Weekly Roundup of Real-Time Analytics Developments Ending May 17
This week's real-time analytics updates include key announcements from Qlik's Connect 2025 conference and other industry leaders.
Qlik Unveils Open Lakehouse and AI Agents at Connect 2025
Qlik announced several innovations at its Qlik Connect 2025 conference, including:
- Qlik Open Lakehouse: A fully managed Apache Iceberg solution integrated into Qlik Talend Cloud, enabling real-time ingestion and multi-engine interoperability. Available in private preview now, with general release slated for July.
- Agentic Experience: A conversational AI interface for enterprise users to interact with data using specialized AI agents.
- Enhanced Qlik Cloud Analytics capabilities for anomaly detection, trend forecasting, and embedded decision workflows.
Industry Updates
Aerospike
Aerospike launched a Terraform blueprint for deploying Database 8 on Amazon EKS in under 30 minutes, simplifying production-grade setups.
Alation
Alation introduced its Data Products Builder Agent, an AI tool to transform raw data into reusable, AI-ready assets.
Alteryx
Alteryx launched Alteryx One, a unified analytics suite with live query support for Databricks and Snowflake, plus an AI Control Center for governance.
Anaconda
Anaconda released its AI Platform, combining secure Python distribution with governance for enterprise AI development.
Automation Anywhere
Expanded its Agentic Process Automation (APA) system with a Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) and new AI agents for dynamic workflow execution.
Boomi
Boomi announced Agentstudio (now GA), Amazon Q Business integration, and support for Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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