Whitepaper - Why IT Professionals Choose Tableau for Modern BI and Analytics

A growing demand for data means an increasingly competitive business intelligence and analytics market. Modern, self-service analytics introduced new, user-friendly visual analysis capabilities—but also entirely new considerations for the evaluation process of enterprise BI platforms.

Understand the value of modern, self-service analytics

Modern analytics is not a commodity—today’s enterprise BI platforms are not created equally and it’s critical to understand their value and ability to drive transformation, versus serve as a “good enough” business intelligence tool.

Learn why Tableau is a market leader in enterprise BI

Tableau is the market-leading choice in modern, self-service business intelligence, offering the greatest analytical breadth, depth, and flexibility with the Tableau platform. Everything we do is driven by our mission to help people see and understand data, and our commitment to offering the most user-friendly, complete modern analytics platform.

This paper is written for IT and business intelligence decision makers to understand what differentiates Tableau from other analytics solutions in the market. Read on to learn about what Tableau offers, including:

• Relentlessly customer-focused innovation—from our patented VizQL interface to natural language capabilities and visual, direct data preparation
• Flexibility and choice in deployment—including on-premises, public cloud, or fully hosted SaaS with more than 75 native data source connections
• Unmatched analytical breadth and depth for users of all skill levels—from drag-and-drop operations and powerful, intuitive mapping capabilities to smart recommendations driven by AI and machine learning
• The most passionate community of data enthusiasts—our diverse, global community is not just a source for inspiration and support, but directly influences our product development