Google Cloud, MongoDB Take Their Alliance To The Next Level
Tighter integrations between MongoDB’s next-generation database and GCP services like BigQuery and Google Kubernetes Engine are expected to generate opportunities for systems integrators and ISV partners. By Rick Whiting February 25, 2021, 05:15 PM EST
Next-generation database developer MongoDB and Google Cloud are extending the strategic alliance they launched two years ago with a new partnership deal under which the MongoDB Atlas cloud database will be integrated with a slew of Google Cloud services.
The move is expected to provide systems integrators, ISVs and other solution provider partners of the two companies with new opportunities in cloud application development and cloud data migration.
Databricks To Offer Its Big Data Analytics System On Google Cloud
The Databricks Unified Data Platform, using the Google Kubernetes Engine, can be deployed in a containerized cloud environment and link to Google BigQuery and other GCP services. By Rick Whiting February 17, 2021, 09:24 AM EST
Databricks’ Unified Data Platform will be available on the Google Cloud Platform beginning in April, the two companies said Wednesday, completing a trifecta for Databricks whose software already runs on the Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure cloud platforms.
Databrick’s software also will be integrated with the Google BigQuery business analytics system and leverage the Google Kubernetes Engine – enabling businesses and organizations to deploy Databricks in a containerized cloud environment for the first time.
Big Data Software Developer Matillion Raises $100M In Series D Round
The supplier of cloud-native data transformation, integration and replication tools will use the additional funding to accelerate the company’s growth. By Rick Whiting February 16, 2021, 12:59 PM EST
Data integration and transformation software developer Matillion has raised $100 million in a Series D round of funding, the company said Tuesday.
The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners, along with financing from Silicon Valley Bank U.K. Branch.
Matillion is one of a new generation of data ETL (extract, transform and load) software used to prepared and move data from operational systems to cloud-based platforms, such as Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse and Google Big Query, for business analytics, data visualization, machine learning and other tasks.
SentinelOne To Buy Data Analytics Firm Scalyr For $155 Million
Buying Scalyr will help SentinelOne customers ingest massive amounts of machine and application data in real time, allowing them to analyze, query and act with unparalleled speed and cost-effectiveness. By Michael Novinson February 09, 2021, 10:50 AM EST
SentinelOne is making the first acquisition in its nine-year history Tuesday, scooping up data analytics tech developer Scalyr to better ingest, correlate, search and act on data from any source.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based endpoint security vendor said its proposed purchase of San Mateo, Calif.-based Scalyr will make it possible to ingest massive amounts of machine and application data in real time. This in turn will allow businesses to analyze, query and act on data with unparalleled speed and cost-effectiveness, according to SentinelOne.
Google Partners Collaborate On Providing Google Job Opportunities
“This is great for Google, great for partners, and great for job candidates. If someone loves Google technology and remember, less than 1 percent of applicants get hired by Google they have another place to go. No one else not Microsoft, not Oracle, not Salesforce, not any other ecosystem works to support the partner ecosystem like Google Cloud,” says SADA CEO Tony Safoian (pictured). By Joseph F. Kovar February 08, 2021, 09:00 AM EST
SADA, one of Google’s largest channel partners, is partnering with Appsbroker, a large Google MSP, to develop a platform for Google channel partners to connect with potential employees.