#9 Tableau Software:

Although the software is not a fully fledged BI software, Tableau Software still poses a lot many features that enterprises can rejoice on. The company was founded on 2003 by Christian Chabot, Chris Stolte and Pat Hanrahan and is headquartered in Seattle. The company mainly produces software on data visualization based on Business Intelligence.  Gartner ranks Tableau Software as one among the best providers in BI solutions as people ranked it top for its ease of use, functionality, product quality, product performance, support, customer relationship, success and achievement of business benefits. The software offers three main products, namely Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server and Tableau Reader. Another interesting fact is that the company already has achieved over 94 percent revenue growth in 2011. Gartner also have reported that the company excels in handling large sets of unstructured data.

Tableau Software offers its services to number of clients including tech giant Oracle.

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