computer science

Sisense

Sisense is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sisense rather than just read about it. In short: Sisense is an American business intelligence software company headquartered in New York City, United States. It also has offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale and in other locations.

Key takeaways

Sisense belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sisense to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sisense from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sisense is an American business intelligence software company headquartered in New York City, United States. It also has offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale and in other locations.

History Sisense was founded in 2004 in Tel Aviv, Israel, as a provider of business intelligence tools for small to midsize businesses. The company initially focused on research and development and did not formally publicize its products until 2010. Initial investors included venture capital firms Genesis Partners and Opus Capital and private investor Eli Farkash. By 2012, Sisense raised $10 million and expanded its operations to the United States. That same year, Amit Bendov was appointed as the company's new CEO. Series B and C financing followed in 2013 and 2014, respectively, at which point Sisense had raised $44 million. TechCrunch noted that Sisense's growth and funding during this period reflected the degree to which it made big data analytics accessible to ordinary business users. By 2014, the company had opened an office in New York and about 70 percent of its sales were in the U.S. In 2015, Amir Orad was appointed CEO, replacing Bendov. Orad previously served as CEO of NICE Actimize. Series C and D funding followed in 2016 and 2018 respectively, bringing Sisense’s total funding to $174M over five rounds. In May 2019, Sisense acquired Periscope Data, a U.S. based company specializing in advanced analytics and predictive modeling. The combined company represented more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue, over 2,000 customers, and more than 700 employees. With another round of funding in January 2020, Sisense reached a valuation exceeding $1 billion, often referred to as unicorn status. In 2022, Sisense began a series of massive layoffs, firing half of the company. In April 2023, Ariel Katz was appointed CEO, replacing Orad. Katz previously served as Sisense’s Chief Products and Technology Officer (CPTO) and General Manager of Israel.

Technology The company develops business intelligence software that allows users to access and analyze big data. The company's analytics suite, Sisense Fusion, uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze data. The platform allows users to customize their analytics dashboards and data visualization by industry and by a user's role within a business. The software can also alert users to anomalous results. In 2019, the company acquired data science software company Periscope Data, and renamed its software Sisense for Cloud Data Teams. As of 2021, the software platform integrates with platforms such as Adobe Analytics, AWS, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake to provide users with the data input for analysis.

See also Science and technology in Israel

References

External links Media related to Sisense at Wikimedia Commons Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sisense

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sisense claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sisense before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sisense ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sisense

In research: Sisense appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sisense in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sisense is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Business intelligence companies, Business software, Companies based in New York City, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sisense outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Sisense in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sisense means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Sisense out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sisense in simple terms?

Sisense is an American business intelligence software company headquartered in New York City, United States. It also has offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale and in other locations.

Why does Sisense matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Sisense?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Sisense.