This Week in Data Preparation (December 7, 2020)
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15 links in this weeks post: 5 articles (on financial data, machine learning, AI in healthcare, customer data, and alternative data, by Looker, SAS, the India Innovation Center at Altran, ClickDimensions, and BMLL Technologies), 5 company updates (by Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Monte Carlo, Infotools, and Salesforce), 4 partnership announcements (between Reonomy and Lev, Mindtree and Databricks, Datameer and Google Cloud, MeasureOne and Tazworks), and 1 capital raise announcement (by Databand).
Articles
How financial services organisations are using data to underpin future growth. By John O’Keeffe, Director of Looker EMEA at Google Cloud.
Machine learning: The new language of data and analytics Learn the language of machine learning to accelerate your data analytical lifecycle. By Kim Kaluba, Senior Manager for Data Management Solutions, SAS.
AI in healthcare: What are the real barriers to progress? Naveen Kumar S, VP of engineering and head of the India Innovation Center at Altran, outlines the challenges that must be overcome to tap the true potential of AI in healthcare.
The Secret To Finding And Retaining Customers: Clean And Enriched Data. By Mike Dickerson, Chief Executive Officer of ClickDimensions, the leader in marketing for Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Next gen of alt data. By Dr Elliot Banks, Chief Product Officer, BMLL Technologies, in an article for HedgeWeek.
Company updates
Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO: We have returned to the pre-pandemic level, things feel steady. By measure of workloads, not widgets, is how the company’s hybrid strategy should be regarded, says HPE CEO Antonio Neri.
Microsoft introduces Azure Purview data catalog; announces GA of Synapse Analytics. According to a blog post penned by Microsoft corporate vice president Julia White, Purview “helps discover all data across your organization, track lineage of data, and create a business glossary wherever it is stored: on-premises, across clouds, in SaaS applications, and in Power BI.”
Monte Carlo Releases Data Observability Platform to Unlock the Potential of the Modern Data Stack. The fastest thing that can destroy an executives trust in data is for it to be wrong — we make sure that doesnt happen, said Barr Moses, CEO and co-founder of Monte Carlo.
Infotools launches new “Multi-Level Survey Analysis” feature for its software platform, Harmoni. “As brands and companies seek to understand their audiences, surveys are becoming more and more complex to analyze,” said Ant Franklin CEO of Infotools.
Salesforce unveils Einstein Automate. According to Sarah Franklin, EVP & GM of Platform, Trailhead and AppExchange at Salesforce: “In today’s climate, every organisation faces a digital imperative. The need to automate complex processes and free up employee time to focus on customer success. With Einstein Automate, everyone can change the speed of work and be more productive through intelligent workflow automation.”
Partnership announcements
Reonomy Partners with Lev to Enhance Data and Analytics Capabilities. “This year, we’ve been carefully listening to our clients and partners to learn which types of data and analysis are most impactful for their businesses,” said Bill Okun, CEO of Reonomy. “The combination of human expertise and client communication with top-of-the-line technology has always been the winning formula for us at Lev,” said Yaakov Zar, Founder & CEO of Lev.
Mindtree Partners with Databricks to Offer Advanced, Cloud-based Data Intelligence. “Companies are accelerating their digital transformation, boosting demand for our open, cloud-based platform,” said, Michael Hoff, SVP of Business Development and Partners, Databricks. “Improved, reliable access to data is a strategic differentiator for companies and enables better business decision-making,” said Radhakrishnan Rajagopalan, Global Head, Customer Success, Data and Intelligence, Mindtree.
Datameer Partners with Google Cloud to Deliver Scalable, Secure Migration of Enterprise Data and Analytics Workloads to the Cloud. “We are partnering with Google Cloud and its fantastic data management capabilities to help enterprises seamlessly move to Google Cloud while leveraging the auto-scaling, trusted and secure infrastructure available through the Dataproc and BigQuery services.” says George Shahid, CEO of Datameer. “Datameer’s partnership with Google Cloud enables customers to more seamlessly move their large volumes of data to Google Cloud and transform into agile, cloud-native shops that are well-positioned for the future,” said Manvinder Singh, Director, Partnerships at Google Cloud.
MeasureOne Announces New Partnership and Integration with TazWorks, Bringing a Modern and Transparent Approach to Education Verification Services. “Our partnership and integration with TazWorks makes it a fast and seamless process for their background screening customers to use an alternate way to verify educational data as part of the services they offer to their customers,” said Yaron Oren, Chief Revenue Officer, MeasureOne. “Finally, a simple, quick, and inexpensive alternative to student verifications!” said Barton Taylor, Chief Executive Officer at TazWorks.
Capital raise announcements
Databand raises $14.5M led by Accel for its data pipeline observability tools. Josh Benamram, the CEO who co-founded the company with Victor Shafran and Evgeny Shulman, said that Databand plans include more hiring; to continue adding customers for its existing product; to expand the library of tools that it’s providing to users to cover an ever-increasing landscape of DevOps software, where it is a big supporter of open-source resources; as well as to invest in the next steps of its own commercial product. The Series A is being led by Accel with participation from Blumberg Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Ubiquity Ventures, Differential Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.
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