BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, BIG DATA MANAGEMENT, DATA SCIENCE
Alation | January 31, 2023
On January 30, 2023, Alation Inc., a leading enterprise data intelligence solutions provider, announced the participation of three more universities in its philanthropic initiative, The Data Intelligence Project. The University of Cincinnati in Ohio, The University of Arkansas in Little Rock, Arkansas, and The University of Stirling in Scotland are among the new joining universities. So far, more than 420 students have employed Alation in their courses, with this year's worldwide cohort using Alation to provide real-world exposure to hundreds of new students.
Launched in 2021, the Data Intelligence Project creates a more data-literate, inquisitive, and rational society by fostering the next generation of data professionals. Alation, as part of The Data Intelligence Project, introduces its data intelligence platform into academic institutions for free and offers undergraduate and graduate students a hands-on learning experience utilizing a collaborative data catalog.
Through this program students and professors get access to Alation guest speakers with subject matter knowledge and presentation topics covering analytics, data science, data intelligence, IT, engineering, and more. In addition, Alation University provides students with access to high-quality training materials to assist them in mastering technical skills and utilizing the data catalog.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, one of the program's early participants, is now in its third year of the program, and it is continuing to experience success in educating the next generation of data professionals. It is used by the institution to encourage students' interest in data intelligence and to provide emerging leaders with the tools they need to succeed in their careers.
In addition to enhancing existing engineering courses, the program increases students' marketability to the more than 450 firms that use Alation to seek job opportunities. Cisco, AbbVie, General Mills, Munich Re, Hertz, NASDAQ, Pfizer, Riot Games, Raiffeisen Bank, Salesforce, The Very Group, The University of Virginia, Vattenfall, Virgin Australia, and others are among Alation's customers.
This year, the program welcomed the first foreign university, The University of Stirling in Scotland, and will continue expanding globally. Alation will choose up to four additional academic institutions to join in The Data Intelligence Project in 2023.
About Alation
Founded in 2012, Alation is an industry leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions such as data search and discovery, data stewardship, data governance, analytics, and digital transformation. It integrates machine learning with human insights to solve even the most challenging data and metadata management issues, with its robust Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaborative features, and open interfaces. Alation is employed by nearly 450 businesses, including American Family Insurance, AbbVie, Autozone, Draft Kings, Cisco, Exelon, Finnair, Fifth Third Bank, General Mills, Munich Re, NASDAQ, Pfizer, Parexel, Salesforce, Virgin Australia, and Vistaprint, to drive data culture, enhance decision-making, and achieve business outcomes.
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BIG DATA MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS STRATEGY, DATA SCIENCE
Tredence Inc. | January 17, 2023
On 16 January 2023, Tredence, a global data science and AI solutions provider, announced the launch of an intelligently engineered platform, ATOM.AI. The platform is an end-to-end AI accelerator that accelerates data and analytics modernization.
The announcement to launch ATOM.AI was made at the National Retail Federation (NRF), the leading retail industry show, for retailers and consumer goods companies.
ATOM.AI assists industries in data transformation into winning results by reducing the time to value by fifty percent. This is possible with the platform's advanced AI/ML capabilities, pre-built feature stores, technical notebooks, deep data sets, and integrations with third parties.
At NRF, Tredence will launch ATOM.AI, which powers the deployment and development of retail and CPG-centric AI applications 50% faster. The solution is built on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
ATOM.AI is a data and AI platform powered by leading hyperscales which consists of five modules designed to drive efficiency AI solution development and deployment phase
Data Works- to harmonize external and internal data and build a comprehensive feature store
Algo Works - to accelerate ML model development and enhance algorithm performance
UI/UX Works - to speed up application design with pre-built UI/UX templates
Solution Works - pre-built AI/ML solutions for large industries
Automation Works - integrates, orchestrates, deploys, and scales AI
Soumendra Mohanty, Chief Strategy Officer, Tredence, said, "Enterprises across all industries are examining ways to embed AI into their core business processes. However, only 53 percent of AI projects make it from prototype to production. In contrast to the previous technology transformations, AI is vastly different." He added, "We are dealing with a nonlinear condition here. ATOM.AI equips companies to put AI at the center of their transformation strategy while also delivering on our last-mile AI mission. With ATOM.AI, Tredence places a heavy emphasis on ROI."
(Source: PR NewsWire)
About Tredence
Tredence is a worldwide provider of data science solutions aiming to address AI's last-mile challenge. The gap between value realization and insight creation defines the last mile. Tredence has been acknowledged as a leader and a great place to work-certified in the Forrester WaveTM: Customer Analytics Services. The company is based in San Jose (California) and has offices in Foster City, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Bangalore.
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, BIG DATA MANAGEMENT, DATA ARCHITECTURE
Couchbase | January 19, 2023
On January 18, 2023, Couchbase, Inc., a cloud database platform company, announced the availability of Couchbase Capella™ Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on Azure. As a result, customers of Couchbase will be able to take the benefits of the trusted Azure cloud platform with smooth deployment and management.
Capella on Azure enables clients to enhance application alignment and support hybrid and multi-cloud strategies on a single platform. In addition, it delivers the best price-to-performance ratio among DBaaS providers.
General Manager of Microsoft Azure at Microsoft Corp, Jake Zborowski, said, "With Capella on Microsoft Azure, customers around the world can easily deploy premium-experience modern applications to run on the trusted Azure platform." He also stated, "We're happy to welcome Couchbase Capella to the growing Azure ecosystem."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
Capella is an entirely managed DBaaS that offloads database operations. As a result, it drastically reduces the total cost of ownership, provides developers with database flexibility, and allows performance at scale for creating modern applications. In addition, the familiarity with SQL++ as the query language and the new user interface of Capella, which was influenced by popular developer-centric tools such as GitHub, reduces the learning curve for developers and other users across companies, resulting in better agility and productivity.
Couchbase Capella’s client advantages include:
Development flexibility
Mobile and IoT app synchronization
Multi-cloud
High availability and automated scaling
Cost efficiency at scale
Senior VP of Product Management and Business Operations at Couchbase, Scott Anderson, said, "We are investing heavily in making Capella more accessible than ever before to give developers and organizations a cloud database platform to power their most mission-critical applications." He added, "Providing flexibility to go across cloud service providers is a huge advantage in today's multi- and hybrid-cloud world. By extending Capella to Azure, we can better support our customers as they deploy innovative applications on the cloud of their choice."
(Source – Cision PR Newswire)
About Couchbase
Couchbase, Inc. is an American public software firm that develops and offers commercial packages and support for Couchbase Server and Couchbase Lite, which are both open-source, NoSQL, multi-model, document-oriented database software packages that store JSON documents or a key-value database. The company's objective is to make it easier for developers and architects to create, deploy, and use modern apps in any location. It has redesigned the database with its fast, flexible, and cost-effective cloud database platform, Capella, enabling enterprises to develop apps that offer superior customer experiences rapidly. Over 30 percent of Fortune 100 rely on Couchbase to power their modern apps.
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