Introducing Analyst Studio: Where analysts become business catalysts

With the ever-growing focus on GenAI, many legacy BI tools have failed to invest in the analyst. By focusing solely on AI experiences for business teams, they’ve alienated data teams, relegating analysts to disjointed tools and data silos. When in reality, businesses still need people who can help decision-makers assess messy data to diagnose and evaluate business problems. In fact, in this age of AI, we need analysts more now than ever.

Fiplana Product Flyover

Financial planning should be seamless and insightful, yet many organizations find themselves trapped in a cycle of inefficiency and frustration, dealing with disconnected systems, data silos, and cumbersome manual processes. How do you change that? Meet Fiplana from insightsoftware, the ideal financial planning solution for organizations using Qlik.

insightsoftware Featured in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software

We’re thrilled to announce that insightsoftware has been recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software for the second year in a row! This continued recognition highlights our unwavering commitment to helping CFOs and their teams tackle budgeting and planning challenges with confidence.

The Advanced Guide to Unlocking Geospatial Insights in Snowflake

Over the last three geospatial-centric blog posts, we’ve covered the basics of what geospatial data is, how it works in the broader world of data and how it specifically works in Snowflake based on our native support for GEOGRAPHY, GEOMETRY and H3. Those articles are great for dipping your toe in, getting a feel for the water and maybe even wading into the shallow end of the pool. But there is so much more you can do with geospatial data in your Snowflake account!

New in Confluent Cloud: Extending Private Networking Across the Data Streaming Platform

As we step into the new year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the exciting advancements Confluent made in 2024. Our Q4 launch wrapped up the year with a host of powerful features paving the way for even more innovation in 2025. This launch is all about delivering private networking and enhanced security across the data streaming platform.

6 Best Practices for Implementing Generative AI

Generative AI has rapidly transformed industries by enabling advanced automation, personalized experiences and groundbreaking innovations. However, implementing these powerful tools requires a production-first approach. This will maximize business value while mitigating risks. This guide outlines six best practices to ensure your generative AI initiatives are effective: valuable, scalable, compliant and future-proof.

It's 2025. What Does That Mean for Finance?

Welcome to 2025! We are now officially a quarter of the way through the 21st century – and isn’t that a crazy thing to wrap your head around? We’ve survived a lot in the last 25 years. The early 2000s saw the dotcom bubble, the Enron scandal, and passage of the SOX Act. By 2010 the world was deep in the Great Recession and working hard on recovery. More recently we suffered the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent market instability.