Articles about data analytics

Why the former Tableau CEO just joined the board of a Zurich-based AI data analytics startup

Seattle-based technology investor and business leader Mark Nelson, the former Tableau CEO, has joined the board of Veezoo, a company… Read More

Kerry Carter tackles CEO role at Atavus as ex-pro aims to grow adoption of football training technique

Kerry Carter, a former pro football player with the Seattle Seahawks and other teams, is tackling a new role as… Read More

Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck emerges from stealth, reveals $47.5M in funding

MotherDuck is peeking its head above water. The Seattle startup lifted the hood Tuesday on its data analytics system based on… Read More

Q&A: Running the soccer numbers with new Seattle Sounders data analytics director Tyler Cox

The Seattle Sounders have a new numbers guy. Sure, it could be a player who scores a lot of goals… Read More

How Seattle’s Kraken hockey team is using data analytics to shoot for business goals

When it comes to sports data, most people think about RBIs, third-down conversions or shots on goal — but Kendall… Read More

How BlackSky’s Spectra geospatial data platform uses AI to make sense of satellite images

How do you know when a region’s economy has recovered from the coronavirus pandemic? You could wait for the verdict… Read More

Geek of the Week: Say hello to Erin Murphy of Marchex, whose calling is analyzing business calls

Erin Murphy still uses her phone to make actual phone calls. In an age of texting and social media and… Read More

Amazon targets small businesses, takes aim at Tableau and Microsoft Power BI with new QuickSight pricing model

Amazon Web Services said Thursday that it will offer QuickSight, its data analytics and visualization software, to companies and organizations on… Read More

Why data analytics is becoming the next frontier for the commercial space industry

Thanks to incredibly shrinking satellites and launch costs, thousands of satellites are sending down streams of data about the state… Read More

Boeing wins seven more contracts for its growing data analytics business

Seven more companies have joined the list of customers for data analytics services from Boeing AnalytX, bringing the total of… Read More

Data of Thrones: The numbers suggest these ‘Game’ characters are in for a twist

Spoiler alert: This story provides no plot details from past or future episodes of “Game of Thrones,” but if you… Read More

Could data analytics have prevented a painful, last-second goal in the Seattle Sounders FC match?

If you’re a fan of the Seattle Sounders FC, you’ll grasp at anything that might explain away that painful 1-1… Read More

Tableau and PATH fight malaria with data analytics, in unique Seattle-based coalition

The Centers for Disease Control, now one of the most influential public health organizations in the world, has a surprising… Read More

Twitter trying to balance public data with user privacy, says its VP of data strategy

It has been quite a year for Twitter. The social media giant has made headlines with its successes and failures… Read More

Boeing will move 50 data analysts into a hip new lab in downtown Vancouver, B.C.

A Canadian subsidiary of the Boeing Co. has announced plans to open a data analytics laboratory in downtown Vancouver, B.C., to help… Read More

Microsoft buys e-discovery firm Equivio

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Equivio, a company that makes data analytics software for e-discovery and information governance.… Read More