In today’s data-driven world, organizations are increasingly turning to data products to gain actionable insights, improve decision making, and fuel innovation. Data products — productized datasets, metadata, and domain logic — are designed to democratize data access and make it easier for teams to maximize their data’s value without requiring deep technical expertise.

Tech headlines over the past week have been dominated by DeepSeek AI, which recently launched its groundbreaking R1 model. What’s most remarkable? The reported development cost—just under $6 million. This announcement challenges the long-held belief that creating advanced AI models requires astronomical investment, shaking the foundation of the tech industry and causing a ripple effect on global markets.

We are sprinkling a little Mary Poppins magic directly into Qlik Cloud Analytics with the introduction of Data Flow, our new no-code data prep designer. Imagine your data as a chaotic nursery, with spreadsheets strewn about like toys and insights hiding under the metaphorical bed. Enter Data Flow—your very own magical briefcase for the digital age. With a snap of YOUR fingers (or rather, a click of your mouse), it transforms your data disarray into a perfectly organized analytics wonderland.

Every year, January 28th marks International Data Privacy Day. This day is a timely reminder of the importance of safeguarding data and enabling trust. Even more so now we live in a world increasingly dominated by AI systems. For AI models to be accurate, they must be trained on massive amounts of data. The last thing you want however is for that data to unnecessarily include sensitive personal and confidential business information.