New partnership helps businesses analyze and present Birst data
Business intelligence systems have in the past delivered large amounts of data but in a format that wasn't necessarily easy to use as it was extracted from legacy systems.
In an effort to make BI data more accessible, cloud intelligence and analytics specialist Birst has announced a partnership with Tableau Software to combine the latter’s powerful visual analytics with Birst’s agile and scalable Cloud BI data platform through an ODBC connector.
"Tableau's mission is to help people see and understand their data. Insightful visual analytics require access to every source of data across an organization," says Dan Jewett, Vice President of Product Management at Tableau Software. "By helping Birst create a connector to Tableau, our companies are continuing this vision by elevating the analytics experience for customers".
The combination enables Birst customers to create dynamic, interactive visualizations that are based on a single source. It offers the speed and ease-of-use that people want in analytics combined with the modern, enterprise-grade data architecture needed to run today’s businesses.
"In an era where legacy BI vendors are losing ground, you have two forward-thinking technology companies like Birst and Tableau, typically seen as competitors, now working together to help more people make better decisions with data," says Jay Larson, CEO of Birst. "The reality is that Birst's and Tableau's technologies are much more complementary than competitive, and we’re thrilled about this unique opportunity to work with Tableau to deliver analytics to everyone, from developers to data analysts to business users, without forcing companies to make trade-offs between speed, ease-of-use and data governance".
More information is available on the Birst website and you can sign up for a webinar on the link up taking place on May 21.
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