Tableau Partner of the Year
We’re delighted to announce that The Information Lab have been recognised by Tableau as EMEA Partner of the year for 2013.
Read MoreTCCEU13 Tableau Speed Challenge: An Inspiring Experiment
A few months ago, during a marketing round table, The Information Lab team wanted to communicate just how fast and easy it was to use Tableau Desktop. Ideas were thrown around leading to bringing a speed challenge to the Tableau Customers Conference 2013 in London, which took place last week. Working in a company that not only loves the Tableau product but is also inspired by it, we weren’t happy with just noting down times but instead had a customised ‘Top Gear’ style scoreboard built. But how would people do? We tried it out internally and started seeing times of 90s,...
Read MoreDay 2 of TCCEU13: What’s the future for Tableau?
As we’re coming to the close of day 2 of the Tableau Customer European Conference (see the twtter hashtag #tcceu13) we wanted to upate you guys on what we can expect from Tableau in the near future.
Read MoreJust how quick can you Tableau?
So everybody knows Tableau is fast at creating dashboard right? And everybody know just how much Tableau customers love the software and how easy it is to use? This week at the Tableau Customer Conference in London (#TCCEU13) The Information Lab decided to quantify this by running a speed test. Just how quickly can you create a three part dashboard? A few weeks ago Beverly posted all the details about the challenge (which you can find here) and by the looks of tweets we’ve been getting people have been practising ever since. What do you think the fastest time will be? Whether...
Read MoreIs it Used by the Person Selling to You?
New products or ways of doing things are sometimes immediately apparent. The first iPhone would be an example with it’s touch screen, availability of apps and extended functionality. In other cases the new way of doing something evolves in a series of steps to the point that there isn’t widespread awareness that something new has arrived. I think of Tableau in this latter category. Although fans of Tableau can talk about an ease of use that means it can be used by anyone, interactive visualisations that support real time analytics and an agile approach that strikes the right...
Read MoreThe Great Tableau Dashboard Speed Test
One of the greatest things about working with Tableau is being able to explore your data at the speed of thought. Here at The Information Lab we decided to take that idea and run with it. What did we come up with? The Great Tableau Dashboard Speed Test. What is it? It’s a simple challenge – how fast can you recreate this dashboard? When is it happening? The competition will be held from 10-12 June during the European Tableau Customer Conference. If you haven’t registered for the conference yet, do it now. Where? You’ll find The Information Lab HQ at our sponsor stand...
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