Dataproducts

Leading Insurtech Quility Announces Significant Investment from F&G

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quility, a leading insurtech company, today announced a significant investment from F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. ("F&G") for a minority stake in Quility. F&G is a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life insurance customers and institutional clients. The investment is targeted at accelerating deployment of Quility's advanced technology, automation, and leads platforms – removing barriers to make life insurance more accessible for agents and clients alike.

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  • ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quility, a leading insurtech company, today announced a significant investment from F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. ("F&G") for a minority stake in Quility.
  • F&G is a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life insurance customers and institutional clients.
  • The investment will also enable Quility to further expand its sales channels through its Symmetry Financial Group, Quility B2B (including wholesale and affinity), and direct to consumer (DTC) distribution networks.
  • "F&G's investment will expedite the innovative technology that has become synonymous with the Quility brand," said Brandon Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Quility.

Software and Network Infrastructure Sales Continued to Grow, While Device Sales Declined in the Second Quarter of 2023, According to IDC's North America Monthly Distribution Tracker, Powered by GTDC

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

For the second consecutive quarter, the device categories of personal computing and audio/video (AV) saw double-digit year-over-year declines of 22.3% and 23.6% respectively.

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  • For the second consecutive quarter, the device categories of personal computing and audio/video (AV) saw double-digit year-over-year declines of 22.3% and 23.6% respectively.
  • However, these declines were slightly less severe than experienced in the first quarter of 2023.
  • In contrast, the software and network infrastructure product groups enjoyed continued growth in the quarter – up 2.7% and 43.2% year-over-year respectively – gaining some additional share of overall distribution revenues in North America.
  • The strength of software product sales through distribution is driven by system infrastructure software markets such as data replication and protection software and network security software.

Introducing "Data Products for Dummies": A Comprehensive Guide to the New Model for Managing Your Data Assets

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

DataOps.live, The Data Products Company, is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a groundbreaking book, " Data Products for Dummies ", at the highly anticipated Big Data London conference in September 2023.

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  • DataOps.live, The Data Products Company, is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a groundbreaking book, " Data Products for Dummies ", at the highly anticipated Big Data London conference in September 2023.
  • In this practical and comprehensive guide, "Data Products for Dummies" explores everything you need to know about defining, building, testing, deploying, and life cycle management of data products.
  • This presentation will offer invaluable perspectives on the emerging Data Products Trend and provide attendees with actionable strategies to build and leverage data products successfully.
  • For those eager to dive into the world of data products, pre-registration for a free copy of "Data Products for Dummies" is now available .

The Modern Data Company and Thoughtworks Form Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Data Mesh Implementations and AI Initiatives

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Harnessing its rich expertise in data strategies, Thoughtworks has led numerous successful data transformation initiatives. The pairing of this experience with the technologically advanced Modern Data Company’s DataOS Platform--designed to streamline creation and management of Data Products, the key ingredients for a Data Mesh implementation--forms the backbone of this partnership. This collaborative alliance is set to unlock the full potential of organizational data, spearhead innovation, and pave the way for successful data modernization initiatives.

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  • This groundbreaking collaboration is set to reimagine data operations and accelerate the adoption of Data Products, Data Mesh, and AI initiatives across a wide range of industries.
  • At The Modern Data Company, we firmly believe that the future lies in viewing and treating data as a product.
  • “The Modern Data Company and Thoughtworks have partnered to combine the world’s first data operating system, Modern’s DataOS, and Thoughtworks’ world-class data engineering and AI practices to help you thrive in today’s data-driven economy,” said John Spens, VP Data & AI Service Line, Thoughtworks.
  • About The Modern Data Company:
    The Modern Data Company offers comprehensive data management products.

Tamr Announces Investment by Alteryx Ventures

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Tamr, Inc. (“Tamr”), the leader in data products today announced an investment from Alteryx, the analytics cloud platform company, via Alteryx Ventures.

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  • Tamr, Inc. (“Tamr”), the leader in data products today announced an investment from Alteryx, the analytics cloud platform company, via Alteryx Ventures.
  • Alteryx Ventures is a strategic investor in companies that complement and expand Alteryx’s analytics and data science products.
  • Alteryx and Tamr understand this critical need to develop data solutions that empower businesses with accessible and trustworthy data.
  • For more information on Alteryx and Tamr, we invite you to read our blog post, which can be accessed here .

Group Black and NBCUniversal Partner to Accelerate Inclusive Investment Across NBCUniversal's Content Portfolio

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Monday, June 19, 2023

NEW YORK, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Group Black, a modern media company with the largest collective of Black-owned media, and NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, announced that they will be entering an exclusive partnership aimed to amplify Black-led content today and beyond. Through Black Excellence 365, NBCUniversal has curated a collection of Black-led and diverse content for exclusive marketing and sale by Group Black, growing full-year advertising opportunity and investment in the Black-owned ecosystem.

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  • Through Black Excellence 365, NBCUniversal has curated a collection of Black-led and diverse content for exclusive marketing and sale by Group Black, growing full-year advertising opportunity and investment in the Black-owned ecosystem.
  • Through this partnership, Group Black will have exclusive access to sell ads within premium Peacock AX programming that features Black-led dramas, Black-led comedies, and Black-led cinema, as well as a curated collection of NBCUniversal content that amplifies Black voices.
  • Black Excellence 365 will give marketers and advertisers the opportunity to work with Group Black to increase their scale while continuing to buy in familiar formats with best-in-class NBCUniversal measurement for effectiveness.
  • In a study done by Nielsen, it was found that 55% of Black viewers are more likely to buy from brands that advertise in inclusive content, making this partnership between NBCUniversal and Group Black an answer that brands have been searching for when it comes to inclusive advertising that delivers on business growth.

Huge Launches Powerful New AI Capabilities

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Huge LIVE is part of a larger strategic plan to accelerate the adoption of AI across the organization and amongst its clients while minimizing risk.

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  • Huge LIVE is part of a larger strategic plan to accelerate the adoption of AI across the organization and amongst its clients while minimizing risk.
  • Using the Creative Capital Index, Huge clients can quantify and exploit their creative potential to achieve category-defying growth.
  • All three, along with their teams, have been instrumental in developing Huge LIVE and the company’s forthcoming AI-powered creativity applications and products.
  • Both will be integral to driving Huge’s AI vision forward.

DataOps.live Introduces Data Product Management and Observability

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

LONDON, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DataOps.live, the Data Products Company, has announced the Summer 2023 release of its DataOps platform. Key enhancements shape how leading enterprises and data teams deliver data applications and products. Immediately available is Spendview, an exciting free spend observability tool for Snowflake customers.

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  • These exciting advances will help to fundamentally transform how clients formulate, deliver, and manage Data Products and Data Applications for users on the Snowflake Data Cloud.
  • Data Products Done Right –  DataOps.live puts managing Data as a Product at the center of the platform's capabilities, with Data Product Lifecycle Management at the heart of everything.
  • With the introduction of change management capabilities, DataOps.live enables data engineering teams to build versioned, backward-compatible Data Products.
  • Optimized for data science workloads, building data apps, and managing data products, DDE centers on a unified, cloud-based, zero-install development environment designed to accelerate developer productivity and efficiency.

Tamr unveils new research revealing customer data as the No. 1 focus of enterprise data strategies

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

New research from Tamr, Inc. , the leader in data products, reveals that more than three-fourths (78%) of surveyed businesses focus on improving customer data quality and breaking down data silos.

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  • New research from Tamr, Inc. , the leader in data products, reveals that more than three-fourths (78%) of surveyed businesses focus on improving customer data quality and breaking down data silos.
  • Customer data has become a key focus in light of ever-evolving customer preferences and behaviors.
  • "With regards to customer data, changing customer buying behavior created an influx of data for businesses to comb through," said Anthony Deighton, Data Products General Manager at Tamr.
  • Read Tamr’s latest insights report, Getting Started With Data Products: A CDO Guide , to learn more about how to get more value from your customer data with data products.

DataOps.live Raises $17.5m from Notion Capital and Anthos Capital to Help Organizations Build and Manage their Data Products and Data Applications

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

The round includes new investor Notion Capital, who joins existing investors Anthos Capital and Snowflake Ventures.

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  • The round includes new investor Notion Capital, who joins existing investors Anthos Capital and Snowflake Ventures.
  • DataOps.live provides a platform that helps organizations build, test and deploy Data Products by streamlining and automating data operations (DataOps), making it easier for companies to manage and analyze large amounts of data.
  • Stephanie Opdam, Principal at Notion Capital, remarked that "Today, data is the lifeblood of business, but managing and scaling data operations can be a daunting task.
  • The market for data products is growing rapidly, and DataOps.live is well-positioned to take advantage of this trend.