Too many companies fail to link business intelligence tools to actual decision making, according to a new Gartner report. Decision support tools, like collaboration software, can help.

Databricks thinks the open-source Spark engine is the next big thing for big data processing — so it has teamed up with analytics firm Alteryx to supercharge the software.

Couchbase, provider of a NoSQL database for storing and delivering several kinds of data at scale, announced today a substantial $60 million funding round, one that could help the startup’s technology become more widely used.

Rhiza, founded by Josh Knauer, just closed a $3 million funding round. The startup makes marketing analytics tools that help bridge the gap between big data and salespeople.

CloudPhysics, a startup that has developed software for keeping tabs on the health of clusters of servers in companies’ data centers, has taken on $15 million in fresh venture capital to grow bigger.

Northern Indiana Public Service Co., a utility known as NIPSCO, has tens of thousands of miles of electrical lines and natural gas pipelines in its distribution networks.

Social media analytics company SocialBakers has acquired EdgeRank Checker, a Chicago-based startup that helps marketers analyze how they’re doing on Facebook.

Co-operative Allegiance Retail Services is deploying a cloud-based big data stack to replace a homegrown system that fell short on analytics power.