Salesforce recently acquired Tableau and from what I hear the acquisition has probably improved things at Tableau.
This is a very special case though! Tableau is a company with a lot of Fortune 500 buy-in, but an aging development stack and business model. So this is the case of a somewhat more dynamic larger company acquiring a set of customers and some fundamental tech.
Usually acquisitions are from big/slow/established/monopoly acquiring an upstart and itβs no surprise that usually ends up badly.
I worked at Tableau until very recently and I can't think of any way that the Salesforce acquisition has improved things yet (I do think it will eventually improve things). Did you hear about anything specific?
I've been working with Tableau for around 10 years and the most noticeable thing was making it easier for both developers and end-users to use the platform. Everything from mobile, to toolbar improvements, alerts, the API, etc. seem to have really come together.
Now, these could all have very well been in development before the acquisition, but as a whole, the capabilities have grown tremendously since that time.
Also, it seems like the licensing options for smaller businesses has really been focused on since the acquisition. It's become much more affordable for a small business to get and use Tableau compared to 4-5 years ago.
This is a very special case though! Tableau is a company with a lot of Fortune 500 buy-in, but an aging development stack and business model. So this is the case of a somewhat more dynamic larger company acquiring a set of customers and some fundamental tech.
Usually acquisitions are from big/slow/established/monopoly acquiring an upstart and itβs no surprise that usually ends up badly.