And lest you conclude that Big Tech is entirely evil, here’s news of talking prescription drug labels to help the visually impaired – in multiple languages, no less.  Let that warm your heart a bit, Dear Reader, and accept our best wishes for the holidays and New Year.

GoodData has chimed news that self-service insights are the top priority for 2022, cited by 45% of companies.  No surprise there, but you may not realize how far that goal is from reality: business users manage their own data and analytics at just 25% of companies.  It’s managed by IT at 38% and a separate data or business intelligence department at 37%.

Salesforce has reversed course on its bid to acquire data management and integration platform Informatica a source has told Reuters. Informatica itself said that it is not in talks to be acquired. Salesforce stocks rose on this latest news while Informatica’s fell.