors sourced this resource guide of analytics and data science predictions for 2024 from Insight Jam, its new community of enterprise tech experts.

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SR Editors Release First-Ever Roundup of Expert AI Predictions for 2024

For our 5th annual Insight Jam LIVE! Solutions Review editors sourced this resource guide of AI predictions for 2024 from Insight Jam, its new community of enterprise tech experts.

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