Databricks acquires data-optimization startup Tabular in fresh challenge to Snowflake
Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, speaks at the company's Spark and AI Summit in San Francisco in April 2019.Data analytics software maker Databricks said in a statement on Tuesday that it's acquiring Tabular, a startup that helps optimize data stored in the cloud.The gesture could help Databricks more quickly bring out products as it faces competition from Snowflake and other entities.The price wasn't immediately known but The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Databricks is paying betwe ...