Tableau Software Named One of Washington's Best Workplaces by Puget Sound Business...

Tableau Software Named One of Washington's Best Workplaces by Puget Sound
Business Journal
2008 Finalists honored and winners announced at special event on August 13

SEATTLE, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Tableau Software(R)
(http://www.tableausoftware.com) was named as one of the finalists for
Washington's Best Workplaces by the Puget Sound Business Journal. The program
was launched last year to identify and recognize best practices in the hiring
and retention of great people. After an extensive and rigorous process, which
included more than 300 nominees and the completion of surveys by
nominee-company employees across the state, workplaces in four different
categories have been identified as Washington's best, based on their various
employee benefit offerings, leadership culture and work/life balance
philosophies. In total, 65 companies have made the grade as finalists.
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Tableau builds applications that help everyday business people see and
understand data. The Tableau Desktop product
(http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/desktop) connects directly to a wide
assortment of data sources, integrating data exploration and visualization to
make analytics fast and easy for nearly anyone of any experience level. Also
available are Tableau Server (http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/server),
which provides Web-based sharing and collaboration capabilities, and the
company's free Tableau Reader (http://www.tableausoftware.com/reader), which
enables anyone to use and benefit from visual analysis. Tableau's products
have already attracted more than 10,000 licensed users ranging from one-person
businesses to the world's largest organizations.
"We're delighted to be recognized as a 'Best Workplace' finalist," said
Tom Walker, CFO. "Every employee plays a key role in Tableau's success and we
are careful to value and recognize contributions. We've built a fast-growing
company on a culture that rewards and honors people who work smart, work hard,
are creative and play well on teams. It's great that the Business Journal
recognizes that."
"Work-force development has never been more important -- or more
difficult -- than it is in today's global economy," said Emory Thomas Jr.,
publisher of the Business Journal. "We believe the Business Journal, as the
Puget Sound area's top source of business information, has an important role
to play in drawing attention to innovations and excellence in the management
of our region's No. 1 resource: its people."
The finalists -- 20 small companies, 20 medium-sized companies, 20 large
companies, and five nonprofits -- will be celebrated at a one-of-a-kind awards
event at Safeco Field on Aug. 13. Honorees and the public alike are invited to
come cheer for the workplace accomplishments of these companies from 5:30 p.m.
to 9 p.m. The celebration will include ballpark food and drink, walking the
bases, caricatures by award-winning Business Journal cartoonist Milt Priggee,
speed pitching, and an awards presentation. The company with the greatest
number of employees present will win a suite at a future Seattle Mariners
game.
For more information, visit: http://www.wabestworkplaces.com.
About Tableau Software
Tableau Software, a privately held company based in Seattle, is the
leading provider of software applications for fast analytics and
visualization. Its award-winning products can be downloaded at
http://www.tableausoftware.com/trial and used by anyone, including executives,
managers, business analysts, strategic consultants, financial professionals,
market researchers, scientists and engineers in nearly every industry. For
more information, visit http://www.tableausoftware.com.
About Puget Sound Business Journal is the region's premier source of
business information, serving an unparalleled audience of business and
community leaders. In addition to the weekly newspaper, the Business Journal
provides daily updates via its web site and email alerts. The company also
plays a vital role in bringing the area's leadership community together by
hosting a wide variety of events throughout the year, from the Washington's
Best Workplaces event at Safeco Field to the annual 100 Fastest Growing
Companies celebration to the Women of Influence awards event. Puget Sound
Business Journal is a unit of American City Business Journals, which operates
41 local business newspapers throughout the United States. Visit Puget Sound
Business Journal on the web at http://www.pugetsoundbusinessjournal.com.
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Chris Warfield of Sterling Communications, +1-206-388-5758,
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