Tag: acquisition
Google Doubles Down on Cloud Data Migration
Data integration startups have become prime acquisition targets as cloud analytics vendors look to beef up their migration capabilities. What that in mind, Google Cloud announced this week it intends to acquire data m Read more…
Embedded Analytics Sector Consolidates
Embedded analytics specialist Logi Analytics Inc. is acquiring Jinfonet Software, developer of a Java-based architecture used to embed interactive dashboards and reports into web and other enterprise applications. Ter Read more…
Cloudera Unveils CDP, Talks Up ‘Enterprise Data Cloud’
Cloudera today shed more light on its strategy to develop a unified flagship offering called Cloudera Data Platform, which is core to its emerging "enterprise data cloud" strategy. It also announced plans to maintain exi Read more…
With Eye on Oracle, MariaDB Buys Clustrix
MariaDB Corp. continued its buying spree this week with the acquisition of distributed database pioneer Clustrix, adding what the buyer said is a scale-out capability running on commodity hardware or in the cloud. Ter Read more…
Qlik Acquires Data Manager
Big data vendors seeking to diversify keep getting bigger, the latest example being data analytics vendor Qlik’s acquisition of enterprise data management startup Podium Data. Qlik, Radnor, PA, said this week the ac Read more…
Google Cloud Adds Cask Data
Leading cloud providers continue to snap up analytics startups with an eye toward expanding access to big data technologies. Cask Data, developers of an application platform that among other things integrates Hadoop and Read more…
HCL, Equity Investor Acquire Actian
Actian Corp., which staged a comeback last year with the introduction of a hybrid database and query engine, is being acquired by India’s HCL Technologies and an equity partner. HCL and private investor Sumera Equit Read more…
Infogix Acquires Data Prepper Lavastorm
Lavastorm, a well-regarded data preparation and analytics vendor, has attracted a buyer backed by an aggressive equity investor as the market sectors continue to consolidate and players seek to scale their operations. Read more…
Cloudian Buys File Storage Pioneer
The vibrant enterprise storage sector that has spawned a batch of aggressive startups offering all-flash and other advanced storage approaches is also showing early signs of realignment as established players look to exp Read more…
Esri Adds an Unstructured Location Data Capability
Spatial analytics specialist Esri continues to expand its mapping platform with the acquisition of ClearTerra, a developer of geospatial and other intelligence tools focused on unstructured data. Esri, Redlands, Calif Read more…
Ignite Buys Database Vendor Infobright
Ignite Technologies Inc., a privately held enterprise software vendor, has acquired Toronto-based analytic database developer Infobright Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Ignite is owned by enterprise Read more…
HPE Acquires Nimble Storage
Hewlett Packard Enterprise continued its headlong push into the hybrid IT market with its second large acquisition of 2017: a $1 billion deal to acquire flash specialist Nimble Storage Inc. and its "predictive flash" cap Read more…
Altiscale Deal Would Boost SAP Hadoop Offerings
In a bid to enhance its enterprise cloud software offerings with expanded Hadoop services, SAP is reportedly acquiring big data analytics startup Altiscale Inc. The web site VentureBeat.com reported late last week tha Read more…
The Rise and Fall of Qlik
Business intelligence software maker Qlik Technologies (NASDAQ: QLIK) today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $30.50 per share, or about $3 billion. As one of the larg Read more…
IBM Buys Weather Company, Forecasts Watson Expansion
IBM, which earlier in the week announced it was launching a new data analytics service with Twitter and the Weather Company, upped the ante on Wednesday (Oct. 28) when it disclosed it would acquire most of the latter's a Read more…
Western Digital Acquires Flash Vendor SanDisk
The recent spate of technology mergers resumed this week as storage specialist Western Digital Corp. announced it was acquiring flash memory vendor SanDisk Corp., for about $19 billion. Along with acquiring greater ac Read more…
Carlyle Group Acquires Novetta
Privately held Novetta, a provider of an analytics platform designed to help clients sift through huge datasets never intended for analysis together, said it has been sold to the Carlyle Group. Arlington Capital Partn Read more…
Fast Data Specialist Tibco Goes Private
Fast data specialist Tibco Software said Sept. 29 it is being acquired by Vista Equity Partners for about $4.3 billion. The deal is reportedly the largest such tech buyout this year. Under terms of the acquisition, Pa Read more…
Adding Autonomy to Personalized Medicine
Autonomy has managed to attract some top talent to talk big data in healthcare, including Dr. Alan Stein, VP of Health Technologies. Stein recently delivered a TED talk at Fogelsom Auditorium in a Dallas hospital to talk about the cost-cutting benefits to better employing big data analytics... Read more…
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