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The 10 Coolest Big Data Tools Of 2021 (So Far)
Rick Whiting
Managing ever-growing volumes of data continues to be a challenge for business and organizations. Here are 10 cool big data management tools and platforms that have caught our attention.

AtScale CloudStart
AtScale’s flagship product, the Intelligent Data Virtualization platform, uses semantic layer technology to provide cloud-based OLAP (online analytical processing) analytics for distributed data—no matter where it resides.
The Boston-based company’s new AtScale CloudStart, launched in May, provides a way to build analytics infrastructure on cloud data platforms by integrating AtScale’s semantic layer with cloud data management systems including Snowflake, Microsoft Azure Synapse SQL, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift and DataBricks.
CloudStart makes it easier to connect business analytics tools like Tableau, Power BI and Looker to multiple cloud data sources.