November 2022 Summaries

Apache Superset is a prominent open-source web application used for data exploration and visualization, favored by organizations for creating scalable business intelligence experiences. While it offers flexibility and customization, managing Superset in-house involves significant engineering resources and costs related to security, performance, and software upgrades. Preset, founded by the creator of Superset, provides a managed cloud solution to alleviate these challenges, ensuring quality, security, and compliance with prompt updates and support. Preset enhances the Superset experience by offering features such as multiple isolated environments, embedded SDKs, and additional team management capabilities, aiming to deliver seamless and secure BI experiences. Organizations can opt for Preset's fully-managed services or its certified support for self-hosted deployments, with tailored plans available for both small teams and large enterprises.

The Preset team has introduced over 70 new features and more than 200 fixes and enhancements to enhance the product experience for users of Preset powered by Superset, with highlights including the ability to embed customized analytics dashboards into various applications to facilitate data-driven decision-making. Enhanced dashboard exploration features now allow users to view the underlying data of charts in tabular form with a single click, supporting deeper analysis. New workflows simplify the transition from SQL queries to visualizations, and improvements in user management permit the assignment of team roles upon invitation to mitigate incorrect data access. Enhanced collaboration features now offer more secure and straightforward dashboard sharing among team members, while a revamped homepage and streamlined workflows improve overall navigation and usability. Additional updates enable cross-referencing between charts and dashboards, previewing charts before adding them to dashboards, and faster navigation within SQL Lab and Data pages, along with several other user-friendly enhancements.

Resilia, a tech-for-good startup, is revolutionizing the nonprofit sector by providing data-driven technology solutions that enhance nonprofit capacities and help grantors scale their impact. Founded by Sevetri Wilson, who achieved a historic $35M funding raise as a solo Black female founder, Resilia has established a robust data infrastructure using Snowflake, dbt, and Fivetran, and sought a suitable BI tool to empower their high-performing nonprofit and grantor clients. They partnered with Preset, a tool that excels in self-service, governance, and security, allowing Resilia to visualize and analyze data effectively. This collaboration has led to increased efficiency, with automated reporting saving significant time for the RevOps team and improved user engagement analysis aiding product development. Both Resilia and Preset share a mission of empowering organizations through advanced data tools and value the open-source innovations fostered by the Apache Foundation, which align with their community-driven and innovation-focused ethos.