The Ultimate Guide to Data Analytics
A curated American edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data Analytics.
What to know about Data Analytics
Data Analytics is a rapidly evolving field that empowers organizations to extract meaningful insights from vast volumes of data. It encompasses a broad range of techniques, including natural language processing, predictive analytics, AI integration, and real-time data processing, all aimed at driving better decision-making across industries.
Recent advancements highlight its applications in numerous sectors, such as healthcare, logistics, finance, retail, and education. From enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency to supporting sustainability initiatives and mitigating risks, data analytics is becoming an indispensable tool in today’s digital landscape.
Exploring stories tagged with Data Analytics provides readers a window into emerging trends, partnerships, sophisticated technology implementations, and strategic approaches to harnessing data effectively. It offers practical insights into how analytics tools evolve and how businesses and institutions are leveraging these to navigate challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.
Click through to discover how data analytics is transforming industries, influencing upcoming technology innovations, and shaping future workforce skills. Stay informed on expert perspectives, case studies, and solutions that can inspire your own data-driven strategies.
American Data Analytics News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
OpenSesame adds Chegg Skills courses to Plus service
Existing subscribers will gain access to more than 100 courses on AI, cybersecurity and workplace skills as employers race to close training gaps.
Appriss Retail launches dashboard for returns data
Retailers can now spot fraud and product issues faster as Appriss Retail folds online, store and call centre returns into one dashboard.
Akeneo named Gartner leader in product data management
The ranking may bolster Akeneo's appeal to retailers and manufacturers seeking software to keep product data consistent across fast-changing sales channels.
Enterprises report AI maturity but struggle to show ROI
Only 28% of firms in Komprise's survey have measured AI returns, despite 68% saying their organisations are already maturing or mature in AI.
West Cary Group appoints Andy Azula as Creative Chief
The Richmond agency is betting the former Martin Agency creative leader will help win larger national accounts and sharpen its AI-driven offer.
Shippo expands AI shipping tools before peak holiday rush
Retailers facing the holiday rush could cut shipping costs, as Shippo says most higher-volume merchants have cheaper options and faster delivery choices.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data Analytics
Kantata launches AI business intelligence for services
Akeneo named Gartner leader in product data management
Zoho Analytics adds agentic AI layer for business data
The Real Data Transformation Challenge is Changing How People Work
Advise names Matthew Peat as Chief Category & Growth Officer
Featured News
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
AI transforming B2B discovery - but human trust endures
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Estima CEO: Generative AI reshapes pharmaceutical value proof
The HEOR tech firm is using generative AI to cut approval analyses from years to weeks, reshaping launch decisions and regulator responses.
Expert Columns
Experts discuss key tech learnings from BIGSOUND
Data Governance in the AI Era: Why One-Off Projects Fail
Designing for data sovereignty: Building architectures that keep control where it belongs
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
From Clean to Trusted: Rethinking Healthcare Data Quality
How to Choose the Right Email Verification API: A Buyer's Guide
The Top Cool Intelligence Trends of 2027
The Data Problem AI Can't Solve
The Hidden Data Quality Risks of Holding Data for Too Long
The importance of data enrichment in financial services
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Data Analytics News
CFOs face execution gap as accountability outpaces control
New research suggests finance chiefs are being held to account for strategy while lacking the authority to deliver it, with only 55% reporting high control.
Hitachi Energy expands Celonis AI partnership on supply
The move aims to help the power equipment maker spot supply snags sooner and speed delivery as demand for grid hardware keeps rising.
Snowflake launches free AI data training for users
Companies can now tap free, role-based AI and data training from Snowflake, with 30 days of hands-on labs included worldwide.
Snowflake adds always-on AI bots for CoCo & CoWork
The update widens enterprise access to background automation, with recurring AI tasks now able to run continuously and seek approval only when needed.
Snowflake launches autonomous data tools & live analytics
Businesses using AI agents can now automate pipeline checks and query live data in one governed Snowflake platform, cutting manual work.
Mistral releases open-weight ML4 for coding & cyber
The open model is aimed at regulated sectors needing on-premise control over code and cyber work, while benchmarking atop open rivals.
Oracle NetSuite launches SuiteSkills AI tools for customers
More than 13,000 customers can now use the new tools to analyse data and trigger actions in NetSuite while keeping permissions unchanged.
Oracle NetSuite unveils new AI tools for cloud ERP
Businesses could automate more finance and operations work as NetSuite adds AI Workspaces, agents and wider access to external models.
IDeaS expands Accor tie with Optix business intelligence
The deal gives Accor hotels a single view of performance data, helping teams cut manual reporting and react faster to demand shifts.
Google adds AI & partner tools to air-gapped cloud
Defence and intelligence users can now query local text, audio and video with Gemini, without moving sensitive data outside their air-gapped perimeter.
Oracle adds semantic layer to Autonomous AI Lakehouse
The update aims to help firms and AI agents make better decisions from enterprise data by adding shared definitions, governance and planning tools.
Oracle unveils 25 agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud
The update lets finance, HR and supply chain teams delegate more complex tasks to AI agents while keeping approvals and controls in place.
AtScale named OpenAI Select Partner to boost AI accuracy
Enterprise users may get more reliable AI answers as AtScale joins OpenAI's partner network to impose shared business definitions on metrics.
Oracle & Snowflake launch native OCI AI as a new service
Customers will be able to buy Snowflake through Oracle's cloud, simplifying billing and data access for AI and analytics workloads.
Google adds token quotas for BigQuery AI functions
Analysts can now cap BigQuery AI spend before it runs away, as Google adds daily token quotas for generative functions across projects and users.
Google Cloud lets BigQuery query Databricks, Snowflake
BigQuery users could cut data movement and pipeline lag as Google Cloud adds federated access to Iceberg tables in Databricks, Snowflake and AWS.
Google adds multivariate forecasting to BigQuery SQL
BigQuery users can now forecast several related metrics at once in SQL, reducing the need for separate models when variables move together.
Brandtech launches data & AI unit across three firms
The new umbrella will unite more than 500 specialists in 22 countries, as brands seek to make fragmented data usable for artificial intelligence.
Allvue adds agentic AI tools for private markets platform
Private markets firms can now link Claude and ChatGPT to Allvue data and workflows, cutting manual processing across credit and fund administration.
React says AI still needs human leadership training
As AI reshapes workplaces, employers risk neglecting the human skills needed to handle conflict, feedback and change, React says.
Job Moves
West Cary Group appoints Andy Azula as Creative Chief
ThetaRay appoints Laure Richmond as chief financial officer
PolyAI appoints Sunil Shah as Chief Financial Officer
Corsha appoints new chief operating & product officers
Verizon programme helps Florida optician grow revenue
Gallagher Security names Nikki Cardenas to lead US channel
True Media names Alison Clark to lead account team
Andrea Genschaw named Chief Financial Officer at GTT
Michelle Huff named Chief Marketing Officer at Alteryx
