In the last few weeks, there has been a glut of news from many of the major players, new and old, in the analytics space. As complicated as the analytics landscape can be, it’s starting to feel like important ideas and standards are asserting themselves and gaining widespread adoption.
And speaking of Databricks, it’s one of four important companies https://www.sap.com/ announced on March 8 that it would be partnering with in the context of its https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/datasphere.html service, a revamped release of what was known as SAP Data Warehouse Cloud.
And Informatica wasn’t the only cloud data integration company making news in the last couple of weeks.
Analytics is becoming more cloud-oriented, more ubiquitous and more embedded, in platforms not focused on analytics exclusively, or even primarily.