Drew Robb

Tableau and IBM Cognos are two well-respected business intelligence (BI) and data analytics platforms. Both were scored well by Gartner in its latest “Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.” Gartner graded Tableau as a leader and Cognos as a Visionary. Data analytics applications like Tableau and IBM Cognos are becoming ever more […]

Tableau and Alteryx are two well respected business intelligence (BI) and data analytics platforms. Such applications are seeing growing demand, as business are increasingly focused on data mining their vast troves of data – both cloud and on-premise. Whether from relational databases, enterprise applications, unstructured data, social media, or other sources, there is more data […]

Datadog and Sumo Logic are both well-respected vendors that offer application performance monitoring (APM) features – which are highly important in the cloud era. Datadog is better established and is more of a broad APM platform. It is graded as a Leader in the latest Gartner APM Magic Quadrant (MQ). Sumo Logic isn’t part of […]

Tableau and Spotfire are both leading data analytics and business intelligence platforms. Both were scored well by Gartner in its latest “Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.” Gartner graded Tableau as a Leader and Spotfire as a Visionary. BI and analytics applications are a hot item as organizations seek to mine data […]

Datadog and Prometheus both offer application performance monitoring (APM) platforms. Datadog is better established, and is graded as a Leader in the latest Gartner APM Magic Quadrant (MQ). Prometheus is open source and doesn’t meet the criteria for MQ entry demanded by the analyst firm – but it clearly has a number of strengths. So […]

Domo and Tableau are both well-respected business intelligence (BI) and data analytics platforms. Both were scored well by Gartner in its latest “Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.” Tableau came out ahead; Gartner graded Tableau as a Leader and Domo is a Challenger. Data analytics applications are in heavy demand these days, […]

Datadog and New Relic are both excellent application performance monitoring (APM) platforms. They are both graded as Leaders in the latest Gartner APM Magic Quadrant. Indeed, in many ways they offer similar features and functionalities. Both provide application monitoring tools with a well-regarded ability to gauge performance and troubleshoot performance issues. They can monitor and […]

Microsoft Power BI and Tableau are two of the top business intelligence (BI) and data analytics platforms in the market. Both were graded above all other similar applications by Gartner in its latest “Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.” Microsoft came out ahead, but Tableau wasn’t far behind. These applications are in […]

Website scanners are essential technology in thwarting cybersecurity attacks against web applications. And these types of attacks are a major problem. According to Forrester Research, web applications are a leading vector of incursion. Worse, such attacks have grown steadily over the past few years. And even more than software vulnerabilities – which offer a huge […]

Qlik and Tableau are among the most highly regarded business intelligence and data analytics tools available. In this article, we will compare these two data leaders, and note the ideal user for each. To compete in the business intelligence (BI) and data analytics market, vendors must provide functions such as data preparation, data mining, visual […]