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NEW YORK CITY, USA – APRIL 6, 2018: View of skyscraper building a suburban cityscape in New York Midtown with the sign of the Salesforce office
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Salesforce.com is undergoing a major transformation, going beyond its commercial / marketing roots and even penetrating the local world. Last year, we had the proof with the acquisition of MuleSoft, a budget of $ 6.5 billion. And of course, this week, Salesforce.com agreed to spend $ 15 billion on Tableau Software, a leader in the growing business intelligence (BI) market.
"An acquisition of this magnitude is a testament to the critical importance and analysis of the value that analytics bring to businesses around the world and across organizations," said Barak Eilam, CEO of PLEASANT.
Just a week ago, there was another important agreement in the BI space. Google has agreed to pay $ 2.6 billion for Looker (here is my to post about the case for Forbes.com).
Yes, things are going fast. So, what does all this mean? & Nbsp; What can we expect?
Well, I contacted different technology professionals to get information:
Todd Olson, CEO of Pendo:
"The decision to acquire Tableau comes down to a simple fact: data makes it possible to make better business decisions, but only if they bring real-time meaning to the entire business. The traditional point of view was that the more data there was, the better it was, so the companies increased the amount of data that they have ingested exponentially in recent years. But the only way to work with all this data is to make it accessible to all organizations in the company, whether marketing, sales, support or product to make better decisions in real time. Salesforce envisions this future and knew it needed a visualization tool such as Tableau to help customers leverage more of the data stored in Salesforce. "
Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx:
"The acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce is a validation for the market, confirming the strategic importance of digital transformation for businesses worldwide and the vital role that data and analytics play in this area. We continue to witness a consolidation of the sector like this and this could be an indicator of more upcoming M & A activity, as companies seek to strengthen their analytical capabilities. Tableau and Salesforce are both long-term partners of Alteryx and we look forward to continuing to work with them as this acquisition progresses. "
Adam Wilson, CEO of Trifacta:
"The $ 15.7 billion acquisition by Tableau of Salesforce and the acquisition of Looker by $ 2.6 billion by Google Cloud is a direct response to the fast pace of analytics workload migration to the cloud. Machine learning, artificial intelligence and analysis are now the main growth opportunities for the cloud and we will continue to see significant investments in these areas. Beyond these billions of data analysis transactions, what will be the next area of focus for the data industry? Businesses that solve critical data preparation, data quality and governance issues, including Trifacta, Alteryx and Talend, will be key players to watch as the data industry continues to grow exponentially and that more and more workloads are being transferred to the cloud. "
Brian Keare, CIO on the field of Incorta:
"The recent acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce represents an attempt to simplify the process of analyzing complex data for customers. It also proves that companies recognize that they do not have solutions to handle the complex data fire hose – and that they are willing to spend a lot of money to solve this problem. "
Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab:
"This acquisition validates the trend we have seen in the importance of differentiating technological innovations that can be purchased and operated faster than they can be built in-house. Tableau completes other recent Salesforce purchases such as Mulesoft, and time will tell what impact these offers will have on users. "
Michael Pickett, Vice President of Business Development and Ecosystems at Talend:
"BI is clearly a hot topic in the data-driven world. Major players are taking bold initiatives to ensure they can control BI capacity within their product suites. In addition, Tableau continues to disrupt the business intelligence industry, so it will be interesting to see what happens now that they are under the Salesforce umbrella. "
Tom (@ttaulli) is the author of the forthcoming book, & nbsp;Artificial intelligence basics: non-technical introduction.
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NEW YORK CITY, USA – APRIL 6, 2018: View of skyscraper building a suburban cityscape in New York Midtown with the sign of the Salesforce office
Getty
Salesforce.com is undergoing a major transformation, going beyond its commercial / marketing roots and even penetrating the local world. Last year, we had the proof with the acquisition of MuleSoft for $ 6.5 billion. And of course, this week, Salesforce.com agreed to spend $ 15 billion on Tableau Software, a leader in the growing business intelligence (BI) market.
"An acquisition of this magnitude is a recognition of the critical importance and analysis of the value that analytics bring to businesses around the world and to other organizations," said Barak Eilam, CEO of NICE.
Just a week ago, there was another important agreement in the BI space. Google has agreed to pay $ 2.6 billion for Looker (here is my post on the deal for Forbes.com).
Yes, things are going fast. So, what does all this mean? What can we expect?
Well, I contacted different technology professionals to get information:
Todd Olson, CEO of Pendo:
"The decision to acquire Tableau comes down to a simple fact: data makes it possible to make better business decisions, but only if they bring real-time meaning to the entire business. The traditional point of view was that the more data there was, the better it was, so the companies increased the amount of data that they have ingested exponentially in recent years. But the only way to work with all this data is to make it accessible to all organizations in the company, whether marketing, sales, support or product to make better decisions in real time. Salesforce envisions this future and knew it needed a visualization tool such as Tableau to help customers leverage more of the data stored in Salesforce. "
Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx:
"The acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce is a validation for the market, confirming the strategic importance of digital transformation for businesses worldwide and the vital role that data and analytics play in this area. We continue to witness a consolidation of the sector like this and this could be an indicator of a greater activity of future mergers and acquisitions, as companies seek to strengthen their analytical capabilities. Tableau and Salesforce are both long-term partners of Alteryx and we look forward to continuing to work with them as this acquisition progresses. "
Adam Wilson, CEO of Trifacta:
"The $ 15.7 billion acquisition by Tableau of Salesforce and the acquisition of Looker by $ 2.6 billion by Google Cloud is a direct response to the fast pace of analytics workload migration to the cloud. Machine learning, artificial intelligence and analysis are now the main growth opportunities for the cloud and we will continue to see significant investments in these areas. Beyond these billions of data analysis transactions, what will be the next area of focus for the data industry? Businesses that solve critical data preparation, data quality and governance issues, including Trifacta, Alteryx and Talend, will be key players to watch as the data industry continues to grow exponentially and that more and more workloads are being transferred to the cloud. "
Brian Keare, CIO on Incorta's field:
"The recent acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce represents an attempt to simplify the process of analyzing complex data for customers. It also proves that companies recognize that they do not have solutions to handle the complex data fire hose – and that they are willing to spend a lot of money to solve this problem. "
Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab:
"This acquisition validates the trend we have seen in the importance of differentiating technological innovations that can be purchased and operated faster than they can be built in-house. Tableau completes other recent Salesforce purchases such as Mulesoft, and time will tell what impact these offers will have on users. "
Michael Pickett, Talend's Vice President of Business Development and Ecosystems:
"BI is clearly a hot topic in the data-driven world. Major players are taking bold initiatives to ensure they can control BI capacity within their product suites. In addition, Tableau continues to disrupt the business intelligence industry, so it will be interesting to see what happens now that they are under the Salesforce umbrella. "
Tom (@ttaulli) is the author of the forthcoming book, Artificial Intelligence Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction.