Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has finalized its acquisition of Tableau Software for approximately $15.7B in a push to expand capabilities to help customers advance their digital transformation efforts and generate insights from data.

Sean Brophy, regional vice president of public sector sales at Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), has said government agencies should advance the use of data analytics to learn how citizens engage with the government. Brophy wrote that adopting data analytics tools could help agencies identify the needs of citizens and deliver …

Sean Brophy, regional vice president of public sector sales at Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), has said government agencies seeking to develop an interactive, self-service tool should encourage citizens to serve as change agents by allowing them to ask questions through data access and adoption of new technology platforms. Brophy wrote that …

David Rubal, a former vice president at Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), has been named chief technologist for data and analytics at Herndon, Virginia-based government technology services contractor DLT Solutions. DLT said Thursday Rubal will oversee the company’s data analytics, data science, big data and business intelligence portfolio in his new position. Alan Marc Smith, DLT president and …

John McAdam, chairman of the board of directors at F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV), will assume the duties of president and CEO at the technology company effective immediately. F5 said Monday Alan Higginson, lead independent director at F5, will take over as non-executive chairman of the board and that McAdam will …

TYSONS CORNER, VA March 16, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — ExecutiveBiz reported Friday on Carahsoft Technology’s new data preparation platform offering based on Paxata’s automated technology. “Paxata fills a critical technology gap between the industry-leading data management capabilities provided by Cloudera and innovative data visualization functionality pioneered by Tableau, ” Michael …