Google to team up with Looker platform in $2.6 billion deal The acquisition is expected to be completed later this year. https://www.cnet.com/news/google-to-team-up-with-looker-platform-in-2-6-billion-deal/
I wonder just how good this software from Looker really is. It was founded just in 2012, what a deal they made. And you have got so many other big companies that are active in the Business Intelligence space, think of SalesForce, SAS and SAP.
Exactly. Google has a forward force of scouts who are smart enough to know which one's could be worth acquisitions with plenty of backup resources to spin it off or jettison if it proves a dud for them.
BTW, last week Salesforce decided to buy Tableau, another big takeover in the BI sector. https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/10/s...-company-tableau-for-15-7b-in-all-stock-deal/
Looker 7, first major release in company's Google era, announced November 6, 2019 https://www.zdnet.com/article/looker-7-first-major-release-in-companys-google-era-announced/ Looker: Looker Announces Looker 7: Accelerating Insights to Action by Infusing Data Experiences Into Workflows
Google's Looker takeover faces UK competition probe CMA will assess whether merger will harm UK market December 2, 2019 https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3084390/google-looker-cma-probe
Google Acquisition Of Looker Data Sciences Approved February 13, 2020 https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-enterprise/merger-acquisition/google-acquisition-looker-331670 Google: Google completes Looker acquisition
Looker boosts marketing integration with parent Google in first updates since acquisition August 6, 2020 https://siliconangle.com/2020/08/06...-google-first-enhancements-since-acquisition/