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The Buyer's Scorecard for Agentic Analytics: Evaluating Tooling in the Enterprise AI Era

The Buyer's Scorecard for Agentic Analytics: Evaluating Tooling in the Enterprise AI Era

An eight-category scorecard for judging agentic analytics tools: semantic grounding, governance, validation, action controls, cost, and pilot questions.

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Building Closed-Loop Decision Agents: Moving from Passive BI Dashboards to Active Goal-Directed Workflows

Building Closed-Loop Decision Agents: Moving from Passive BI Dashboards to Active Goal-Directed Workflows

How to build decision agents that observe signals, validate evidence, and act within approved limits, using metric contracts, risk tiers, and human approval.

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S3 Tables MCP Server: Load and Query Iceberg with AI

S3 Tables MCP Server: Load and Query Iceberg with AI

AWS Labs' S3 Tables MCP server lets an AI agent create Iceberg tables, import CSV or Parquet files from S3, and append rows once --allow-write is enabled.

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Decoupled Catalogs vs. Managed Tables: Architectural Freedom in the Age of Table Format Convergence

Decoupled Catalogs vs. Managed Tables: Architectural Freedom in the Age of Table Format Convergence

A decision matrix for choosing between managed tables and decoupled catalogs for Iceberg, covering credentials, optimization, engine choice, and hybrid setups.

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