Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of January 24; Updates from Anaconda, Databricks, Dataiku & More
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Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of January 24, 2025.
Keeping tabs on all the most relevant analytics and data science news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy analytics and data science news items.
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Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of January 24, 2025
Anaconda Releases 7th Annual Data Science Report on AI and Open Source at Work
While fewer respondents are worried about losing their jobs to AI, other challenges have surfaced, including security concerns and a lack of readiness for AI’s growth. These shortfalls demand collaborative problem-solving, both within organizations and across the data science industry, via platforms that prioritize security, scalability, and ease of use.
Databahn Unveils Agentic AI-Based Data Engineer
Leveraging the power of generative AI and large language models (LLMs), Cruz autonomously orchestrates complex data workflows, enabling organizations to streamline operations, reduce costs, and eliminate the manual burdens often associated with managing data pipelines.
Databricks Closes Cool $15 Billion in Financing Round
The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday that existing investor QIA, the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, along with new investors Temasek and entities administered by Macquarie Capital, also participated in the Series J funding round that puts Databricks’ market cap at $62 billion.
Dataiku Unveils New Optimizer for Snowflake
Built using the?Snowflake Native App Framework?and?Streamlit in Snowflake, Dataiku Optimizer is available on?Snowflake Marketplace. In addition, eligible Snowflake customers can now use their Snowflake Capacity commitment toward Dataiku subscriptions as part of the Marketplace Capacity Drawdown Program, only available in select regions.
HEAVY.AI Drops New NVIDIA Grace Hopper-Accelerated Analytics Platform
By leveraging the ultra-fast NVIDIA NVLink-C2C interconnect between the CPU and GPU, which features 900GB/sec of bidirectional bandwidth, data can be transferred between CPU and GPU at speeds of up to 7X faster than traditional PCIe-based systems.
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TigerGraph Unveils Savanna for Cloud-Based Graph Database
Now generally available, Savanna is the next evolution of?TigerGraph's cloud-native database platform. Features, among others, include preconfigured kits for applications such as fraud detection and customer insights, optimized performance using parallel processing, and connections to new data sources, including Snowflake and Apache Iceberg.
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Future of Work: Take the 2025 Skiilify Survey of Tech Professionals Now
In collaboration with?Skillify,?Solutions Review?and?Insight Jam co-developed this survey to help facilitate the shift from reactive measures to proactive strategies. The?Survey for Tech Professionals?aims to explore the areas that will shape the future of tech work, including the evolving role of soft skills, the impact of AI on your job, and strategies for navigating uncertainty while maintaining the drive for innovation.
NEW Episode of The Digital Analyst with John Santaferraro & Featuring BARC's Kevin Petrie: The Chief Data Officer's Guide to Generative AI
They discuss how generative AI has achieved widespread adoption with 92% of Fortune 500 companies implementing it in some way, while exploring the crucial role of data quality, metadata, and governance in successful AI implementations. The conversation highlights how CDOs need to bring together data, AI, and application lifecycles while ensuring proper governance and metadata management.
NEW by Solutions Review Thought Leader Robert Eve: We Don't Need No (AI) Education
While the song is a commentary on institutional authoritarianism, it is also relevant to today’s AI revolution and its opportunity for unified thought control. Paradoxically, “We don’t need no education” is?a warning and a response to AI’s wide-ranging human impact. This insight is cleverly reinforced when these lines are initially sung by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour. These lines represent a sinister, centralized, authoritarian point of view of AI.
How Can Leaders Upskill Their Workforce for AI? Insight Jam Panel of Experts Weigh In
They talk about educating employees about AI while maintaining essential human elements like empathy and communication. They also explore how workplace flexibility and attitudes toward work are evolving, with particular focus on generational differences and the challenges of adapting to new work paradigms.
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