There are times when an initial gathering can kick off a global movement. The Women in Data Science initiative started as a conference held at Stanford University in November 2015. WiDS has grown significantly since then, which was reflected during its most recent event in March. “In seven years, it’s gone from this one day ...

With the announcement of its new Analytics Cloud last week, Alteryx Inc. took yet another step forward in its pursuit of data democratization. Several key acquisitions and an influx of new management over the past two years have furthered the company’s goal of “analytics for all.” The recent introduction of the Alteryx Analytics Cloud and ...

The next wave of digital opportunity is Web3, defined as an era of blockchain technology, decentralized finance, data ownership and no third-party overloads. Web3 is driving new conversations, centered around the expanding world of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. It is being led by communities of people drawn to the crypto space who form ...

After helping grow the public sector partner business by 45% in the past year for Amazon Web Services Inc., Sandy Carter (pictured) is now seeking to expand horizons for women and diversity as part of Web 3.0 Carter announced her departure from AWS in November and became senior vice president and channel chief of Unstoppable ...

The transition to a hybrid work model has been marked by complex factors and shifting timetables. When a global pandemic closed offices around the world, there was a great deal of uncertainty around how long facilities would remain shut. As the process unfolded, corporate decisions to reopen locations for employees were based on a convoluted ...

NFTs. Touted by the world’s top brands, the era-defining trend for non-fungible tokens raked in $25 billion last year. One recently sold for a whopping $69 million. NFTs are viewed by many as the future of ownership in the online world. While 2021 saw an explosion of NFTs in areas such as art, sports and ...

Confronted with a host of market challenges, from supply chain and cybersecurity concerns to a lengthy pandemic and pent-up demand for edge technologies, what should a vendor in the Amazon Web Services Inc. partner ecosystem do? Apparently, the answer is to step on the gas. AWS Partner Network companies are accelerating innovation through a series of ...

Security of the software supply chain is a noble, yet elusive goal. Just how difficult is it? Data supplied by the company that runs the Apache Maven Central Repository provides a measure of the challenge. After it was reported that the Log4j JavaScript tool had a serious security flaw, 10 million versions were downloaded over ...

Less than one month after closing the acquisition of Trifacta Inc., Alteryx Inc. — a provider of software for data exploration and self-service preparation — has taken the next step. It has combined its low-code/no-code analytics portfolio with Trifacta’s cloud-native offerings into a single solution: Alteryx Analytics Cloud. The latest announcement caps a two-year transformation ...

Seventy percent of organizations want to be more data driven; 88% still face technology constraints, and 95% struggle with operational challenges around data and analytics. Those were a few of the findings from an IDC Infobrief, commissioned by analytics automation company Alteryx Inc. and released in early February. The report highlighted a fundamental problem: Mountains ...