Qlik to Acquire Data Integration Software Firm Attunity for $560M
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“Attunity’s strength in real-time data delivery across complex cloud environments will uniquely position Qlik to help customers lead with data and align their enterprise analytics strategy,” Qlik CEO Mike Capone said in a press release. “Attunity has demonstrated strong growth in a large market and together we’re better positioned to serve our enterprise customers, along with our partner ecosystem, to solve the most challenging data problems.” In November, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE ) bought Blue Data, a Santa Clara, CA-based company that enables large-scale machine learning deployment. In July, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM ) bought Datorama, a cloud-based marketing intelligence analytics platform. In June, Tableau (NYSE: DATA ) bought MIT spinout Empirical Systems, which offers automated statistical analysis technology.