🚨 Major News in Data Engineering! 🚨
Today, two industry-shaking headlines dropped:
1️⃣ Salesforce announces its $8B acquisition of Informatica.
2️⃣ DuckDB releases DuckLake, their open-source lakehouse format!
Join me LIVE as I break down what these moves mean for data engineers, the enterprise stack, and the future of open-source analytics. Bring your questions and hot takes!
🔗 **News Links:**
- DuckLake Announcement: https://duckdb.org/2025/05/27/ducklake.html
- DuckLake Website: https://ducklake.select/
- Salesforce x Informatica: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/27/salesforce-acquires-informatica-for-8-billion/
👇 Drop your thoughts in the chat: Are you excited about DuckLake? Concerned about consolidation in the data space? Let’s talk!
Join us live next Friday (6/6) at 10pm ET when we talk to @the-data-coach !
Then on June 13th at 10pm ET when we chat with @agiledata 's
#DataEngineering #BreakingNews #DuckDB #Salesforce #Informatica #Lakehouse #CloudData #AI
👋 Subscribe for more real-world data engineering news, tutorials, and live breakdowns!
🔗 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/databasemanagement/
#Salesforce x #informatica Acquisition
#techcrunch – Salesforce acquires Informatica for $8B
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/27/salesforce-acquires-informatica-for-8-billion/
Salesforce Investor Relations Press Release
https://investor.salesforce.com/news/news-details/2025/Salesforce-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Informatica/default.aspx
Informatica: #1 in Five Markets (IDC market share blog)
https://www.informatica.com/blogs/informatica-ranked-1-in-five-markets-in-new-idc-data-integration-and-intelligence-software-market-shares-report.html
PeerSpot Informatica PowerCenter Reviews
https://www.peerspot.com/products/informatica-powercenter-reviews
LinkedIn – Informatica Salesforce acquisition comments
https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/content/?keywords=Salesforce%20Informatica%20acquisition&origin=GLOBAL_SEARCH_HEADER
#DuckDB & #DuckLake
DuckLake Official Announcement
https://duckdb.org/2025/05/27/ducklake.html
DuckLake Interactive Demo
https://ducklake.select/
DuckDB Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDB
#dbt Labs Blog – DuckDB’s Rise
https://www.getdbt.com/blog/duckdb-modern-analytics/
PeerSpot DuckDB Community Reviews
https://www.peerspot.com/products/duckdb-reviews
Chris Gambill is a data engineering consultant and educator with 25+ years of experience helping organizations modernize their data stacks. As founder of Gambill Data, he specializes in data strategy, cloud migration, and building resilient analytics platforms for mid-market and enterprise clients. He’s passionate about making real-world data engineering accessible.
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn or learn more at gambilldata.com.
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
Gregg Rosenthal and a rotating crew of elite NFL Media co-hosts, including Patrick Claybon, Colleen Wolfe, Steve Wyche, Nick Shook and Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic get you caught up daily on all the NFL news and analysis you need to be smarter and funnier than your friends.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.