Although Microsoft Excel does has a limited set of visualization options for charts and graphs, this is not the primary function of the app itself so the functionality is understandably narrow.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Data on its own can be bewildering, apparently meaningless ...

The Web-based version of Tableau’s analytics system allows data visualizations to be published, reused, and embedded in Web pages as if they were YouTube videos ...

Tableau Software Inc. said today it has managed to jack up the speed at which enterprises can visualize important data for decision-makers. This morning the company launched a new release of its ...

Christian Chabot, in an exclusive interview, explains how Tableau Software is putting a consumerized face on business intelligence and analytics There’s a reason big companies put business ...

There are people who have the time and talent necessary to stare at columns and rows of data, plug in variables and use sophisticated software tools to help them understand and solve problems and ...

Last week, I agreed to a briefing about Tableau 8.0, the company’s latest release and what they say is the biggest product news of the year. Well, I am unimpressed. The new Tableau software is robust, ...

On the heels of Google buying analytics startup Looker last week for $2.6 billion, Salesforce today announced a huge piece of news in a bid to step up its own work in data visualization and (more ...