The key to visualization is simplicity in the presentation, no matter how it is applied, and irrespective of industry-specific applications of visualization. Below we list what we think are the best ...

Nishith Sharma is the co-founder of frrole, a social intelligence startup. Raw data is boring and it’s difficult to make sense of it in its natural form. Add visualization to it and you get something ...

It doesn’t matter whether you subscribe to the “right brain” or “left brain” camp—the human mind is drawn to aesthetically pleasing shapes, colors, and patterns. And that’s exactly where data ...

Data visualization allows enterprises to create and study the visual representation of data, empowering organizations to use a tool to “see” trends and patterns in data. A primary goal of data ...

Like any technology, data visualization tools can be used poorly. We share expert tips for getting the most value out of data visualizations in business. It’s one thing to see a blur of numbers on ...

Data visualization is emerging as the best way to understand the massive data streams and the events in our lives that shape who we are, where we live and the communities that define our interactions.

This story contains interviews with data visualization professionals Moritz Stefaner, Scott Murray, Benjamin Wiederkehr, partner at design and technology studio Interactive Things, data visualization ...

Today's data visualization tools go beyond the standard charts and graphs used in Excel spreadsheets, displaying data in more sophisticated ways such as infographics, dials and gauges, geographic maps ...