Analytics software, solutions and tools

Data strategy with an architectural approach—supporting data-driven decisions for your business

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Power smarter business decisions

Organizations need to make better use of their data. Modern data analytics, AI‑driven capabilities and automation help bring together data sources and datasets, but growing volumes make traditional approaches hard to manage. Working with disconnected raw data slows down decisions and limits value.

A more connected approach based on data analytics solutions, data science and a data fabric architecture enables analytics at scale. It gives large and small businesses access to the right insights, including close to real-time data, when needed. With business analytics platforms, teams can streamline workflows, improve data visualization and optimize decisions.

Drive insights with scalable data foundations

Provide access with data fabric

Simplify access to data with scalable analytics solutions that balance self-service capabilities with governance, privacy and intuitive data visualization.

End-to-end data management

Improve cost efficiency and productivity with resilient, enterprise-grade data analytics platforms built for scale and optimized performance.

Predict outcomes

Use AI-driven data analytics tools and statistical analysis within your analytics software stack to anticipate trends and drive smarter decisions.

Personalized customer experiences

Use analytics platforms, data science and automation to strengthen relationships through accurate, data-driven insights across every channel.

AI-powered analytics and business intelligence

Combine data analytics, machine learning and AI-powered capabilities to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort and increase automation. Deliver advanced analytics and business intelligence (BI) to drive data analysis, statistical modeling, predictive insights and interactive dashboards. These insights enable data‑driven decisions and enhanced data visualization while helping teams uncover patterns and forecast outcomes.

Advanced statistical analytics software
Analyze complex data to build models, uncover patterns and generate AI-powered statistical insights to drive smarter decisions.
AI-powered planning
Transform business planning with AI, enabling real-time forecasting, scenario modelling and faster decision-making.
Governed business intelligence
Unlock your data’s full potential with advanced BI reporting, agentic AI and interactive visualizations.
AI agent for business insights
Unlock the full value of your data and transform it into clear, actionable guidance to drive smarter, faster decisions.

Data platforms for analytics and AI

Unify data intelligence across sources with scalable platforms that support SQL, real-time processing and seamless integration. Build trusted environments for data analytics, data science and advanced analytics, powering AI, dashboards, data visualization and automated workflows with governed, high-quality data that ensures performance, reliability and enterprise-scale insights.

Real-time streaming for analytics
Stream, connect, process and govern data in real time to power analytics and AI—built by the creators of Apache Kafka®.
Flexible analytics engine for big data
Decouple compute and storage tiers to control costs and deliver analytics at scale.

Related services

Data and analytics consulting services

Turn data into a reliable foundation for business outcomes. These consulting services help connect data across the organization, set clear priorities and apply the right solutions to deliver value and support long-term growth.

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