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Dancing with the cloud: Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky takes steps to fight homelessness

by Kurt Schlosser on March 11, 2023March 12, 2023 at 10:39 am

There’s no dancing around the seriousness of the homelessness crisis in Seattle. But a group of notable personalities in the city, including Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, will do… Read More

Amazon Web Services pitches customers on cloud savings, makes bigger push into applications

by Todd Bishop on November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 at 1:44 pm

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky made his pitch to businesses to double down on the company’s cloud technologies, and made it clear that Amazon’s own ambitions increasingly extend well… Read More

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Amazon moves physical retail tech teams into cloud division, looking to accelerate third-party adoption

by Todd Bishop on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 at 5:38 pm

Amazon is shifting tech teams for its physical stores from its consumer division to its Amazon Web Services cloud division, aiming to further expand the use of the company’s in-store… Read More

Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky sees ‘endless’ opportunities to tailor services to industries

by Todd Bishop on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 at 1:34 pm

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky echoed his predecessor Andy Jassy in his first AWS re:Invent keynote address Tuesday morning, citing vast opportunities for growth as more companies embrace the… Read More

Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky hints at new directions for AWS as re:Invent begins

by Todd Bishop on November 29, 2021February 3, 2022 at 6:32 am

Amazon Web Services this week is holding its first re:Invent conference without Andy Jassy at the helm of the tech giant’s cloud unit. The traditional keynote address Tuesday morning will… Read More

Amazon plans to investigate discrimination within AWS after hundreds of employees sign petition

by Kurt Schlosser on July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 at 10:50 am

Amazon says it plans to investigate allegations of discrimination and bias within its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit after an employee petition criticizing the culture and seeking a probe… Read More

Incoming AWS CEO Adam Selipsky shares leadership lessons from pandemic in first public appearance since leaving Tableau

by Taylor Soper on May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 at 6:17 pm

Adam Selipsky has years of work experience to draw upon, from stints as a vice president at RealNetworks and Amazon, to leading Tableau Software as CEO for five years. But… Read More

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy

by Taylor Soper & John Cook on March 23, 2021March 29, 2021 at 9:34 am

Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. Selipsky is a… Read More

Salesforce cuts 1k jobs, including some at Tableau, vows to keep hiring while ‘reshaping’ company

by Todd Bishop on August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 at 3:36 pm

Salesforce is cutting jobs after reporting record earnings, creating “shocked disbelief” inside the company, one newly laid-off Seattle employee tells GeekWire. The cuts, announced internally on Tuesday and Wednesday, involve… Read More

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Inside the Tableau Conference: CEO Adam Selipsky on Salesforce deal, AI, and employee activism

by Todd Bishop on November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 at 3:23 pm

LAS VEGAS — Nearly 20,000 people are here this week to learn about the latest from Seattle-based Tableau Software, whose technologies turn large amounts of data into visualizations, or vizzes,… Read More

Salesforce chief Marc Benioff shows up at Tableau’s conference — here’s what he said

by Todd Bishop on November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 at 11:12 am

LAS VEGAS — Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky introduced “one of the newest members of the Tableau community” to the crowd at the Seattle company’s annual conference here Wednesday morning,… Read More

UK regulators finally clear Salesforce and Tableau to integrate, but continue review of $15.7B deal

by Todd Bishop on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 at 10:39 am

Regulators in the UK have given Salesforce and Tableau Software the go-ahead to start integrating their business operations, more than three months after the San Francisco cloud giant completed the… Read More

New filing on Salesforce’s Tableau deal reveals tough six-month negotiations, $552M break-up fee

by Nat Levy on July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 at 12:21 pm

Salesforce’s $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software came together after nearly six months of back-and-forth negotiations, and the companies didn’t agree on major details — including how much Tableau was… Read More

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Salesforce’s $15.7B Tableau deal is a defining moment for the West Coast tech ‘megalopolis’

by Todd Bishop on June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 at 9:27 am

Salesforce surprised the tech world this week with its agreement to acquire Tableau Software for $15.7 billion — although maybe it shouldn’t have been a surprise, after the Seattle-based data… Read More

Inside ‘Salesforce HQ2’: Tableau CEO says rapid growth will continue in Seattle after $15.7B deal

by Todd Bishop on June 11, 2019June 12, 2019 at 10:41 am

There are no Salesforce signs in the lobby. The top floor hasn’t been converted into an Ohana room. And believe it or not, some of the products made in these… Read More

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky on $15.7B acquisition by Salesforce: ‘The growth potential is enormous’

by Todd Bishop on June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 at 11:11 am

Since taking over as Tableau Software CEO nearly three years ago, former Amazon Web Services executive Adam Selipsky has shifted the data visualization and business intelligence company to a new… Read More

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Seattle will become Salesforce HQ2 via $15.7B Tableau deal, as Benioff gushes about talent pool

by Todd Bishop on June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 at 10:48 am

With its $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software, announced Monday morning, Salesforce isn’t just making a bet on a single company, or on the business intelligence and data visualization market.… Read More

Salesforce to buy Tableau for $15.7B, betting on business data in deal for Seattle tech mainstay

by Todd Bishop on June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 at 10:47 am

Salesforce will buy Tableau Software for $15.7 billion in an all-stock deal announced Monday morning, doubling down on data visualization and business intelligence with a deal for one of Seattle’s… Read More

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Tableau acquires MIT AI spinoff Empirical Systems, opens new R&D center in Boston area

by Todd Bishop on June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 at 10:39 am

Tableau Software has acquired Empirical Systems, an eight-person artificial intelligence startup based in Cambridge, Mass., planning to integrate Empirical’s technology into the Tableau platform and establish a new R&D center… Read More

Tableau revamps subscription offerings to woo enterprise customers, unveils data analysis tool

by Nat Levy on April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 at 12:18 am

Tableau Software overhauled its subscription pricing structure, offering several different packages of its data visualization products to gain a stronger foothold among big companies. These options replace Tableau’s current subscription… Read More

Tableau subscriptions growing faster than expected, but stock drops following earnings miss

by Nat Levy on November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 at 1:34 pm

Tableau Software stock is down Thursday after the company fell short of Wall Street expectations for profits and revenue. The Seattle data visualization company reported earnings 8 cents per share… Read More

Tableau unveils new products to speed up and simplify data visualization at Las Vegas customer conference

by Nat Levy on October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 at 8:51 am

Tableau Software is holding its annual customer conference in Las Vegas this week, and the data visualization company showed off a slate of products and upgrades centered around, speed, simplicity… Read More

Tableau’s subscription play starts to pay, boosting profits above Wall Street expectations

by Nat Levy on August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 at 1:35 pm

Tableau Software’s stock is up in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported strong quarterly earnings results amid an ongoing shift to a subscription model for the data visualization company.… Read More

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Tableau unveils new subscription pricing model for data visualization products

by Nat Levy on April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 at 10:29 pm

Tableau Software has released monthly subscription prices for its data visualization products, following through on a plan first disclosed last year to pivot its pricing focus from perpetual licenses to subscriptions. Here are… Read More

Tableau goes with Amazon Web Services for new expansion into public cloud

by Todd Bishop on November 29, 2016November 30, 2016 at 6:12 am

Seattle-based Tableau Software is making a big move into the public cloud, expanding the subscription-based, hosted version of its data visualization technology, Tableau Online, beyond its own data centers and onto Amazon… Read More

Q&A: New Tableau CEO talks lessons learned from Amazon, and his vision for growth

by Nat Levy on November 9, 2016November 10, 2016 at 5:56 am

It’s a busy time over at Tableau Software. Less than two months after bringing in its first new CEO since it was founded in 2003 — former Amazon Web Services… Read More

Tableau unveils new wave of products, seeking to show growth potential after rocky year on Wall Street

by Nat Levy on November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 at 10:12 am

Tableau Software revealed an array of new data visualization and analytics tools at its annual conference in Austin this morning, as part of a “roadmap” for the company’s next few years. The updates,… Read More

The Amazon-ization of Tableau? How this tech CEO is bringing Bezos’ values to his new gig

by Nat Levy on November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 at 11:13 am

Amazon seems to have made quite an impression on new Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky. Taking questions from investors for the first time this week, the former Amazon Web Services vice… Read More

Tableau shifting to subscription model in new bid to boost data visualization business

by Nat Levy on November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 at 4:07 pm

When Tableau Software hired former Amazonian Adam Selipsky to be its first new CEO since the company was founded in 2003, it was clear that at least a few things… Read More

Tableau stock tumbles 13% on mixed earnings results in latest blow to data visualization company

by Nat Levy on November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 at 2:42 pm

The first earnings report with new CEO Adam Selipsky at the helm was a mixed bag for Tableau Software, as the Seattle-based visualization company beat Wall Street expectations on earnings per share and… Read More

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