Posts by Brian Dirking

This is a guest co-authored post. We thank Igor Alekseev, partner solution architect at AWS, for his contributions.   Data + AI Summit: Register now to join this free virtual event May 24-28 and learn from the global data community. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a Platinum Sponsor of Data + AI Summit 2021, one...

For years Hadoop was the default technology for big data analytics. But over time, it has fallen behind as new technologies have been introduced to provide better analytics solutions. Many organizations are looking at their Hadoop costs and trying to justify migrating to a modern cloud-based analytics platform. Databricks just released the whitepaper, “The Hidden...

Databricks, founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™ and Delta Lake, is thrilled to be a Platinum sponsor at AWS re:Invent 2020, where you can see how we simplify data engineering, analytics and ML with a unified platform. This year, we are bringing the magic and intrigue to your living room. We’ve got a...

This week’s Partner Executive Summit, held in concert with Data + AI Summit 2020 Europe, is a feature event for our 500+ partners globally, and we love to share how partners are critical to making a positive impact on our joint customers with their solutions and integrations. Databricks success simply would not and could not...

Databricks and Summit Gold Sponsor AWS Present on a wide variety of topics at this year’s premier data and AI event. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is sponsoring Data + AI Summit Europe 2020 and our work with AWS continues to make Databricks better integrated with other AWS services, making it easier for our customers to...

Over the past two years we’ve seen a number of organizations moving their data work to the cloud. It simplifies access and scales to handle the biggest volumes. At Tableau, we’re all about customer choice and flexibility, and we’ve enabled our customers to move to the cloud faster than ever. Analytics and data science/machine learning...

Comcast will present a live session on their architecture for metadata and security at our upcoming Databricks AWS  Cloud Data Lake DevDay. The event includes a hands-on lab with Databricks notebooks that integrate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Services like AWS Glue and Amazon Redshift. Our partner Privacera will also show how their solution integrates...

Databricks at the Tableau Conference 2020 Our session Our page The Tableau Conference 2020 begins tomorrow, with our session Databricks: Data Science & Analytics for Data Lakes at 1:30 PM PDT. In this session, Ameya Malondkar and Yana Yang from Flipp, a joint customer using Dataricks and Tableau together, will present how they enable all...

Databricks has a great partner ecosystem of over 450 partners that are critical to building and delivering the best data and AI solutions in the world for our joint customers.  We are proud of this collaboration and know it’s the result of the mutual commitment and investment that spans on-going training, solution development, field programs...

At Databricks, we are excited to have Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a sponsor of the first virtual Spark + AI Summit. Our work with AWS continues to make Databricks better integrated with other AWS services, making it easier for our customers to drive huge analytics outcomes.   As part of Spark + AI Summit,...