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With bets on Looker and BigQuery Google aims to bolster cloud data analytics push

With bets on Looker and BigQuery Google aims to bolster cloud data analytics push

Less than two years after taking the helm at Google Cloud, Chief Executive Thomas Kurian has made his playbook for competing with Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Azure clear: Build for a multicloud future, democratize analytics and press the advantage offered by BigQuery. That last strategy has proved to be a major factor in Google [] The post With bets on Looker and BigQuery, Google aims t

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Author: Mark Albertson

Date: 2020-11-07

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