The Ultimate Guide to Data Analytics
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data Analytics.
What to know about Data Analytics
Data Analytics is a rapidly evolving field that empowers organizations to extract meaningful insights from vast volumes of data. It encompasses a broad range of techniques, including natural language processing, predictive analytics, AI integration, and real-time data processing, all aimed at driving better decision-making across industries.
Recent advancements highlight its applications in numerous sectors, such as healthcare, logistics, finance, retail, and education. From enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency to supporting sustainability initiatives and mitigating risks, data analytics is becoming an indispensable tool in today’s digital landscape.
Exploring stories tagged with Data Analytics provides readers a window into emerging trends, partnerships, sophisticated technology implementations, and strategic approaches to harnessing data effectively. It offers practical insights into how analytics tools evolve and how businesses and institutions are leveraging these to navigate challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.
Click through to discover how data analytics is transforming industries, influencing upcoming technology innovations, and shaping future workforce skills. Stay informed on expert perspectives, case studies, and solutions that can inspire your own data-driven strategies.
UK Data Analytics News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Benchmark shows cloud warehouse costs can vary wildly
For buyers, the benchmark suggests that annual bills for the same workload can differ by hundreds of thousands of dollars between cloud warehouses.
Perkbox appoints Shahid Naveed as Chief Product Officer
The move puts AI at the centre of Perkbox's efforts to help employers prove value from benefits and boost employee uptake.
AtScale launches AI suite to boost enterprise accuracy
Enterprises could curb AI errors by tying natural-language queries to shared definitions, with HSBC saying accuracy jumped from 65% to above 99%.
Accenture buys Sagacity to boost customer intelligence
The deal adds more than 140 specialists as Accenture tries to turn customer data and AI tools into measurable gains in retention and revenue.
Workplace AI uses power of 508 UK homes, study says
Britain's rising use of workplace AI is adding 1.37 GWh of annual electricity demand, enough to power about 508 homes, a study says.
Roke names Jo Rayson as first Chief Operating Officer
The move is intended to strengthen Roke's systems and delivery as the defence and national security firm expands in Britain and overseas.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data Analytics
Kantata launches AI business intelligence for services
Zoho Analytics adds agentic AI layer for business data
The Real Data Transformation Challenge is Changing How People Work
Boomi named Gartner leader in API management for AI
FICO named leader in IDC decision intelligence study
Featured News
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
AI transforming B2B discovery - but human trust endures
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Expert Columns
Why the quietest IT transformations can have the greatest impact
Experts discuss key tech learnings from BIGSOUND
Data Governance in the AI Era: Why One-Off Projects Fail
Designing for data sovereignty: Building architectures that keep control where it belongs
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
From Clean to Trusted: Rethinking Healthcare Data Quality
How to Choose the Right Email Verification API: A Buyer's Guide
The Top Cool Intelligence Trends of 2027
The Hidden Data Quality Risks of Holding Data for Too Long
The importance of data enrichment in financial services
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Data Analytics News
Hitachi Vantara adds AI analytics tools to VSP One
Enterprises could cut AI data-handling overhead as the storage group adds native analytics, governed model access and faster object storage to VSP One.
Databricks launches always-on Genie AI agent for firms
The update aims to help large firms use AI for longer-running work without exposing sensitive data, while keeping every action auditable.
DXC launches London Digital Futures Academy with West Ham
The four-year scheme will give 30 East London pupils hands-on digital training and career guidance as employers warn of a widening skills gap.
Adform's MCP server delivers faster reporting for agencies
Campaign teams can now pull Adform data in natural language, cutting spreadsheet work and speeding up reporting across channels.
Rubrik extends Google Cloud backup to BigQuery & Storage
The move gives organisations a separate recovery path for analytics and AI data, after attacks on cloud backups and identity systems have risen.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Business Hub for companies
Eligible businesses can now claim profiles and track engagement in ChatGPT, as OpenAI pushes the assistant deeper into commercial discovery.
ClickHouse expands with Xata deal into Postgres & AI
The deal aims to cut the operational sprawl facing companies as AI agents push analytics, transactions, monitoring and security onto one platform.
Green data centre market to hit USD $197.02bn by 2031
Rising demand for AI and cloud services is pushing operators to spend on lower-emission facilities as the market heads towards USD $197.02 billion by 2031.
SugarAI launches AI tools to sharpen sales actions
Sales teams in manufacturing and distribution will get clearer next-step prompts as SugarAI folds CRM and ERP data into its new tools.
Creditinfo & TaranDM expand credit decisioning push
Lenders in more than 40 countries will gain faster, more localised credit decisions as the two firms combine data and automation tools.
Google brings multimodal BigQuery analytics into GA
Teams can now analyse images, video and documents in BigQuery without moving them out of Cloud Storage, cutting context loss and extra pipelines.
AoFrio marks 40 years with 3.7 million coolers linked
Its software now monitors more than 3.7 million commercial coolers worldwide, underscoring a shift from motors to connected fleet management.
Hitachi Energy expands Celonis AI partnership on supply
The move aims to help the power equipment maker spot supply snags sooner and speed delivery as demand for grid hardware keeps rising.
Snowflake launches free AI data training for users
Companies can now tap free, role-based AI and data training from Snowflake, with 30 days of hands-on labs included worldwide.
Snowflake adds always-on AI bots for CoCo & CoWork
The update widens enterprise access to background automation, with recurring AI tasks now able to run continuously and seek approval only when needed.
Snowflake launches autonomous data tools & live analytics
Businesses using AI agents can now automate pipeline checks and query live data in one governed Snowflake platform, cutting manual work.
Mistral releases open-weight ML4 for coding & cyber
The open model is aimed at regulated sectors needing on-premise control over code and cyber work, while benchmarking atop open rivals.
Oracle NetSuite launches SuiteSkills AI tools for customers
More than 13,000 customers can now use the new tools to analyse data and trigger actions in NetSuite while keeping permissions unchanged.
Oracle NetSuite unveils new AI tools for cloud ERP
Businesses could automate more finance and operations work as NetSuite adds AI Workspaces, agents and wider access to external models.
IDeaS expands Accor tie with Optix business intelligence
The deal gives Accor hotels a single view of performance data, helping teams cut manual reporting and react faster to demand shifts.
Job Moves
Perkbox appoints Shahid Naveed as Chief Product Officer
Roke names Jo Rayson as first Chief Operating Officer
Global Tech Advocates launches new global research centre
Klarus launches energy & utilities practice with Haw
Sytech appoints Garry Dixon as Non-Executive Director
Epicor names Vaibhav Vohra as Chief Executive Officer
Paylink appoints new Senior Leaders as business evolves platform
Rithum appoints Kim Miller as Chief Marketing Officer
Apatura appoints new Chief Financial Officer & CTO
