Effectively powering the 21st

century digital workplaceTableau

Alberto OrtizTableau Product Manager, Dell I/T

Session MT102

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Business Intelligence is continuing to evolve

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Know your use case needs

Adhoc

Self-service “Question-of-the-Day”

adhoc visualization

Operational Reporting

Polished, standardized & interactive

visual dashboards

Executives

Operational users

Analysts

Server (Sharing)• Web sharing of all content

• Self-service exploration

• Visibility to underlying data

Desktop (Creation)• New data connections

• New advanced visuals

• New dashboards

Only developers need desktop licenses

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Determines Tableau environment needs

Size is dependent on # of users and use type

Clusters are self-contained, but not true “enterprise”

Still #1 visualization BI tool in the industry so we need to be creativeFat client

Web client

Background 1

Viz worker 1

Background 2

Viz worker 2

Viz worker 3

Gateway 2

Gateway 1

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…And network architecture needs

Requires secure, yet performant connectivity to content across any device

On-prem is easier (and more traditional) while building Wi-Fi

Remote access adds difficulty… and options for connectivity

Firewall InternetIntranet

Firewall InternetIntranet DMZFirewall

VPN

Secure web browser

Tableau App

Finally, balance is needed

IT Needs

• Performance of the environment

• Data & device security

• User Security

• Content management & maintenance

User Needs

• Increased flexibility & simplicity

• Increased global access

• Increased decision-making Speed

• Reduction of feedback loops

Balance access

with data security

Simplicity must

be part of

the equation

Performance &

usability depend

on design

For content, design the solution for the userAdditional considerations

Limited real

estate on

smaller devicesTo app or not

Predominant

devices used

… and design the solution for the deviceAdditional considerations

Thank you