Microsoft has fused a number of its new data processing technologies into a single package designed to help organizations get more value from their growing piles of data.

The new suite, called Cortana Analytics, is designed to “democratize big data,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, during the opening keynote of the company’s World Wide Partner Conference in Orlando, Florida.

The package is designed to “allow any business to transform itself through the power of data,” Nadella said. Microsoft has worked to minimize the expertise needed to deploy Cortana Analytics, thereby potentially broadening the scope of where such technologies can be used.

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