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Smart move. Google wants to own the entire data infrastructure. Alooma (acquired in February) gets your data from various sources into BigQuery, then all the an
by gk1 7y ago
Smart move. Google wants to own the entire data infrastructure. Alooma (acquired in February) gets your data from various sources into BigQuery, then all the analysis is done in Looker.
Unfortunate news for non-Looker users: Supposedly Alooma stopped supporting Redshift and Snowflake integrations following the acquisition, since those compete with BigQuery. If you're using Looker with Redshift or Snowflake you should be concerned.
Edit: By “stopped supporting” I meant they deprioritized it from the roadmap. I do not mean that they disabled the integration.
- amelius 7y ago> Google wants to own the entire data infrastructure. Not just the infrastructure. They want the data too!
- gk1 7y agoI doubt it. This isn't the consumer market--they make money from the software or professional services, not advertising.
- v7p1Qbt1im 7y agoI doubt you need to be concerned about Snowflake: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/announcing-snowflake-on-google-cloud-platform https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/announ...
- nofinator 7y agoDid Alooma really stop support for Redshift and Snowflake? Officially they say they still do https://www.alooma.com/solutions/data-warehousing https://www.alooma.com/solutions/data-warehousing Maybe you're personally noticing a difference in the amount of support before and after the acquisition?
- gk1 7y agoI should have said "actively supporting" or "actively developing." This is something I heard from one of their customers, which means their customers are noticing a difference.
- ironchef 7y agoThey did not. We use it with snowflake and it's just fine right now. What they did do was put most of their roadmap on hold while they figure out what future direction looks like.