by Angela Guess

According to a recent press release, “Drastin Inc., an emerging leader in conversational analytics and relational search-driven data analysis technology, today announced the release of Drastin 2.0, its application for actionable data insights. Drastin offers search-driven data analysis and exploration with the convenience of a ‘Google-like’ search box. Using simple English questions, any business user can converse with data, perform ad hoc data exploration and achieve moments of clarity to expedite better decision-making. Drastin 2.0 is available for deployment as a SaaS offering in the cloud, or behind the firewall. Data is not duplicated and no hardware is required. It works on variety of data sources including: (1) Cloud sources: Salesforce, ServiceNow, NetSuite, Office365. (2) On-premise sources: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL. (3) Hadoop. (4) Flat files: Excel/CSV.”

The release continues, “Drastin 2.0 combines the power of machine learning and natural language processing with relational search to deliver a powerful data analysis solution for everyone in an enterprise. Deployable in just minutes, Drastin requires no user training. Users can experience easy and intuitive search on day 1 without learning complex query syntax of physical data sources. Here are some the powerful capabilities of the product… Real time & On-demand: Perform data analysis with simple English queries in natural language using the search box. Enter complete questions rather than performing a keyword search. Guided & Responsive Suggestions: Experience smart suggestions powered by machine learning that learns from you. Powerful Visualization: View answers in the form of powerful visualizations that are personalized for each user through machine learning. Advanced analysis: Explore data in depth and discover new insights.”

Read more at PR Newswire.

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