Tableau announces 'smart' features, but will it be enough to fend off the competition?

Tableau Software just replaced its CEO after a few rocky quarters on Wall Street, but that didn't seem to faze the enthusiastic crowd of 13,000-plus customers gathered at last week's Tableau Conference in Austin, Texas. Customers shared their love for the software, whooping and clapping about cool new features demoed during the popular "Devs on Stage" keynote. Why the change in leadership given customer satisfaction levels and continued double-digit growth? Hover-over insights, shown inset in blue, will bring instant analysis to Tableau that goes beyond showing the details when you mouse over a data point. Tableau broke its coming attractions into five categories: Visual Analytics, Data Engine, Data Management, Cloud and Collaboration. Here's a closer look at what's in store and a rough idea of what to expect when.