Samuel Greengard

Both of these solutions, Dynatrace and Datadog, have emerged as leaders in the IT and application performance monitoring space. Both platforms deliver cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings that continuously gauge performance and identify issues before they become full-fledged problems. And both platforms help manage increasingly complex information technology (IT) frameworks – a growing challenge for companies. […]

Google Data Studio and Tableau are both packed with data analytics features and business intelligence capabilities that help organizations gain insights – and innovate. Clearly, as businesses focus on digital transformation, this ability to mine data for knowledge and guidance is critical. Both Google Data Studio and Tableau offer attractive dashboards with rich graphics, and they’re […]

Looker and Tableau are two premier business intelligence and data analytics applications. Both deliver a remarkable array of powerful features and capabilities, including strong data ingestion, sophisticated dashboards, rich data visualizations and leading-edge features that tap machine learning (ML). In addition, both Looker and Tableau are highly rated by user communities, including in key areas such […]

Data modeling tools play an essential role in business, as the volume, velocity and variety of data that organizations manage has reached a tipping point. Identifying the right data at the right time, understanding relationships that extend across data points, and putting data into motion is critical for effective data analytics, and for efficient digital […]

Business intelligence (BI) software tools enable companies to analyze events, trends and market changes to gain competitive advantage. These BI tools collect, manage and interpret mountains of structured and unstructured data. They construct models that deliver answers and insights through reports, charts, graphics and other data representation methods. BI software is the foundation of digital […]

Cloud computing providers play a foundational role for businesses. Virtually every enterprise uses cloud computing in some manner, whether it’s to deliver key infrastructure and services, host applications or a content delivery network (CDN), or handle machine learning and software development. The convenience and economics of cloud providers make them increasingly appealing. Cloud deployments are: […]

Organizations face steep obstacles related to finding answers amid growing mountains of data. Somewhere between the promise of broader and deeper insights and far more powerful tools for delivering answers lies ETL (extract, transform and load) software. It aids in copying or moving data from one source or repository to another and ensuring that the […]

The complexities of running a business with enterprise resource planning software aren’t lost on today’s executives. But ERP is at the center of everything a company does. It tackles the core tasks of managing and integrating core business processes in real-time. The enterprise software typically addresses project management, scheduling, procurement, production, sales, order management, distribution, […]

Visual analytics have emerged as a major tool for data science and business. The field has roots in information visualization and scientific visualization techniques that display complex data sets in ways people can better understand. These representations can encompass a wide array of tasks that intersect with computer science, information visualization, cognitive and perceptual sciences, […]

Predictive analytics has emerged as a major force in the business world. These solutions—which typically encompass data mining, business intelligence and machine learning components—help organizations understand how to better focus research, development, marketing, maintenance, cybersecurity and numerous other tasks. Using statistical techniques and specialized algorithms, they provide insights and models that would otherwise fly beneath […]