PHILADELPHIA, July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qlik®a global leader in data integration, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the general availability of Qlik Answers™, its all-new self-service AI solution designed to help businesses harness the power of AI by eliminating risk, embracing complexity, and increasing AI impact. Qlik Answers transforms unstructured data into actionable results with generative AI, delivering complete explainability, a common barrier to enterprise AI adoption.
Qlik Answers combines generative AI with Qlik’s trusted data analytics capabilities to deliver accurate, contextually relevant results from vast unstructured data sources. This solution enables customers to seamlessly integrate AI into their existing Qlik business intelligence workflows, ensuring efficient use of resources and avoiding technical debt.
“Qlik Answers is designed to help businesses leverage their unstructured data to make better decisions,” said Brendan Grady, executive vice president and general manager of Qlik’s Analytics Business Unit. “It combines our strengths in analytics and data with generative AI to provide users with accurate answers to their questions. With Qlik Answers, we’re delivering a tool that supports the direct translation of unstructured data into tangible business outcomes.”
Key benefits of Qlik Answers:
- AI-based responses: Provides relevant answers from organized knowledge bases, improving the usefulness of unstructured data.
- Rapid deployment: Provides a ready-to-use solution, reducing deployment time and complexity.
- Transparency: Ensures full explainability with answers linked to their source documents, thereby promoting trust and consistency.
- Extended Connectivity: Integrates with existing systems and platforms, using Qlik’s enterprise connectors to access a variety of unstructured data sources.
- Improved efficiency: Supports real-time business activities and decisions, allowing users to quickly access relevant information.
“We are excited to see Qlik focusing on leveraging unstructured data with Qlik Answers,” said Stefan Heinz, Senior BI & Analytics Manager at Bystronic Group. “The comprehensive explainability and integration with Qlik’s trusted analytics platform promise responsible and efficient use of AI at the enterprise level.”
Qlik Answers combines technologies to provide reliable and efficient access to unstructured data. The solution is based on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), which fuses retrieval-based and generative AI methods. This technique dynamically retrieves relevant documents from pre-indexed knowledge bases and generates accurate and contextually relevant answers. By leveraging modern generative models, Qlik Answers can interpret and synthesize information from various sources, providing users with concise and actionable answers.
To ensure seamless integration with existing systems, Qlik Answers uses Qlik’s trusted enterprise connectors. These connectors enable the solution to access a wide range of unstructured data sources without requiring significant data movement or reconfiguration. This approach not only simplifies deployment, but also preserves data integrity and accessibility. Additionally, Qlik Answers is designed with complete explainability and transparency in mind. All AI-generated answers are traceable back to their original sources, allowing users to verify and trust the information presented.
Qlik Answers is also self-service oriented, allowing business users to deploy and manage AI-powered knowledge assistants without the need for deep technical expertise or custom development. This ease of use ensures that organizations can quickly benefit from the solution, supporting real-time business activities and improving decision-making processes.
To learn more about Qlik Answers and how it can improve your business operations by unlocking the potential of unstructured data, visit Qlik Answers.
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| Qlik transforms complex data environments into actionable insights that drive strategic business outcomes. Serving more than 40,000 customers worldwide, our portfolio offers advanced AI/ML and enterprise-grade data management solutions. We excel in data integration and governance, delivering comprehensive solutions that work across diverse data sources. Qlik’s intuitive analytics uncover hidden patterns, enabling teams to solve complex challenges and seize new opportunities. Our practical and scalable AI/ML tools drive better decisions, faster. As strategic partners, our platform-agnostic technology and expertise make our customers more competitive. | Keith Parker keith.parker@qlik.com 512-367-2884 |
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