By Business & Finance 
Business analytics software company Tableau Software has announced the launch of a new data centre in Dublin – the company’s first European-based data centre.
The new data centre is available to both existing and new Tableau Online customers. Existing customers can choose to migrate to their data to the Dublin-based data centre, while new customers can select their preferred location – either North America or Europe – when setting up their Tableau Online site.
Tableau has more than 35,000 customers in more than 150 countries and the new Dublin could see up to 120 new jobs created.
James Eiloart, vice president, European Operations, Tableau, said: “With the opening of our European data centre, we are responding to a desire from customers to choose where they host their data. We take our mission to help people see and understand their data very seriously – and it’s a global mission. We will continue to invest more into both our capabilities and infrastructure to put analytics into the hands of anyone with data questions.
“Ensuring flexibility has always been central to Tableau’s mission,” adds Eiloart. “From data solutions and deployment options, to data discovery paths, we are now enabling customers to choose where they want their cloud analytics data stored. We’ve always been committed to empowering people in their data analytics journey and this is an important milestone in that journey.”
The new data centre is ISO27001 certified and provides a disaster recovery location in Munich, Germany to ensure the highest levels of security and quality.
