Smart move. Google wants to own the entire data infrastructure. Alooma (acquired in February) gets your data from various sources into BigQuery, then all the analysis is done in Looker.
Unfortunate news for non-Looker users: Supposedly Alooma stopped supporting Redshift and Snowflake integrations following the acquisition, since those compete with BigQuery. If you're using Looker with Redshift or Snowflake you should be concerned.
Edit: By “stopped supporting” I meant they deprioritized it from the roadmap. I do not mean that they disabled the integration.
They did not. We use it with snowflake and it's just fine right now. What they did do was put most of their roadmap on hold while they figure out what future direction looks like.
I should have said "actively supporting" or "actively developing." This is something I heard from one of their customers, which means their customers are noticing a difference.
Unfortunate news for non-Looker users: Supposedly Alooma stopped supporting Redshift and Snowflake integrations following the acquisition, since those compete with BigQuery. If you're using Looker with Redshift or Snowflake you should be concerned.
Edit: By “stopped supporting” I meant they deprioritized it from the roadmap. I do not mean that they disabled the integration.