Tableau Software CFO， Tom Walker

Sitting on Tableau Softwares balance sheet at the end of the first quarter was $715.7 million in cash and equivalents. What to do with it？ The company will almost certainly use part of it to make acquisitions， Chief Financial Officer Tom Walker said. But what kind of deals？ The complementary kind， Walker said. Something that adds to the companys offerings in terms of products or enhancements to Seattle-based Tableaus existing lineup of data visualization software， he said. Tableau isnt interested in a deal that might be outside its expertise and comfort zone.

2015年一季度末，Tableau软件公司坐拥现金及现金等价物7.157亿美元，被问到如何支配这部分资金时， CFO Tom Walker回答说，几乎肯定的是公司会将一部分用于收购。至于是哪种类型的收购，Walker说是互补类型的收购，“希望通过收购增强公司的产品供给能力或增强现有的数据可视化软件。Tableau对专业之外的或舒适区之外的交易不感兴趣。”