Starburst Extends Reach of SaaS Product Galaxy to Solve Cross-Cloud Analytics Challenges, Giving Access to Data Anywhere

With one single SQL query, Starburst customers can analyze data across cloud platforms including AWS

BOSTON, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at AWS re:Invent hosted by Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), Starburst, an analytics anywhere company, announced the industry's first cross-cloud analytics solution with the latest iteration of its SaaS product Starburst Galaxy. First released in February 2021, this most updated version of Starburst Galaxy now allows customers to query data across cloud platforms seamlessly without sacrificing speed or access.

Our research with Red Hat showed that today's modern enterprises are demanding cross-cloud flexibility. Among survey respondents, 62% expect to have all of their data in the cloud by the end of 2021. This migration is not specific to one cloud provider: the number one criteria respondents looked for in cloud data storage was the flexibility to access data from multiple clouds (47%).

"Analyzing data across cloud providers is a growing concern for enterprises as data is increasingly generated and stored in multiple clouds, as well as on-premises data centers. Starburst is at the forefront of helping enterprises address this issue with its Starburst Galaxy managed service, which enables SQL queries to be federated across data stored in cloud object stores and data warehouses, on multiple clouds, without data movement," said Matt Aslett, Vice President and Research Director at Ventana Research.

Due to the rapid move to digitize this past year, countless organizations are now operating on multiple cloud providers. Until now, it's been inefficient to run an organization on multiple cloud providers' platforms due to data access challenges and pricing. Now with Starburst Galaxy, customers can operate efficiently on AWS and other major cloud providers, eliminating data silos and challenges of the past.

"Many vendors make their products available in each of the major cloud providers and refer to them as 'multi-cloud.'  Starburst is taking the industry to a new frontier, as the first to offer "cross-cloud" analytics, enabling SQL joins across tables living in different clouds. At Starburst, we believe you should own your own data and have the freedom to decide where it lives," said Justin Borgman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Starburst. "With Galaxy, we're excited to bring the first cross-cloud analytics SaaS platform to market, and proud to say it includes native security features, a flexible consumption model, and a great user experience."