Zoho has introduced what it says is an end-to-end self-service Business Intelligence Platform. The cloud software company said the platform “brings together pre-built, visual dashboards, comprehensive data integrations, data preparation, augmented and embedded BI, security and privacy capabilities, flexible deployment models (cloud or on-premise), and scalability.”
There are primary elements to the platform, including , Zoho DataPrep, a new AI and machine learning-driven ,self-service data preparation tool.
Another module, Data Stories is an integrated enterprise portal builder (ZohoSites) while Zoho Show, is a presentation software package with embedded live reports and dashboards. In addition, Augmented Analytics - Ask Zia, conversational AI, enables business users to utilize natural language querying. Zia provides textual narration of key insights from reports and dashboards.
Finally, a Zoho Marketplace, an apps marketplace with the company enabling partners to develop and publish analytical apps and integrations to complement Zoho Analytics.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind