Trifacta has already made a name for itself with its data-preparation software for the world of big data, but on Monday it set its sights on a broader audience with a free new tool for the desktop.

Data rarely comes in usable form. Data wrangling and exploratory data analysis are the difference between a good data science model and garbage in, garbage out. Novice data scientists sometimes have ...

It’s an oft-repeated lament that getting your data into shape for analysis and visualization typically takes more time than the actual analysis and visualization. Yet while there are lots of players ...