Uncovering the Data Analytics Iceberg: Takeaways from the BI & Analytics track at Foundations 2024

CData Foundations 2024’s BI and Reporting sessions emphasized that data professionals often spend far more time on behind-the-scenes “data plumbing,” such as connecting, cleaning, and integrating data, than on creating dashboards and deriving insights. Speakers described reliable, real-time access to diverse data sources as essential for effective business intelligence and for preparing organizations to use AI-driven analytics. CData presented its Connect AI platform as a way to automate data connectivity across more than 250 sources, with Kiwi Partners reporting that connection setup time fell from four to five hours per project to less than one hour. The event also highlighted the continuing role of spreadsheets in data exploration and introduced the free CData Connect Spreadsheets product, which enables live data access and source updates within Excel and Google Sheets.

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