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Type of site | Platform as a servicedata warehouse |
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Available in | English |
Owner | |
URL | cloud |
Registration | Required |
Launched | May 19, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-19) |
Current status | Active |
BigQuery is a managed,serverlessdata warehouse product byGoogle, offeringscalable analysis over large quantities of data. It is aPlatform as a Service (PaaS) that supports querying using a dialect ofSQL. It also has built-inmachine learning capabilities. BigQuery was announced in May 2010 and made generally available in November 2011.[1]
Bigquery originated from Google's internalDremel technology,[2][3] which enabled quick queries across trillions of rows of data.[4] The product was originally announced in May 2010 atGoogle I/O.[5] Initially, it was only usable by a limited number of external early adopters due to limitations on the API.[4] However, after the product proved its potential, it was released for limited availability in 2011 and general availability in 2012.[4] After general availability, BigQuery found success among a broad range of customers, including airlines, insurance, and retail organizations.[4]
BigQuery requires all requests to be authenticated, supporting a number of Google-proprietary mechanisms as well asOAuth.