The Ultimate conda Environment Management Guide
Introduction This document collects configurations, best practices, and other advice from Anaconda’s Professional Services team, compiled across hundreds of customer projects. It is not yet well structured, organized, or proofread, but it still may be helpful! What it covers is advice about configuring conda, specifying environments, managing channels, and generally using conda to meet your […]
JupyterCon 2025
JupyterCon 2025 Thank you for joining us at JupyterCon 2025. This event is now over. If you couldn’t make it to our booth, no worries – check out what you missed below and request to see a personalized demo.  See Upcoming Events Request a Demo ANACONDA SPEAKERS Anaconda presented six sessions throughout the conference, covering […]
Best Machine Learning Software: 8 Open-Source Tools for 2025
Machine learning is quickly becoming a cornerstone of innovation for businesses across industries. Yet for many teams, choosing the right machine learning software can feel overwhelming. Open-source tools offer an accessible starting point, empowering users to build models, analyze data, and unlock insights without the high costs of proprietary solutions. Python stands out for its […]
October 2025
Table of Contents October 2025 Numerically Speaking Welcome to Numerically Speaking, your monthly source for Python, data science, and AI insights. October marks a pivotal moment for Anaconda with new leadership, major Python updates, and tools that eliminate friction in your workflows. This month, Python 3.14 landed with experimental features that could transform concurrent programming. […]
Stop Buying AI Tools: Why Process Beats Technology Every Time
This article is excerpted from “AI Essentials for Tech Executives: A Practical Guide to Unlocking the Competitive Potential of AI” by Hamel Husain and Greg Ceccarelli, published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2025. Reproduced with permission. One of the first questions I ask tech leaders is how they plan to improve AI reliability, performance, or user […]
8th Annual State of Data Science & AI Report
Where Companies Are Moving Ahead and Falling Short in the AI Race Companies pour resources into AI initiatives but face a harsh reality: only 22% have strategic deployment plans. The result? Projects stall, budgets stretch, and promised returns never materialize. This year, we surveyed over 214 engineers and data scientists about what’s working, what’s broken, […]
8th Annual State of Data Science & AI Report
Where Companies Are Moving Ahead and Falling Short in the AI Race Companies pour resources into AI initiatives but face a harsh reality: only 22% have strategic deployment plans. The result? Projects stall, budgets stretch, and promised returns never materialize. This year, we surveyed over 214 engineers and data scientists about what’s working, what’s broken, […]
State of Data Science and AI: How Companies Are Moving Ahead (Or Not) in the AI Race
Fewer than one in four companies—only 22%—consider their AI deployment as strategic. That’s according to the respondents of our State of Data Science and AI survey. An unclear or absent strategy can limit how productive artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives become. However, we’re seeing progress toward those strategic approaches. In particular, there’s a varied mix of […]
Python 3.9 Reaches End-of-Life
As part of the official Python support cycle defined by the Python Software Foundation (PSF), Python 3.9 is reaching its scheduled end-of-life in October 2025. Following this upstream timeline, Anaconda will stop building new packages for Python 3.9 in our main channel of the Anaconda Distribution. Important: All existing Python 3.9 packages will remain available […]
Five Python Data Visualization Examples to Transform Your Enterprise Data
Python has revolutionized data visualization by providing powerful, flexible tools that transform complex data sets into compelling visual narratives. Unlike traditional approaches limited to Excel spreadsheets or proprietary software like Tableau, Python offers unparalleled control over every aspect of data visualization—from basic bar charts and line graphs to sophisticated interactive dashboards and real-time data monitoring […]