Google made a big surprise this morning when it announced that it was going to acquire Looker, a great analytics startup. He paid $ 2,6 billion and brings the company to Google Cloud.
TKurian people, CEO of Google Cloud, sees both Companies to provide their customers with a complete data analysis solution. As he explained, ο συνδυασμός παρέχει μια πλατφόρμα ανάλυσης για συνδέσεις από άκρο σε άκρο, συλλογή, ανάλυση και οπτικοποίηση των δεδομένων, σε όλο την Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, εσωτερικές fundamentals data and applications ISV.
Google Cloud has moved into third place, in cloud infrastructure, and Looker is expected to improve its position, as it is a data analytics company with a long history. Looker CEO Frank Bien says the company has 1.600 customers and has income about 100 million dollars.
It may not be a coincidence that Google bought Looker, as the two companies already had a large partnership and 350 joint customers, according to Google.
"We have many common customers with whom we have worked. "One of the great things about this acquisition is that the two companies have known each other for a long time, and we have a very common culture," Kurian said.
This is a huge deal for Google Cloud as Google tries to boost its market share. It seems that the month of June will bring us effectsof major business reorganizations, as 2 days ago h Microsoft and Oracle, in an effort to improve their position in the global cloud market announced their partnership, uniting the cloud services they own.