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Tableau "Mobilizes" Visualization

With Vizable, its new mobile-first offering for data visualization and analysis, Tableau says it's targeting "people who don't yet know that they, too, can see and understand their data." With a number of key data integration-related improvements to its bread-and-butter visual discovery tool, Tableau is poised to become more self-serviceable for existing users as well.

Year in Review: The Year of DIY in BI

Highlights of the major business intelligence events in 2015, the year when do-it-yourself business intelligence took off.

Operationalizing and Embedding Analytics: 3 Best Practices for Taking Action

What good is analyzing data if you don't take action on it?

How to Find a Story in Data

Tips for data storytellers who struggle to find stories in data.

That Was the Year That Was: Major Data Warehousing Events of 2015 (and Predictions for 2016)

How accurate were our data warehousing observer's predictions, and what's ahead for 2016?

Survey Reveals Progress, Back Sliding in BI Self-Service Trends

Despite strong benefits, fewer than a quarter of users have access to BI self-service tools and technology.

Real-World BI: Why Analytics Must Grow

At a recent event staged at Boston's historic Fenway Park, a presentation by Yellowfin highlighted the importance of analytics scalability.

Data Storytellers: Making a Story Meaningful

Say "data story" to data people, and most say "visualization." Why, then, do observations of data storytelling by a Tableau co-founder and a second Tableau executive go beyond visualized data?

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