Apple has acquired database company FoundationDB, according to a report from TechCrunch. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by either of the company.
FoundationDB is a company that makes noSQL database for web applications. Founded four years ago, the company has a team of 40 employees. FoundationDB will no longer offer downloads of its main database software product. The report said that Apple aims to improve its cloud services, App Store, iTunes Connect or iTunes with this acquisition. Apple neither confirmed nor denied the buy to TechCrunch, sending it this statement, “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”