Fortune June 6, 2019
Google’s plans to bolster its cloud computing business by buying data analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion.
The deal, announced Thursday, is the biggest move so far under Google[/f500link] Cloud chief Thomas Kurian. He joined Google earlier this year to establish Google’s cloud unit as a formidable rival against larger cloud computing companies like Amazon and Microsoft.
Analysts have long questioned Google’s ability to sell technology services to businesses. While the company has long offered email, word processing tools, and other workplace software, it has struggled to take market share from bigger enterprise companies.
The significant size of the latest deal implies that Google intends to make a bigger push into the enterprise market, on top of Kurian’s recent plans...
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