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Visual Analytics – Sophistication vs Ease of Use 2016 Ease of use and sophistication are usually conflicting properties of software technology. Sophistication usually implies steep learning curves and high skill levels. However some products seem to do very well in both respects, and the chart above plots out those that…

5 Power BI Alternatives 2016 Microsoft Power BI comes as a Windows desktop platform and  as a cloud service. Platforms that might be considered alternatives include: Qlik Sense is a drag-and-drop data visualization and discovery platform capable of addressing most business intelligence needs apart from heavy duty production reporting. It…

InsightSquared vs Tableau 2016 There really is not much similarity between InsightSquared and Tableau. InsightSquared is a cloud service providing sales reporting functionality and with little facility to create bespoke reports. It is mainly used by medium and small businesses to satisfy their sales reporting needs, and is specifically constrained…

Data Visualization Software. Visual analytics is the act of finding meaning in data using visual artifacts such as charts, graphs, maps and dashboards. In addition, the user interface is typically driven by drag and drop actions using wholly visual constructs. The up side to this is ease of use –…

5 Qlik Sense Alternatives Qlik Sense is an easy to use visual analytics platform, with an excellent data discovery engine and good extensibility. This list of five alternatives contains products that have other strengths and may represent a better fit for some needs. Tableau is probably the highest profile visual…

Tableau Software has announced it has acquired HyPer, a high performance database system initially developed as a research project at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). As part of the technology acquisition, Tableau will add key technical personnel and plans to establish a research and development center in Munich and expand…

Note: this is a long article and can be downloaded as a PDF here. Tableau Strategic Review Summary Tableau is without doubt the highest profile visual analytics platform. This is due in the main to excellent sales and marketing, and a good understanding of the frustrations and desires of millions…

What is Tableau? Tableau is a visual analytics platform. Most of us will interpret this to mean that Tableau produces various visual artifacts to display data – charts, maps, dashboards, tables and so on. Tableau however means ‘visual analytics’ in a different way, and specifically it means that the visualization…

Article sponsored by Sisense:  Businesses are gaining insights from data that simply were not possible just a few years ago. This capability is powered by a new breed of data visualisation tools, and the ability to morph complex data into a form that is suitable for analytical purposes. While most…