Tableau Software ( ) is an American interactive data visualizationsoftware company focused on business intelligence. It was founded in 2003 in Mountain View, California, and is currently headquartered in Seattle, Washington. In 2019 the company was acquired by Salesforce for $15.7 billion. At the time, this was the largest acquisition by Salesforce (a leader in the CRM field) since its foundation. It was later surpassed by Salesforce's acquisition of Slack.
The company's founders, Christian Chabot, Pat Hanrahan and Chris Stolte, were researchers at the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. They specialized in visualization techniques for exploring and analyzing relational databases and data cubes, and started the company as a commercial outlet for research at Stanford from 1999 to 2002.
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Some visualizations created by Tableau Software.
Tableau has a mapping functionality, and is able to plot latitude and longitude coordinates and connect to spatial files like Esri Shapefiles, KML, and GeoJSON to display custom geography. The built-in geo-coding allows for administrative places (country, state/province, county/district), postal codes, US Congressional Districts, US CBSA/MSA, Area Codes, Airports, and European Union statistical areas (NUTS codes) to be mapped automatically. Geographies can be grouped to create custom territories or custom geocoding used to extend existing geographic roles in the product.
Tableau was founded in January 2003 by Pat Hanrahan, Christian Chabot, and Chris Stolte, and moved its headquarters to the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, the following year. The company has since expanded its Fremont headquarters and announced plans in 2016 for an auxiliary campus in suburban Kirkland, Washington. A new headquarters building opened near Gas Works Park in Wallingford in March 2017 and was followed by a new building in Fremont that opened in 2018.
In August 2016, Tableau announced the appointment of Adam Selipsky as president and CEO, effective September 16, 2016, replacing co-founder Christian Chabot as CEO.
In June 2018, Tableau acquired Empirical Systems, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based artificial intelligence startup, with plans to integrate the company's technology into the Tableau platform. Tableau also announced plans to establish an office in Cambridge as a result of the deal.
On June 10, 2019, Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in an all-stock deal worth over $15 billion.
In March 2021, Tableau announced the appointment of Mark Nelson as president and CEO, replacing Adam Selipsky.
On May 17, 2013, Tableau launched an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, raising more than $250 million. Prior to its IPO, Tableau raised over $45 million in venture capital investment from investors such as the NEA and Meritech.
The company's 2013 revenue reached $232.44 million, an 82% growth over 2012's $128 million. In 2010, Tableau reported revenue of $34.2 million. That figure grew to $62.4 million in 2011 and $127.7 million in 2012. Profit during the same periods came to $2.7 million, $3.4 million, and $1.6 million, respectively.
On February 21, 2011, Tableau posted an updated data policy. The accompanying blog post cited the two main changes as (1) creating a formal complaint process and (2) using freedom of speech as a guiding principle. In addition, the post announced the creation of an advisory board to help the company navigate future situations that "push the boundaries" of the policy. Tableau likened the new policy to the model set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and opined that under the new policy, Wikileaks' visuals would not have been removed, as "the underlying data were statistics about the cables, not the cables themselves".
Tableau Software Article Talk Language Watch Edit This article relies too much on references to primary sources Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tableau Software t ae b ˈ l oʊ tab LOH is an American interactive data visualization software company focused on business intelligence 1 2 It was founded in 2003 in Mountain View California and is currently headquartered in Seattle Washington 3 In 2019 the company was acquired by Salesforce for 15 7 billion 4 At the time this was the largest acquisition by Salesforce a leader in the CRM field since its foundation 5 It was later surpassed by Salesforce s acquisition of Slack 6 Tableau Software Inc TypeSubsidiaryIndustrySoftwareFoundedMountain View California U S 2003 FoundersChristian Chabot Chris Stolte Andrew Beers Pat HanrahanSuccessorSalesforce HeadquartersSeattle Washington U S Key peopleMark Nelson CEO Christian Chabot Chairman ProductsBusiness intelligence Data visualization AnalyticsRevenue877 000 000 United States dollar 2017 Net income5 873 000 United States dollar 2014 Number of employees4 181 2019 ParentSalesforceWebsitetableau com The company s founders Christian Chabot Pat Hanrahan and Chris Stolte were researchers at the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University 7 They specialized in visualization techniques for exploring and analyzing relational databases and data cubes 8 and started the company as a commercial outlet for research at Stanford from 1999 to 2002 Tableau products query relational databases online analytical processing cubes cloud databases and spreadsheets to generate graph type data visualizations The software can also extract store and retrieve data from an in memory data engine Contents 1 Software products 2 Functionalities 3 History 4 Finances 5 Wikileaks and policy changes 6 Awards 7 References 8 External linksSoftware products EditTableau products include 9 10 Tableau Desktop Tableau Server Tableau Online Tableau Prep Builder 11 released in 2018 Tableau Vizable 12 consumer data visualization mobile app released in 2015 Tableau Public free to use Tableau Reader free to use Tableau Mobile Tableau Cloud Tableau Prep Tableau CRM 13 Functionalities Edit Some visualizations created by Tableau Software Tableau has a mapping functionality 14 and is able to plot latitude and longitude coordinates and connect to spatial files 15 like Esri Shapefiles KML and GeoJSON to display custom geography 16 The built in geo coding allows for administrative places country state province county district postal codes US Congressional Districts US CBSA MSA Area Codes Airports and European Union statistical areas NUTS codes to be mapped automatically Geographies can be grouped to create custom territories 17 or custom geocoding used to extend existing geographic roles in the product 18 History EditTableau was founded in January 2003 by Pat Hanrahan Christian Chabot and Chris Stolte and moved its headquarters to the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle Washington the following year 19 20 The company has since expanded its Fremont headquarters and announced plans in 2016 for an auxiliary campus in suburban Kirkland Washington 21 A new headquarters building opened near Gas Works Park in Wallingford in March 2017 and was followed by a new building in Fremont that opened in 2018 22 In August 2016 Tableau announced the appointment of Adam Selipsky as president and CEO effective September 16 2016 replacing co founder Christian Chabot as CEO 23 In June 2018 Tableau acquired Empirical Systems a Cambridge Massachusetts based artificial intelligence startup with plans to integrate the company s technology into the Tableau platform Tableau also announced plans to establish an office in Cambridge as a result of the deal 24 25 On June 10 2019 Tableau was acquired by Salesforce in an all stock deal worth over 15 billion 26 In March 2021 Tableau announced the appointment of Mark Nelson as president and CEO replacing Adam Selipsky 27 Notable Tableau employees include Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Phil Carter and computer scientist and author Leland Wilkinson Finances EditOn May 17 2013 Tableau launched an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange 28 raising more than 250 million 29 Prior to its IPO Tableau raised over 45 million in venture capital investment from investors such as the NEA and Meritech 29 The company s 2013 revenue reached 232 44 million an 82 growth over 2012 s 128 million 30 In 2010 Tableau reported revenue of 34 2 million That figure grew to 62 4 million in 2011 and 127 7 million in 2012 Profit during the same periods came to 2 7 million 3 4 million and 1 6 million respectively 31 Wikileaks and policy changes EditOn December 2 2010 Tableau deleted WikiLeaks visualizations about the United States diplomatic cables leak stating it was due to direct political pressure from US Senator Joe Lieberman 32 33 On February 21 2011 Tableau posted an updated data policy 34 The accompanying blog post cited the two main changes as 1 creating a formal complaint process and 2 using freedom of speech as a guiding principle 35 In addition the post announced the creation of an advisory board to help the company navigate future situations that push the boundaries of the policy 35 Tableau likened the new policy to the model set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and opined that under the new policy Wikileaks visuals would not have been removed as the underlying data were statistics about the cables not the cables themselves 36 Awards EditIn 2008 Tableau was named a Codie award winner for Best Business Intelligence Solution by the Software and Information Industry Association 37 The company was recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for nine consecutive years between 2012 and 2021 38 References Edit Patrizio Andy 2021 10 08 Top Data Visualization Tools eWEEK Retrieved 2021 11 03 a href wiki Template Cite 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Latitude Values Create Territories on a Map onlinehelp tableau com Retrieved 2017 12 12 a href wiki Template Cite web title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Custom Geocode Your Data Levy Ari May 16 2013 Seattle s Tableau raises 254M in year s biggest tech IPO The Seattle Times Retrieved April 22 2019 Huang Gregory T 8 September 2008 Tableau Raises 10M in Second Venture Round Wants To Be the Adobe of Data xconomy com Xconomy a href wiki Template Cite web title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Lerman Rachel January 13 2016 Tableau confirms big Kirkland expansion plans to hire 1 000 The Seattle Times Retrieved April 22 2019 Coombs Casey March 23 2018 Tableau Software opens 110 000 square foot Fremont building Puget Sound Business Journal Retrieved April 22 2019 Lerman Rachel 22 August 2016 Seattle Times Retrieved 23 August 2016 Tableau gets AI shot in the arm with Empirical Systems acquisition TechCrunch techcrunch com Retrieved 2018 06 13 Tableau acquires MIT AI spinoff Empirical Systems opens new R amp D center in Boston area GeekWire 2018 06 13 Retrieved 2018 06 13 Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tableau investor salesforce com Retrieved 2019 06 10 Avidon Erik 24 March 2021 Tech Target Retrieved 19 May 2021 CNBC Big Data s IPO Tableau Software Is a Big One a b Lunden Ingrid May 17 2013 Big Data Analytics Specialist Tableau Software Raises 254M In IPO TechCrunch Retrieved April 29 2014 Financial Statements for Tableau Software Inc Google Finance google com finance Google Finance Retrieved 29 April 2015 Forms S 1 SEC Retrieved 2013 04 11 Arthur Charles Halliday Josh December 3 2010 WikiLeaks cables visualisation pulled after pressure from Joe Lieberman The Guardian London Fink Elissa December 2 2010 Why we removed the WikiLeaks visualizations Tableau Software The Data is In New Policy amp Advisory Board for Tableau Public Tableau Software 2011 02 21 Retrieved 2015 04 07 a b Fink Elissa February 21 2011 The Data is In New Policy amp Advisory Board for Tableau Public Tableau Software Kosara Robert February 22 2011 Tableau Public s New Data Policy EagerEyes blog Retrieved March 13 2013 2008Codie award Winners Archived 2010 02 11 at the Wayback Machine SIIA net Tableau a Leader for 9 consecutive years Tableau Software Retrieved 2021 06 17 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tableau Software amp oldid 1092212907, wikipedia, wiki, book,
