Gartner Names Microsoft as Top BI and Analytics Tool

Gartner Names Microsoft as Top BI and Analytics Tool

Gartner recognized Microsoft Power BI as the leader in its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) platforms. In the Magic Quadrant report, Gartner evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of 22 most significant providers of BI and analytics in...
Google Enters BI Market With Buyout of Looker

Google Enters BI Market With Buyout of Looker

Google completed a $2.6 billion buyout of the big-data analytics firm Looker Data Sciences on Thursday, February 13. With this purchase, Google is planning to compete in the BI market with Microsoft and Tableau. Although the deal was initially announced last summer,...
Survey: 90% of Central Banks Use BI

Survey: 90% of Central Banks Use BI

The use of business intelligence (BI) software among central banks across the world is increasing and bankers loving the new technology. A new survey conducted by the Bank of International Settlement (BIS)’s Irving Fisher Committee (IFC) on Central Bank Statistics...