Databricks is a company founded by the creators of Apache Spark, that aims to help clients with cloud-based big data processing using Spark. Databricks grew out of the Amplab project at University of California, Berkeley that was involved in making Apache Spark, a distributed computing framework built atop Scala. Its co-founders are: In September 2013, Databricks announced that it had raised $13.9 million from Andreessen Horowitz and said it aimed to offer an alternative to Google's MapReduce system.
Flexera Software is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois. The company used to be the Rovi Corporation's software division. On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Cressey Bravo investment fund. In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software. On July 19, 2011 Thoma Cressey Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.
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