Wall Street is swimming in data--good news for providers of data visualization software who are seeking to help firms better and more quickly understand a sea of information that is only getting deeper.
Vendors that specialize in the area, along with giants like Google and Microsoft Corp., who are relatively new on the scene, are capitalizing on the vast quantity of real-time data that traders and portfolio managers must review and process on a daily basis. Thanks in part to the proliferation of visually sophisticated consumer Web sites--YouTube is often cited--technology providers are seeing increased interest in graphically rich business intelligence tools.
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