SAP dives deeper into Iceberg with Dremio acquisition
SAP has acquired Dremio, a data integration and analytics provider, to enhance its data analytics and AI capabilities by integrating external data sources. The acquisition aims to make SAP's Business Data Cloud an Apache Iceberg-native enterprise lakehouse, unifying SAP and non-SAP data. This move strengthens SAP's position in the data lakehouse market amid competition with formats like Databricks' Delta Lake.
- ▪SAP acquired Dremio to extend its data analytics and AI agent-building tools into external data sources.
- ▪The acquisition will make SAP's Business Data Cloud an 'Apache Iceberg-native enterprise lakehouse' that unifies SAP and non-SAP data.
- ▪Apache Iceberg is an open table format originally developed at Netflix and competes with Databricks' Delta Lake format.
- ▪SAP previously partnered with Databricks to support bidirectional data sharing using Delta Lake as the initial delivery format.
- ▪Dremio was valued at $2 billion during a 2022 funding round that raised $160 million.
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Databases SAP dives deeper into Iceberg with Dremio acquisition ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration Lindsay Clark Tue 5 May 2026 // 13:20 UTC SAP has snapped up Dremio, a data integration and analytics provider, to extend the reach of its data analytics and AI agent-building tools into external data sources. The ERP giant spent an undisclosed sum on the Iceberg-based lakehouse biz in a bid to help its customers eliminate data fragmentation and improve integration. The purchase will, according to SAP, complement its data warehouse and analytics platform, Business Data Cloud, and SAP HANA Cloud.
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