Business Intelligence

Big Data

Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity
While Attunity’s smaller channel, which is principally SI’s, will realize more significant and elastic capabilities through Qlik, Qlik’s legacy channel, which is much larger, will reap new data integration capabilities. This is something Qlik sees as vital because of where they believe the analytics market is headed.

Big Data

Information Builders unveils first-ever partner program – in 43 years

January 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Information Builders unveils first-ever partner program – in 43 years
Information Builders is looking to expand beyond the enterprise by engaging more closely with their partners, rather than with the transactional model they used before, and have designed their first partner program to achieve this.

Managed Services

ITBoost looks to challenge IT Glue in MSP documentation space with 3.0 release

November 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ITBoost looks to challenge IT Glue in MSP documentation space with 3.0 release
ITBoost offers full functionality in documentation, password management, BI and customer feedback through an integrated pane of glass, and is at the ConnectWise IT Nation Connect 2018 event this week looking to differentiate themselves and impress MSPs.

Big Data

Naveego sees joint work on customer deployment with BI vendor Sisense as portent of more vendor collaborations

October 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Naveego sees joint work on customer deployment with BI vendor Sisense as portent of more vendor collaborations
Data quality vendor Naveego has announced a collaboration with Sisense around one customer, and while this is not even a formal partnership, they believe that their synergies with BI vendors and ability to work easily with their platforms make such strategic partnerships an important part of their future.

Backup

Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card

October 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card
Pax8 bolsters MSP choices in email archiving and Office 365 backup with Dropsuite, while emphasizing that they have some technology and pricing features that partners should find attractive.

Big Data

New plug and play applications highlight Looker 6 platform release

October 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New plug and play applications highlight Looker 6 platform release
BI provider Looker is kicking off their JOIN 2018 event in San Francisco with the launch of the latest version of their platform

Big Data

Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption

September 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption
Information Builders has enhanced the analytics capabilities in their platform, but the big news with this release is the UI changes, designed to make it much easier for a broader range of users to work with.

Big Data

Increasing data catalogue adoption leads Alation to establish first partner program

August 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Increasing data catalogue adoption leads Alation to establish first partner program
The Alation program launches with a dozen partners, which includes BI vendors and a mix of regional and niche integrators.

Big Data

Looker upgrades their platform’s machine learning with highly complementary Google Cloud BigQuery ML integration

July 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Looker upgrades their platform’s machine learning with highly complementary Google Cloud BigQuery ML integration
The integration between Looker and BigQuery ML unites all elements of data scientist workflows, so they can do all their work without having to Leave Looker.

Cloud

New Pax8 BI tool Stax extends simplicity, visibility and cross-sell capability to MSPs

May 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pax8 BI tool Stax extends simplicity, visibility and cross-sell capability to MSPs
Stax automates the process of identifying gaps in MSP customer solution stacks, recommends offerings which can fill these voids, and provides the MSP with assistance and collateral to sell them.