Oracle snaps up Datascience.com to form a unified machine learning platform

Datascience.com is employed by the likes of Amgen, Rio Tinto and Sonos to improve productivity, slash operational costs and introduce machine learning solutions more rapidly than would otherwise be possible.

The platform provides self-service access to a suite of open source tools, data and computing resources, all of which will now be added to Oracle’s own extensive machine learning, big data and analytics offering.

Amit Zavery, executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Platform, Oracle said: “Every organisation is now exploring data science and machine learning as a key way to proactively develop competitive advantage, but the lack of comprehensive tooling and integrated machine learning capabilities can cause these projects to fall short. With the combination of Oracle and DataScience.com, customers will be able to harness a single data science platform to more effectively leverage machine learning and big data for predictive analysis and improved business results.”

Ian Swanson, CEO of DataScience.com, added: “Data science requires a comprehensive platform to simplify operations and deliver value at scale. With DataScience.com, customers leverage a robust, easy-to-use platform that removes barriers to deploying valuable machine learning models in production. We are extremely enthusiastic about joining forces with Oracle’s leading cloud platform so customers can realize the benefits of their investments in data science.”

This is Oracle's second purchase in a month, following its acquisition of contextual targeting specialists Grapeshot.