Real-Time Data Visualization Taking Hold in the Enterprise
Real-time data is becoming more and more important
DataHero raises $3.1M and revamps its analytics service
DataHero, a startup targeting individuals who want an analytics experience much simpler than what most BI software can provide, has raised an extended seed round of $3.15 million and has redesigned its product based on behavioral analysis.
Trifacta raises $12M to help make dirty data clean
Data-munging specialist Trifacta has raised another $12 million for its mission to speed the process of going from raw data to usable data. As data volumes and types keep piling up, faster tools will mean a lot less wasted time.
A collection of the day’s big data news, featuring HP, Splunk and MongoDB
It was another busy news day in the big data world. Here are some of the more-interesting items you might have missed if you blinked.
ClearStory’s next-gen analytics platform is finally available; here’s a visual tour
After nearly 18 months in relative stealth mode, ClearStory Data is finally available. It’s a pretty novel way of doing business analytics that tries to let lay users do more by automating much of the hard work.
With $10M from Accel, Paxata wants to make data prep a breeze
A new startup called Paxata wants to make business analysts’ lives easier by automating the process of going from raw data to something that an analytics product like Tableau can actually understand.
Tableau takes its data-analysis software to the cloud
Tableau has gotten into the SaaS game with a cloud-based version of its popular analytics software. Called Tableau Online, it’s essentially the company’s server-based version delivered as a service.
Startup DataRPM is hosting a ‘hackathon for the BI world’
A startup called DataRPM is hosting what it calls an “askathon” where business analysts compete to see who can come up with the best set of questions to ask their CRM system. It’s hardly a Red-Bull-fueled all-nighter but, hey, this is business intelligence.
SAP renames Visual Intelligence “Lumira” and sticks it in the cloud
The software giant’s “project Photon” seems to be materializing in the form of Lumira, which promises self-service data visualization in the cloud. It remains to be seen how this can co-exist with SAP’s BI OnDemand, though.
Precog launches with a plan to simplify analytics on unstructured data
Analytics startup Precog is on a mission to make analytics on unstructured data as simple as possible with a new line of targeted appliances.