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NavanNavan Runs Data Platform Work with Google Cloud
Navan, an information technology organization in the United States, uses Looker from Google Cloud to support data platform operations for data engineers.
Looker sits in the daily path at Navan, especially for data engineers.
“In the United States, data engineers already knew where analytics hosting went wrong: too many copies, too little ownership, and a close process that waited on the loudest inbox.”
“Google Cloud provides infrastructure, analytics, and AI services, including BigQuery and Vertex AI, for data-heavy and machine learning workloads.”
Independent write-up. Figures come from public sources or are illustrative.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Handoffs in data platform operations sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Risk and compliance | Looker is the governed place data engineers use for data platform operations |
| Insight | Fewer stalled items because analytics hosting has a clear owner |
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Navan did not need another dashboard that nobody opened. It needed data platform operations to move. In the United States, data engineers already knew where analytics hosting went wrong: too many copies, too little ownership, and a close process that waited on the loudest inbox.
Looker from Google Cloud is now in that path. Google Cloud provides infrastructure, analytics, and AI services, including BigQuery and Vertex AI, for data-heavy and machine learning workloads. The company treats it as production tooling for data platform operations, which is why data engineers live in it rather than exporting from it once a quarter.
Navan can show how analytics hosting is handled today. That is the value: a repeatable way to run data platform operations on software the rest of the industry already recognizes.
