IBM has acquired Ahana, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based provider of PrestoDB, an open source, distributed SQL query engine created at Facebook (now Meta). IBM’s acquisition of Ahana is in line with its strategy to invest in open source projects and foundations, and Ahana’s contributions to the Presto open source project will aid in the development of new capabilities to the query engine and increase its reach in the market.
