Weekly DaaS Roundup for August 8

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Dun & Bradstreet Exploring Sale Reuters

One of the oldest DaaS companies out there (the ampersand in the name is a dead giveaway of their 19th century origins) is said to be exploring a sale after only 4 years as a public company. Some likely buyers are said to be S&P, Moody’s, LSEG or any of the public credit rating agencies.

NEWS, READS AND MORE

H1 Data-as-a-Service Market Update IKONA Partners

A thorough look at the DaaS industry, largest deals, investors, defensive moats and some predictions what to expect in the back half of the year.

How top data teams are structured by Mikkel Dengsøe

If you employ a data team (and unless you’re a running a single crabbing boat in the Chesapeake bay, you probably should) and ever wondered if you’re operating as efficiently as your peers and competitors, this is a good resource.

The future is DaaS, and it’s personal Amplify Data

A great take on selling data and that in the end of the day what wins is personalized content.

BONUS

LSEG H1 results LSEG

Slides 33 and 34 outline $LSEG’s and $MSFT’s bullishness on DaaS going forward.

🎧THE LATEST WOD PODCAST 🎧

Bright Data CEO Or Lenchner - Why Meta Lost the Web-Scraping Battle

Or Lenchner is the CEO of Bright Data, a leading web data collection company.  In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Or discuss:

• Web data freedom and ethics

• Bright Data's legal battle with Meta 

• Data pricing strategies

• The Israeli tech scene 

World of DaaS is now officially a 30K+ sub channel on YouTube! We started the year 7K strong. Who knew there were so many data nerds enthusiasts out there!

M&A AND FUNDING

RANDOM ART(TIFICIAL HALLUCINATION) OF THE WEEK