by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider, Deals
Google has agreed to buy data analytics platform Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close later this year after regulatory approval has been secured. Looker will be integrated into a rebranded Google Cloud Services platform called Anthos. Anthony...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider, Deals
Logi Analytics announced its second major acquisition this year with purchase of data visualization firm ZoomData for an undisclosed amount. Last February, Logi acquired Jinfonet Software which specialized in operational reporting with JReport. The ZoomData buy will...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
Mount Sinai Health Systems has picked Andrew Kasarskis as its first-ever CDO. Kasarskis most recently served as director for the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine. Jessica Kim Chen filed this report in Modern...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider
Chief information Officer Suzanne Kent of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revealed the thrust of the federal data strategy and released a draft action plan that is designed to “establish a firm basis of tools, processes, and capacities to leverage data...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 12, 2019 | CDO Insider
Larger, more complex data sets require greater computing power to wring out the insights hidden within. This is why Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) is buying out supercomputer maker Cray for $1.3 billion as it battles rival IBM in the market for data analytics and...
