Salesforce to Acquire Tableau Software
Healthcare Innovation June 11, 2019
Healthcare among Tableau’s fastest-growing vertical markets
Customer relationship management software behemoth Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) announced June 10 it was buying Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), an analytics platform company, for approximately $15.7 billion.
More than 86,000 organizations around the world use Tableau’s analytics and data visualization tools. San Francisco-based Salesforce said that by adding Tableau, it would play a greater role in driving digital transformation, enabling companies around the world to tap into data across their entire business and surface deeper insights to make smarter decisions, drive intelligent, connected customer experiences and accelerate innovation.
At first, Tableau customers may not notice much of a change. Following the acquisition’s close, Tableau will operate independently under the Tableau brand. It will remain headquartered...