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Overcoming Granularity Traps in ThoughtSpot with Flexible Aggregates

Jan 28, 2026 By ThoughtSpot In ThoughtSpot
Stop falling into "Granularity Traps" and start mastering multi-level calculations. In this technical walkthrough, we explore how to leverage Flexible Group Aggregate functions to perform complex calculations across different levels of detail without losing your data’s integrity.
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International Data Privacy Day: Why Data Residency and Sovereignty Will Become Even More Important in 2026

Jan 28, 2026 By Roy Horgan In Qlik
January 28th marks International Data Privacy Day, a day to raise awareness about the importance of privacy and promote best practices. Privacy has long been about maintaining control of your data, in particular where it goes, and who can see it, and what it’s used for. Two topics under this theme, data residency and data sovereignty, come up in almost every customer conversation at the moment. While closely aligned, there are key differences.
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Cloud API Keys vs Resource-Specific API Keys in Confluent Cloud

Jan 28, 2026 By Laasya Krupa B In Confluent
As you build and manage data streams in Confluent Cloud, securing your interactions with its APIs is paramount. Confluent Cloud offers two types of API keys that manage authentication to the different APIs in Confluent Cloud: cloud API keys and resource-specific API keys. Each has its own distinct characteristics and use cases.
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SpotCache: Scale AI-ready data without cloud-spend surprises

Jan 27, 2026 By Shruthi Bezawada In ThoughtSpot
AI is changing how work gets done. But for many data leaders, it’s also creating a new challenge: managing the cloud bill. As more people (and more AI agents) query data, cloud data warehouse (CDW) spend can spike fast. Costs become harder to predict, and teams end up making tradeoffs—scaling AI insights or staying within budget. That tension creates a real bottleneck on the path to becoming AI-ready.
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2026 Predictions: What's Next for Data Streaming and AI | Life Is But A Stream

Jan 27, 2026 By Confluent In Confluent
AI isn’t just evolving—it’s reshaping who your customers are, how systems operate, and what real time really means. From machines making purchase decisions to agents increasing query volume across databases, the realities of 2026 are forcing leaders to rethink data architecture and governance strategies at a fundamental level. In this episode, Joseph is joined by Will LaForest (Field CTO, Confluent), Adi Polak (Director of Developer Advocacy & Experience, Confluent), and independent analyst, Sanjeev Mohan, to break down critical insights from Confluent’s 2026 Predictions Report.
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Empowering Customers: The Role of Confluent's Trust Center

Jan 27, 2026 By Apoorva Badola In Confluent
The foundation of every successful customer relationship is trust. At Confluent, we understand that for our customers and prospects to innovate with confidence, they must have complete trust in the security and integrity of our platform. Our commitment goes beyond simply providing a secure product. It’s about empowering our customers with the tools and transparency they need to feel confident in their data streaming architectures.
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Qlik Joins Snowflake-Led Open Semantic Interchange to Bring Consistent Business Meaning to Analytics and AI

Jan 27, 2026 By Sam Pierson In Qlik
If you have ever asked three teams for the definition of the “same” metric and gotten three different answers, you have already met one of the most expensive, least talked about problems in modern data. It is not a lack of data. It is a lack of shared meaning. As analytics and AI spread across more tools, clouds, and teams, business context often fails to travel with the data. A metric defined one way in a dashboard gets redefined in a notebook.
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