Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of May 30; Updates from Amazon, Databricks, Microsoft & More
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of May 30, 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 May 30, 2024
Amazon Announces General Availability of Connect Data Lake
Amazon Connect analytics data lake helps you to unify disparate data sources, including customer contact records and agent activity, into a single location. By having your data in a centralized location, you now have access to analyze contact center performance and gain insights while reducing the costs associated with implementing complex data pipelines.
Databricks Announces Row and Column Level Security, Salesforce BYOM, More
With Unity Catalog, you can use standard SQL functions to define row filters and column masks, allowing fine-grained access controls on rows and columns. This Salesforce collaboration enables users to leverage the best of both worlds: the robust customer data and business capabilities in Salesforce and the advanced analytics and AI capabilities of Databricks.
Dataiku Launches New EU AI Act Readiness Program
Governance has always been a core tenet of Dataiku’s AI platform and this new program addresses the latest compliance obligations outlined in the EU AI Act. With Dataiku, organizations can stay ahead of the curve on existing and upcoming regulations worldwide, opening the doors to AI innovation without fear of non-compliance down the road.
Gathr Partners with Databricks
Gathr’s ingestion and ETL applications facilitate the creation of a unified repository for storing and accessing diverse datasets to maintain data quality and consistency in Databricks.
Incorta Unveils New Operational GenAI Offering
The new Operational GenAI offering integrates the company’s flagship platform with various best-of-breed open-source large language models, plus tools to fine-tune them so that companies can infuse them with their own knowledge to ensure accuracy and safety.
insightsoftware Acquires Fiplana for Enhanced xP&A
By integrating real-time data from source systems, Fiplana enables FP&A capabilities such as write-back and bi-directional data integration. It allows for the creation of interactive reports and dashboards with an intuitive user interface.
Microsoft Compiles Power BI Report Server May 2024 Feature Summary
Microsoft has a lot of exciting updates including updates to the on-object interactions, enhanced data connectivity and a lot of visualization updates.Continue to follow this blog for updates in the next release. Remember Power BI Report Server release cadence is September, January, and May.
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