Technology Magazine November 2020 | Page 65

ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
TABLEAU

“ As data volumes continue to grow exponentially , organisations have found themselves playing catch-up when it comes to the management of this asset ”

— Gray Hardell , Senior Manager , Solutions Marketing , Talend
ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Multinational software company Oracle offers a suite of enterprise technology , but is perhaps best known for its database solutions . Founded in 1977 and based in California , Oracle ’ s business intelligence is part of its analytics software offering , boasting machine learning integration for automation and prediction . Also including visualisation and collaboration capabilities , the software is integrated with the company ’ s wider Oracle Cloud Infrastructure . Oracle frames business intelligence as being a critical competency for companies to possess , for both optimising performance and streamlining functions . The company emphasises the capacity to tell stories using its data visualisation features , in order to better interrogate the data on offer .
TABLEAU
Purchased by Salesforce at the beginning of August 2019 for US $ 15.7bn , software company Tableau was founded by researchers from Stanford University . The company has a reputation for the quality of its data visualisation capabilities , which can make data more human-readable and consequently drive greater insights . The latest version of its software , Tableau 2020.3 , features integrations
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