Data-visualization companies are creating buzz with visual representations that let you "see" your data and manipulate it—instead of reading columns of numbers. Big data is a big plus: You can collect ...

Data can often feel overwhelming—rows upon rows of numbers, scattered information, and endless spreadsheets that seem to blur together. If you’ve ever stared at a dataset wondering how to make sense ...

Visualizing time series data is often the first step in observing trends that can guide time series modeling and analysis. As time series data analysis becomes more essential in applications across ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- Last week, I stopped by Alon Halevy's office to learn how to visualize large data sets onto a map. Halevy, who heads the Data Group at Google Research, walked me through the ...

Success with a smart VF is less about the screens and more about how people interact with the data and each other.

There’s always something going on in the field of data visualization, but until recently it was only something that people in the field noticed. To the outside world, beyond perhaps an occasional ...

What do you think of when you see the words "Microsoft Excel?" For many, it's "cells," "numbers," and "formulas." However, there's much more to the program than that! You can also create stunning 3D ...

CartoDB, an online map maker and business intelligence startup, wants to make it easy for anyone to communicate information with a map. Today the startup is unleashing a new feature, One-Click Mapping ...

At the core of digital transformation lies data democratization, the practice of making data accessible throughout all departments of a business, not simply the C-suite and IT team. Datasets are ...