The data analytics race has just taken a very interesting turn with the news that Salesforce is buying Tableau in an all-stock deal worth around $15.7 billion. The deal, which is expected to close by ...

About eight months after unveiling its Wave Analytics Cloud, Salesforce.com on Thursday brought to market the first app in an upcoming portfolio built on the data-crunching and visualization platform.

During the Salesforce.com DreamForce conference this year (disclosure, Salesforce covered my travel and expenses to attend), the company announced Wave, it’s so-called “analytics cloud” product. Wave ...