Tableau Software releases Version 6

Tableau Software has released Tableau 6.0, which is said to combine significantly enhanced speed, increased usability and visual analytics.

The company highlights the following capabilities of the new version:

One-click data blending—users can now combine multiple data sources on the fly.

Analysis at the “speed of thought”—Tableau’s new data engine is claimed to be faster than existing solutions, allowing users to interactively analyze massive data volumes with instant query times.

In-memory without the limitations—when data is too big for in-memory processing, 6.0 provides a flexible architecture that can optimize data processing across all available hardware.