Tableau Launches Cloud BI Product

Grazed from Enterprise Apps Today. Author: Pedro Hernandez.

Tableau Software launched a new cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform named, appropriately enough, Tabeau Online. Available as a software as a service (SaaS) offering or as a hosted version of the company’s Tableau Server product, the cloud BI software helps bring business analytics to organizations of all sizes and all levels of IT competency, according to the company. "Tableau Online will allow people to get their analytics up and running in minutes and add users in a few clicks," said Tableau’s co-founder and Chief Development Officer Chris Stolte, in company remarks.

"It’s completely scalable and secure and requires no infrastructure. It’s the fastest way to get everyone in your company using powerful analytics to make better decisions today," Stolte said. Tableau Online delivers the functionality of the company’s Tableau software platform, but in a manner that requires less investment in IT, promotes collaboration and better supports mobile workforces, asserts Ellie Fields, senior director of product marketing for the company, in a blog post…

"Getting started is just a matter of clicks. You can start with one user or one hundred. Scale up as fast as you want and never worry about infrastructure. When you add users, they get an email, create a username and password, and then simply go to a Web page to sign in," she wrote. Another benefit: Users can securely share dashboards beyond the firewall with colleagues and partners…

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