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Delivering Enterprise and Self-service Power BI with Microsoft Fabric

Paul Turley

The term "architecture" is more commonly used in the realm of data engineering and data warehouse project work, but the concept applies to BI and analytic reporting projects of all sizes. Like the architecture of a building, a complete Business Intelligence architecture contains the foundation and structure of your solution. Using the building analogy, a data platform can take on many forms, like a single-story cottage, a sprawling university campus or a towering skyscraper.

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External Data Supports More Accurate Planning

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

I recently completed the latest edition of our Business Planning Buyers Guide, which reviews and assesses the offerings of 14 providers of this software. One of the points that I look at is whether and to what extent the software provider offers out-of-the-box external data useful for forecasting, planning, analysis and evaluation. What I discovered is that the availability of this type of vital information is exceedingly slim.

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5 predictions for emerging ’25 technology trends

CIO Business Intelligence

Click on the TV or stream your latest newscast and there is a good chance youll hear AI mentioned in some fashion. Its clear AI remains prevalent today just as it has been for the past several years. To some consumers and businesses, alike it may appear companies are exaggerating the significance of this emerging technology. AI this, AI that The reality is that AI is here to stay and will play a massive role in the future of global technology, how consumers interact with it and the way busine

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7 Easy Ways to Make Passive Income with Large Language Models

KDnuggets

Looking for extra income? Here are 7 creative ways to use large language models for passive earnings!

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How EUROGATE established a data mesh architecture using Amazon DataZone

AWS Big Data

This post is co-written by Dr. Leonard Heilig and Meliena Zlotos from EUROGATE. For container terminal operators, data-driven decision-making and efficient data sharing are vital to optimizing operations and boosting supply chain efficiency. Internally, making data accessible and fostering cross-departmental processing through advanced analytics and data science enhances information use and decision-making, leading to better resource allocation, reduced bottlenecks, and improved operational perf

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ML and AI Model Explainability and Interpretability

Analytics Vidhya

In this article, we dive into the concepts of machine learning and artificial intelligence model explainability and interpretability. We explore why understanding how models make predictions is crucial, especially as these technologies are used in critical fields like healthcare, finance, and legal systems. Through tools like LIME and SHAP, we demonstrate how to gain insights […] The post ML and AI Model Explainability and Interpretability appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Building Inclusive Workplaces: HR Tech's Role in DEIB Transformation

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

Technology should be viewed as an enabler of program success for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, providing extended support that enables teams to expand their reach and ability to execute more complex business processes. AI-powered recruiting platforms, for example, help remove bias from the hiring process by analyzing job descriptions and identifying language that may unintentionally deter diverse candidates.

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How I Would Learn Python in 2025 (If I Could Start Over)

KDnuggets

Ive been programming with Python for over 6 years now. But if I could start over, heres how Id go about learning Python in 2025.

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Exploring AI Agents in Customer Experience with Navin Dhananjaya

Analytics Vidhya

In this Leading with Data, we explore the transformative journey of Navin Dhananjaya, Chief Solutions Officer at Merkle, as he shares key milestones, practical applications of generative AI, and future possibilities for AI agents. Discover how AI is reshaping customer experiences and the data science landscape. You can listen to this episode of Leading with […] The post Exploring AI Agents in Customer Experience with Navin Dhananjaya appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Bridging the IT skills gap, Part 1: Assessing current strategies and introducing GenAI as a unified solution

CIO Business Intelligence

With advanced technologies like AI transforming the business landscape, IT organizations are struggling to find the right talent to keep pace. The gap between emerging technological capabilities and workforce skills is widening, and traditional approaches such as hiring specialized professionals or offering occasional training are no longer sufficient as they often lack the scalability and adaptability needed for long-term success.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Empowering Organizations Through Data Literacy, Governance, and Business Literacy

TDAN

In my journey as a data management professional, Ive come to believe that the road to becoming a truly data-centric organization is paved with more than just tools and policies its about creating a culture where data literacy and business literacy thrive.

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A Gentle Introduction to Rust for Python Programmers

KDnuggets

Rust is a systems programming language that offers high performance and safety. Python programmers will find Rust's syntax familiar but with more control over memory and performance.

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Multimodal Financial Report Generation (from a Slide Deck) using Llamaindex

Analytics Vidhya

In many real-world applications, data is not purely textualit may include images, tables, and charts that help reinforce the narrative. A multimodal report generator allows you to incorporate both text and images into a final output, making your reports more dynamic and visually rich. This article outlines how to build such a pipeline using: The […] The post Multimodal Financial Report Generation (from a Slide Deck) using Llamaindex appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Companies look to sell off assets to pay for AI investments

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs worried about where the money for new AI initiatives will come from may have some help on the way, with some companies apparently selling off non-core assets to pay for new AI projects. Nine of 10 CIOs surveyed by Gartner late last year expressed concerns that managing AI costs was limiting their ability to get value from AI. But some companies, particularly in the IT sector, now appear to be reevaluating their business models and will consider selling non-core lines of business and product

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Simplifying Cloud Database Management with Infrastructure Automation

Smart Data Collective

Streamline your operations! Discover how infrastructure automation can simplify cloud database management for efficiency and scalability.

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10 Python One-Liners That Will Change Your Coding Game

KDnuggets

A not-to-be-missed list of elegant Python solutions to perform common programming and processing tasks in a single line of code.

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How to Access Phi-4 Using Hugging Face?

Analytics Vidhya

Microsoft’s Phi-4 model is available on Hugging Face, offering developers a powerful tool for advanced text generation and reasoning tasks. In this article, well walk you through the steps to access and use Phi-4, from creating a Hugging Face account to generating outputs with the model. Well also explore key features, including its optimized performance […] The post How to Access Phi-4 Using Hugging Face?

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Saudi Arabia’s deep tech startup ecosystem thrives with focus on AI and IoT, fueling Vision 2030

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent report from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and consultancy firm Hello Tomorrow highlights the rapid growth of deep tech startups in Saudi Arabia, with 50% of these startups focusing on AI and IoT. These sectors are emerging as key drivers of innovation and investment in the Kingdom, with over 43 high-growth startups collectively raising more than 987 USD in funding.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Data Analytics Transforms Healthcare Business Management

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology can play a huge role in making better decisions in healthcare.

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My Top Picks: 5 Free NLP Courses I’d Recommend for 2025

KDnuggets

Want to become an NLP pro by 2025? Check out these top free courses and learn from experts whove shaped the future of language models.

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How to Build Agentic RAG with SmolAgents?

Analytics Vidhya

Building an Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system with SmolAgents enables the development of AI agents capable of autonomous decision-making and task execution. SmolAgents, a minimalist library by Hugging Face, facilitates the creation of such agents in a concise and efficient manner. In this article, we will go step by step to build the Agentic RAG […] The post How to Build Agentic RAG with SmolAgents?

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Según los CDO, la IA transformará la empresa “en los próximos diez años”

CIO Business Intelligence

A pesar de las muchas preocupaciones en torno a la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa, las empresas continan explorando la tecnologa y ponindola en produccin. As lo revel una encuesta de referencia ejecutiva sobre liderazgo en IA y datos de 2025. Segnlos autores dela misma, Randy Bean y Tom Davenport, profesores de TI y gestin en Babson College, la IA generativa se est poniendo cada vez ms en produccin.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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AI Technology is the Future of NRI Banking for Indians

Smart Data Collective

AI has made banking much easier for non-resident Indians trying to use the country's financial services system.

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AI is Getting Smarter, But It Still Can’t Do My Data Science Job.

KDnuggets

A product data scientist breaks down why AI wont replace us anytime soon.

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5 Generative AI Breakthroughs to Try Out in 2025

Analytics Vidhya

The world of generative AI is moving at warp speed. It feels like just yesterday we were marvelling at text generation, and now we have tools creating stunning images, videos, and even acting as autonomous agents. 2024 has been a landmark year for generative AI, with several key breakthroughs – from enhanced multimodal models to […] The post 5 Generative AI Breakthroughs to Try Out in 2025 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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UAE to take center stage in AI Innovation with the launch of Dubai AI Week

CIO Business Intelligence

The UAEs vision for AI is encapsulated in its National AI Strategy 2031, which aims to position the country as a global leader in AI by integrating it across various sectors. This strategy is not just a roadmap but a testament to the UAEs forward-thinking approach to harnessing the power of AI for socio-economic growth. The country is ranked among the top five in the world for artificial intelligence competitiveness, is poised to further solidify its leadership in the sector with the launch of D

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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The Brave New World of Embedded BI and Analytics

TDAN

Your business users probably have their favorite legacy systems, best-of-breed solutions, and business apps. When your IT and management team introduce a new software application, it can often be seen as a nuisance or, at best, a tool whose day-to-day workflow value is not offset by the task of learning how to navigate the software.

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10 Essential SQL Commands for Data Analysis

KDnuggets

What are essential commands for data analysis in SQL? This article will answer this question by mentioning 10 SQL commands. As a bonus, well add some other SQL commands that are not that common but will certainly add flexibility to your analyses.

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Chinese Giants Faceoff: DeepSeek-V3 vs Qwen2.5

Analytics Vidhya

The world of generative AI (GenAI) has evolved immensely in the last two years and its impact can be seen across the globe. While the U.S. has led the charge with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude, France made it big with Mistral AI. But the GenAI landscape that was majorly ruled […] The post Chinese Giants Faceoff: DeepSeek-V3 vs Qwen2.5 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Four challenges with ERP vendor-led AI roadmaps and how to solve them

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs have a tough balance to strike: On one hand, theyre tasked with maintaining a large number of applications research from Salesforce shows that in 2023 organizations were using 1,061 different applications in varying stages of age, all the while maintaining interoperability and security and reducing overall spend. On the other hand, they must look to the future state of the business with an eye toward innovation and investment in new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?