Databricks acquires data optimization startup Tabular in fresh challenge to Snowflake
Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, speaks at the company's Spark and AI Summit in San Francisco in April 2019.DatabricksData analytics software maker Databricks said in a statement on Tuesday that it's acquiring Tabular, a startup that helps optimize data stored in the cloud.The gesture could help Databricks more quickly bring out products as it faces competition from Snowflake and other entities.Databricks is paying over $1 billion to buy Tabular, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said in an...
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