George Fraser

Fivetran Agrees to Acquire HVR, Raises Series D

Fivetran Agrees to Acquire HVR, Raises Series D

Fivetran plans to acquire HVR, the leader in enterprise database replication, and raises $565 million in Series D funding.

Fivetran Introduces Breakthrough for Database Replication

Fivetran Introduces Breakthrough for Database Replication

Best-in-class database replication now combines the benefits of snapshots and log-based systems — while avoiding the drawbacks.

How to Use Measures With One-to-Many Joins

How to Use Measures With One-to-Many Joins

Make sure you don’t duplicate aggregated values when you join tables together.

 Are You Ready to Hire Data Scientists?

Are You Ready to Hire Data Scientists?

Data scientists can drive innovation and growth, but you need to put the right foundation in place to fully unlock their value.

The Business Case for Ditching Your Data Lake

The Business Case for Ditching Your Data Lake

Cloud-based data warehouses offer unlimited scalability with the best features of both traditional data warehouses and data lakes.

Marketing Analytics: Why You Need a Modern Data Warehouse

Marketing Analytics: Why You Need a Modern Data Warehouse

A cloud-based data warehouse is your shortcut to superior marketing analytics and a 360-degree view of your customers.

Databricks Is an RDBMS

Databricks Is an RDBMS

Databricks combines the best of data lakes and data warehouses.

Improving Data Analytics: Three Essential Steps

Improving Data Analytics: Three Essential Steps

Harnessing data to drive business decisions is a key competitive advantage. For next-level analytics, follow these three principles.

Kafka Is Not a Database

Kafka Is Not a Database

It's important to understand the uses and abuses of streaming infrastructure.

2020 Cloud Data Warehouse Benchmark: Redshift, Snowflake, Presto and BigQuery

2020 Cloud Data Warehouse Benchmark: Redshift, Snowflake, Presto and BigQuery

Our latest benchmark compares price, performance and differentiated features for BigQuery, Presto, Redshift and Snowflake.

Cloud Data Warehouse Benchmark 2020: Redshift, Snowflake, Presto, and BigQuery

Cloud Data Warehouse Benchmark 2020: Redshift, Snowflake, Presto, and BigQuery

The Fivetran data warehousing benchmark compares price, performance and differentiated features for Redshift, Snowflake, Presto, and BigQuery

Fivetran Achieves “Unicorn” Status With $100 Million Series C Financing

Fivetran Achieves “Unicorn” Status With $100 Million Series C Financing

We will use the funding to accelerate global expansion and drive adoption in the enterprise market.

How Many Americans Have COVID-19?

How Many Americans Have COVID-19?

Fivetran uses data and BigQuery ML to estimate hidden COVID-19 cases.

Seven-Plus Years and Counting ... We’ve Got Momentum

Seven-Plus Years and Counting ... We’ve Got Momentum

Fivetran hits several notable milestones and appoints industry veteran Bob Muglia to its board of directors.

Introducing Consumption-Based Pricing

Introducing Consumption-Based Pricing

We're moving to a new pricing model that better reflects our actual costs and the value we offer our customers.

Fivetran Raises $44 Million Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Fivetran Raises $44 Million Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz has led our Series B round. We plan to use the funding to strengthen our automated products and hire across all office locations and roles.

Why a Monolithic Data Warehouse Is the Right Choice for Most Organizations

Why a Monolithic Data Warehouse Is the Right Choice for Most Organizations

Most problems associated with the EDW are actually problems with ETL. The foundation of a successful data warehouse is proper separation of concerns.

When to Adopt a Data Lake – and When Not to

When to Adopt a Data Lake – and When Not to

Are data lakes the right approach for your organization?

Our Perspective on Google's Acquisition of Alooma and Talend's Acquisition of Stitch

Our Perspective on Google's Acquisition of Alooma and Talend's Acquisition of Stitch

A note from Fivetran co-founders George Fraser and Taylor Brown on recent consolidation in the data pipeline space.

A Word From Our Founders

A Word From Our Founders

Fivetran CEO George Fraser and COO Taylor Brown describe our journey to the recent $15 million Series A round.

Why You Shouldn't Use Postgres or MySQL as Your Data Warehouse

Why You Shouldn't Use Postgres or MySQL as Your Data Warehouse

Columnar databases, not OLTP databases, are the appropriate choice for a data warehouse.

Serverless ETL With Cloud Functions

Serverless ETL With Cloud Functions

ETL custom data sources into your data warehouse, using Fivetran and serverless cloud functions.

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