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The Open Source PostgreSQL (sometimes also referred to as postgre) is apparently a very hot goods for large providers of corporate data platform.
Snowflake Purchased PostgreSQL provider acquired privately Crispy datain a deal that is said to be rated with 250 million US dollars. The acquisition takes place barely two weeks after the rivaling databases from Snowflake learned serverless postgresql provider Neon. The couple of PostgreSQL acquisitions underlines the crucial importance of the open source database for modern corporate data and AI workflows.
In contrast to Neon, the only a three -year company, Crunchy Data has been around for over a decade, which was founded in 2012. The core platform of the Crunchy Postgre company is an managed, automated and fully supported version of PostgreSQL. There is also a certain version of the platform for Kubernetes environments and a newer product called Crunchy Data Warehouse, which brings the platform to Data Lakehouse environments.
According to Snowflake, Crunchy Data technology will be the basis for a new offer known as Snowflake Postgre. This enables users to combine crunchy data corporate functions in the safe and ruled perimeter of snowflake. The aim is to simplify how developers create, provide, provide and scalate AI agents and apps.
“In our discussions it quickly became clear that the same trends that crispy data from the operational database world saw post. “With today’s announcement, we aim at the large market for the large online transaction processing (OLTP) and use the reach of snowflake and the flexible, scalable solutions from Crunchy Data for company workloads and developers alike.
Which PostgreSQL support brings snowflake?
Snowflake has its own data cloud platform that a Cloud Data Warehouse offers for its corporate customers.
While Snowflake has a growing customer base, it is not the same as the open source community afterwards. Postgresql has developed into a very popular database, not only for traditional corporate applications, but also for agents -KI. That is why databases have acquired neon.
It also brings a solid developer community. Data analyst Sanjeev Mohan said Venturebeat that this is an excellent acquisition.
“In contrast to Neon, Crunchy is really doing,” said Mohan.
He added that crispy data have a very deep PostgreSQL community of users and are also busy with Kubernetes. Crispy data not only focus on PostgreSQL for operational workloads. It is also able to support analyzes. Postgresql was originally only an OLTP by default LegloydbThis is how you also support OLAP database -Workloads (online analytics processing).
Overall, Mohan is extremely positive about the continued view of PostgreSQL for corporate cases.
“The community has continuously added exceptional skills not only for conventional relational and SQL application cases, but also for the search for time series, JSON and vector, while they award some of the best available geospatial functions,” he said.
Why is PostgreSQL for the snowflake and its enterprise users of importance?
Postgresql is often used in the company. But it is even more important that developers are increasingly using it as the basis for the agents. This is another main reason why databases have acquired neon and why snowflake now collects crispy data.
It is all part of a wider multi -year efforts at Snowflake to deal openly with developers.
“The popularity of PostgreSQL in conjunction with the support of Crunchydata for Data Warehousing on Iceberg corresponds well with the core strategy of Snowflake”, Kevin Petrie, Vice President of Research Barc said venturebeat.
Apache Icebeberg is an open source data lake format that Snowflake supported As part of the growing strategies of the company to use more open technologies. Petrie noticed that it is not too difficult to imagine how companies crunchydata would use within the snowflake platform to create AI applications for common applications such as telemetry, geospatial and advertising analysis.
He is also not too surprised that crispy data is collected.
“The growth of Crunchy Data seems to have been flattened in recent years, so it is not surprising that you choose this outcome,” said Petrie. “The wave of consolidation between data tools and platforms continues.”
Why is it important for the company
For company data and AI executives, the acquisition of snowflake of crispy data is increasing an important point that was already obvious for some: PostgreSQL matters.
Postgresql is no longer just an open source alternative to proprietary relational databases. It is an open, widespread platform that quickly becomes a de facto standard for developers and the companies for which they work to create acting AI and Enterprise applications on a scale.
The large hyperscales, including Google, Amazon and Microsoft, as well as a long list of smaller providers, including EDB, AIVEN and NETAPP instake, are already supporting PostgreSQL.
Now that Snowflake and databases throw their support and hundreds of million dollars at PostgreSQL, it is clear that companies should have them as part of their developer and their AI stack.
