In essence, they needed to crunch massive amounts of information to identify the source of insurance company claims processing problems. They said that most of the big savings came from simply getting work to the right person faster.

We hear that a lot from customers - "it saved us days, weeks, even months." Many times, they are talking about their own personal productivity. But just as often, they are talking about more rapidly getting useful information into the hands of people who can do something about it.

People quote "time is money" all the time. Usually, it's just a meaningless cliche. But in this case, it's real.

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One way to view these visualiztions is to use just your browser. You'll be able to view the viz and read a little about each scenario. But, a much more interesting thing to do is to find a visual example you really like, download the associated Tableau packaged workbook and use Tableau Desktop to view, edit, filter and interact with the visualizations or to create your own. Get a free time-based trial of Desktop if you don't already have it. Or, use our free application, Tableau Reader, which will let you view, filter and interact with the workbook.

The cool thing is not only will you learn more about business analytics and interactive visualization, you'll also find some very interesting and useful information. For example, did you know...

+ over the last 50 years, the destructive potential of hurricanes has increased as sea surface temperatures have increased?

+ Idaho seems to have the largest population of black bears early on, but experiences a major population decrease in 1972?

+ the largest numbers of people who watch both Fox News Channel and CNN tend to be moderate Democrats, conservative Republicans and moderate Independents?

+ energy prices between 1982 and 2003 have typically stayed much lower than other goods but have risen dramatically since 2003?

Anyway, we hope you get a chance to enjoy these visualizations. And we'll keep adding more. So, if you see any you particularly like or dislike OR if you have suggestions or comments OR if you have or know of interesting data, please let me know.

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+ Special keynotes like Stephen Few and Professor Pat Hanrahan

+ Customer case studies including Cornell University and Coca Cola

+ Best practices sessions on improving you visualization and analytics

+ Hands-on training

+ Special sessions featuring the upcoming Tableau 4.0 release (in fact, attendees will be among the first to get their hands on the new release)

We're offering customers an "early bird" price of $995 (if you register by May 16). This covers all general sessions, break-out sessions, training sessions, food, materials and entertainment (including a baseball game Sunday and a special party at the Seattle Aquarium). We're expecting a big crowd so register today to guarantee your spot.

And if you don't see a session or event you were expecting, please leave a comment and let us know. We have some room to add special sessions and would welcome your ideas.

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