Cloud Computing: CSC Acquires Big Data Analytics Firm Infochimps
August 8, 2013
Grazed from WHIR. Author: Nicole Henderson.
IT solutions provider CSC acquired big data analytics provider Infochimps on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount. Based in Austin, TX, and Silicon Valley, CA, respectively, Infochimps is a developer of cloud-based big data analysis software for enterprises.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSC, the Infochimps team will report to CSC’s big data and analytics business unit led by Sashi Reddi, VP and GM, CSC. Infochimps will remain under its existing leadership. “At the core of Infochimps’ DNA is our unique, open source-based Big Data and cloud expertise,” Jim Kaskade, CEO, Infochimps said in a blog post. “Infochimps was founded by data scientists, cloud computing, and open source experts, who have built three critical analytic services required by virtually all next-generation enterprise applications: real-time data processing and analytics, batch analytics and ad hoc analytics – all for actionable insights, and all powered by open standards.”…
“We now have the opportunity to practice what we’ve been preaching, by splicing the Infochimps DNA into the CSC organization, acting as a change agent, and ultimately accelerating CSC’s development of its data services platform,” he says. Infochimps has raised $2.6 million, backed by DFJ Mercury, Anduin Ventures, ff Venture Capital, and Stage One Capital…
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