Alphabet Inc-owned Google said on Thursday it has completed its $2.6 billion buy...
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
- Alphabet Inc-owned Google said on Thursday it has completed its $2.6 billion buyout of privately held big-data analytics firm Looker Data Sciences after winning clearance from Britain’s competition watchdog. Google announced the cash deal in June, the first major acquisition for its new cloud business Chief Executive Officer Thomas Kurian. The deal aims to build upon the success of Google Cloud’s BigQuery, a tool for managing large datasets.
Looker’s tool enables analysts and other workers to define calculations for items such as revenue or high-value customers and then visualize trends in their data without writing complicated scripts. It competes with Tableau Software Inc DATA.N, Domo Inc (
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian on acquiring Looker and other companies - Business InsiderGoogle Cloud is preparing to close its $2.4 billion acquisition of data analytics company Looker, and CEO Thomas Kurian says it will make more acquisitions 'when the time is right'
Read more »
Google just released 1,000 new images of the most gorgeous landscapes in Google Earth ViewGoogle has shared bird's-eye-view images of some of Earth's most stunning landscapes from space for years now, and it just released its largest update to its Google Earth View collection with 1,000 new images.
Read more »
Tech giants like Facebook and Google set for UK crackdown on harmful contentBritain's media regulator Ofcom has been chosen to crack down on social media companies over how they deal with harmful content.
Read more »
Google takes on EU in court over record antitrust finesGoogle will on Wednesday seek to overturn the first of three hefty European Unio...
Read more »
Google Head Of HR Eileen Naughton To Step Down Amid Unrest At Tech TitanGoogle’s head of human resources, Eileen Naughton, is stepping down from her role as tensions between employees and leaders at the company once renowned for its culture have continued to rise.
Read more »
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian lays out plan to take on AWS, Microsoft - Business InsiderGoogle Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian lays out his master plan for taking on Amazon and Microsoft and says deals over $50 million have more than doubled in 2019
Read more »