EU antitrust regulator launches preliminary investigations into how Google and Facebook gather, process, use, and monetize data for advertising purposes
drumbeats are again building for #antitrust officials to take a closer look at Big Tech's use of data. Here's what's at stake https://www.politico.eu/.... But if you think this will be a slamdunk case...
Salesforce to buy data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal, a big premium to the company's market cap of $10.8B at Friday's trading close
On the heels of Google buying analytics startup Looker last week for $2.6 billion, Salesforce today announced a huge piece …
Google to buy data analytics startup Looker for $2.6B in cash, Google Cloud's first major acquisition under new CEO Thomas Kurian
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Google to buy data analytics startup Looker for $2.6B in cash, Google Cloud's first major acquisition under new CEO Thomas Kurian
KEY POINTS — The acquisition of Looker is the first major acquisition under former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud …
Business intelligence and big data analytics platform Looker raises $103M Series E at a valuation of $1.6B; CEO says revenue run rate has crossed $100M
Looker has been helping customers visualize and understand their data for seven years now and today it got a big reward …
Business intelligence startup Looker raises $30M Series B to expand engineering and commercial operations, will open office in London
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