Microsoft Corporation acquired DATAllegro Inc., a transaction announced in July 2008.
DATAllegro Inc. operates in Data and Storage Platform Division (SQL Server), is based in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. DATAllegro built large-scale, high-performance data-warehouse appliances handling hundreds of terabytes, running patent-pending software on non-proprietary Dell/EMC hardware for retail, telecom, and manufacturing customers. Microsoft acquired it to extend SQL Server's data-warehousing and business-intelligence capabilities to very large data volumes.
Bring appliance-scale, cost-effective data-warehousing technology to the SQL Server platform for enterprise customers managing growing data volumes.
DATAllegro's team and technology will take our data platform to the highest scale of data warehousing.Ted Kummert, Corporate Vice President, Data and Storage Platform Division, Microsoft
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.