Data Analytics Acquisitions

A number I had not heard of,  interesting review of analytics advances and implications.

8 Data Analytics Acquisitions That Will Re-Shape the Industry  in 7wData

Big data is big business, and the marketplace for data analytics and Business Intelligence software is gushing with innovative providers and advanced technologies. The proliferation of enterprise data science has seen an already vibrant landscape grow even brighter, with continued interest from major players and outside firms looking to expand their product portfolios. With millions invested and billions in valuation, analytics and BI providers are emerging as some of the fastest-growing (and most profitable) companies on the planet.  .... " 

Salesforce to Acquire Tableau

Worked with Tableau from the very beginning.   Seen impressive things from both companies.  Indications from both for linking to learning AI.

Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal   By Ingrid Lunden  @ingridlunden / 6 hours ago

On the heels of Google  buying analytics startup Looker last week for $2.6 billion, Salesforce today announced a huge piece of news in a bid to step up its own work in data visualization and (more generally) tools to help enterprises make sense of the sea of data that they use and amass: Salesforce is buying Tableau for $15.7 billion in an all-stock deal.

The latter is publicly traded and this deal will involve shares of Tableau Class A and Class B common stock getting exchanged for 1.103 shares of Salesforce  common stock, the company said, and so the $15.7 billion figure is the enterprise value of the transaction, based on the average price of Salesforce’s shares as of June 7, 2019.

This is a huge jump on Tableau’s last market cap: it was valued at $10.79 billion at close of trading Friday, according to figures on Google Finance. (Also: trading has halted on its stock in light of this news.) ... " 

Recorded Future Bought by Insight Partners

Recorded Future is a company we worked with in its early years, and reported here about them since then.  Good company.  Their recent movement towards 'threat intelligence' analysis is of interest.

The security acquisitions continue: Insight Partners buys Recorded Future for $780M   By Maria Deutscher in SiliconAngle

Insight Partners does most of its investing through growth-stage funding rounds, but the venture capital giant occasionally makes bigger bets as well. The firm today announced that it has acquired threat intelligence startup Recorded Future Inc. for a hefty $780 million.

The transaction is the third nine-figure acquisition that the cybersecurity industry has seen this week. On Wednesday, Palo Alto Networks Inc. bought container protection specialist Twistlock Inc. for $410 million along with a second, smaller startup called PureSec. A day earlier, FireEye Inc. picked up network monitoring provider Verodin Inc. in a $250 million deal.  ... " 

Key New AI Deals

In Inc:  Some key acquisitions in AI that are worth examining:

Artificial Intelligence Deals Top $1 Billion
Apple, Google, Intel, Salesforce and Samsung are among the most aggressive acquirers   By Lisa Calhoun  .... " 

Salesforce Acquisitions for Data and Analytics

Interesting list, speculation of course, but the whys are interesting.  In particular for companies that already deal with large amounts of data, its acquisition, analytics and delivery for business value. Not included,  Linkedin, whose acquisition by Microsoft that Salesforce has been objecting to.

Salesforce Could Be Eyeing These 8 Companies  By Tess Townsend, Staff reporter, Inc.com 

Leaked slides published by the Wall Street Journal reveal a list of companies Salesforce may have interest in acquiring. These eight companies haven't been ruled out.  ... "