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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, ...

My masters degree has been languishing for years. I've completed all of the coursework and only needed to write a thesis. I just couldn't manage to prioritize it over writing jobs that actually paid ...

Tableau Software (DATA) had a bit of a rocky road to get to today’s acquisition by Salesforce (CRM) for $15.7 billion in stock. Over the past few years, Tableau has had to fend off intense competition ...

Business intelligence and data analytics are popular buzzwords. But businesses face considerable obstacles to turning the buzz into better decisions. Now Looker, a Santa Cruz, Calif.-based supplier of ...

Mark Nelson is stepping down as CEO of Tableau Software, less than two years after he took the helm of the Seattle-based data visualization company owned by Salesforce. Nelson announced the news on ...

It takes more than medicine to fight malaria, Seattle-area researchers have found – it also takes software. Two Seattle enterprises have paired up to join the government in Zambia as it works to ...

Data visualization software company Tableau Software, going by the symbol “DATA,” will start trading tomorrow on the New York Stock Exchange at $31 per share, up from earlier today when the company ...

Salesforce has announced its intention to purchase Tableau Software in a deal worth $15.7 billion. On Monday, the US cloud software giant said the acquisition will be made through an all-stock ...