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.

Tableau is a data visualization tool that helps users create charts, graphs, maps and dashboards for visualizing and analyzing data. It provides a platform for understanding data, and for sharing ...

ClearGraph founders Ryan Atallah and Andrew Vigneault at Tableau Software’s Palo Alto office. (Tableau Photo) Tableau Software has acquired ClearGraph, a Palo Alto, Calif. startup that helps people ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the age of accelerated digital transformation, data is integral to day-to-day operations and long-term planning. To help transition innumerable data points into a more comprehensive narrative, ...

Choosing the right way to visualize your data makes the difference between telling a clear, compelling story or creating cognitive overload. Here's how to pick. Data is best understood when presented ...