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Tech and Antitrust Follow-up, Google Buys Looker, Salesforce Buys Tableau

Posted onTuesday, June 11, 2019Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Author by Ben Thompson

Sometimes analysis is about what will happen, not what should happen. Then, two big acquisitions in the data analytics face: Google’s purchase of Looker makes sense, while Salesforce is paying a steep price for Tableau.

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