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November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19
Tableau Foundation, Splash fight for clean water in schools

With funding and analytics technology from Tableau, Splash, a global nonprofit organization, is providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene to children in Ethiopia and India.
November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19
Tableau analytics platform upgrades driven by user needs

In a Q&A, Tableau chief technology officer Andrew Beers talks about the driving factors behind recent product upgrades centered around data management and augmented intelligence.
November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19
Tableau partners with AWS to release Modern Cloud Analytics

Tableau revealed an expanded partnership with AWS on Tuesday to help the vendor's on-premises users migrate their analytics operations to the cloud.
August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19
The Salesforce acquisition of Tableau complements Einstein Analytics

Given the different strengths of Salesforce's Einstein Analytics platform and Tableau, the BI tools could prove complementary now that Tableau is part of Salesforce.

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The top augmented analytics tools vendors are offering

From natural language querying to automated data preparation, augmented analytics are key capabilities for the top BI platforms. Read on to see what popular vendors are offering. Continue Reading
Evaluate Grafana vs. Kibana for IT data visualization

Take a deep dive into how Grafana and Kibana can help IT admins visualize critical system data through this database monitoring example. Continue Reading
What Salesforce means for Tableau in the cloud

After the Salesforce acquisition, users have wondered about the future of Tableau in the cloud. Experts weigh in on how the transition could benefit the platform. Continue Reading

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NLP makes augmented data discovery a reality in analytics

BI vendors are increasingly using NLP technology to make their products work more like a web search, with simplified user interfaces and improved ease of use for customers. Continue Reading
Tableau vs. Qlik Sense: Pros and cons of the BI tools

Products from the two top data visualization vendors are starting to resemble each other as the need for strong visualizations and scalability in self-service BI has crystalized. Continue Reading
4 ways natural language querying in BI tools can benefit users

Natural language queries help ease access to BI data and improve analytics insights. See how organizations are putting natural language querying techniques to work. Continue Reading

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Forget monitoring alerts, turn to IT root cause analysis

Alerts get your attention, but they don't always tell you where the core of a problem is to be found. Maybe it's time to shift your IT management strategy. Continue Reading
Convert unstructured data to structured data with machine learning

With access to powerful compute power and advances in machine learning, unstructured data is becoming easier and cheaper for businesses to turn into usable sources of insight. Continue Reading
Good analytics dashboards turn BI data into actionable info

Design issues and new IT trends complicate the process of creating dashboards for business users. But when well-designed, they can help make companies more data-driven. Continue Reading