The merger of equals would combine Hadoop software developers with complementary strengths in data storage, advanced analytics, and data management.
The growing popularity of best-of-breed applications plays into the hands of data integrators like Talend.
The enterprise software firm would have a market cap between $2.2 billion and $2.4 billion — compared to the $4.1 billion valuation it received in 2014.
Six technology IPOs priced last week, with mixed results.
