Intro - Tableau Conference 2014 - theCUBE
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Date: 2014-09-09

Intro,Tableau Conference 2014 with John Furrier and Jeff Kelly

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Customer needs, long-term goals keep Tableau focused

 

While their goals for products are lofty, Jewett said that the business doesn’t have a “moonshot vision.” But he did emphasize that for Tableau, “public and private cloud deployments are critical.” While their company runs cloud-first apps internally, Jewett explained that they have no such expectations from their customers. “We’re committed to whatever the customer needs,” he stated.

Tableau’s may not characterize its goals as “moonshots,” but Jewett expressed that they do understand the size of the market opportunity it’s trying to handle. It’s what keeps the company humble, said Jewett, when they consider “how little [they've] accomplished” in comparison to their long-term goals.

 
Project Elastic brings Tableau to the tablet

 

Part of sustaining customer interest is producing tools that meet customer needs for specific situations or preferences. One of Tableau’s newest tools is Project Elastic, a tablet-based product introduced at the conference. The company’s approach to the Project Elastic release is to “get it out there, test it, see how it works.” This methodology is similar their Story Points release. “With story points,” Jewett explained, “we knew we were going to be on to something, but not sure how people will use it.”

In fact, Project Elastic is one of the three main product highlights from the conference that Jewett believes will have the most impact. The other two are the new ability “import and bring in Excel files” and Tableau’s focus on product performance. After all, “You can ever be too fast,” Jewett quipped.