Posts by Clinton Ford

In rapidly changing environments, Azure Databricks enables organizations to spot new trends, respond to unexpected challenges and predict new opportunities. Organizations are leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to derive insight and value from their data and to improve the accuracy of forecasts and predictions. Data teams are using Delta Lake to accelerate ETL...

Azure Databricks enables organizations to migrate on-premises ETL pipelines to the cloud to dramatically accelerate performance and increase reliability. If you are using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) today, there are a number of ways to migrate and run your existing pipelines on Microsoft Azure. The challenges with on-premises ETL pipelines In speaking with customers,...

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now in Microsoft’s Azure Government region, enabling new data and AI use cases for federal agencies, state and local governments, public universities, and government contractors to enable faster decisions, more accurate predictions, and unified and collaborative data analytics. More than a dozen federal agencies are building...

At Databricks, we are extremely excited to have Microsoft as a Diamond sponsor of the first virtual Spark + AI Summit. Microsoft and Azure Databricks customers are coming together at Summit. Rohan Kumar, Corporate Vice President of Azure Data, will deliver a keynote on Thursday morning. Additional Microsoft speakers and Azure Databricks practitioners will present...

Data lakes enable organizations to consistently deliver value and insight through secure and timely access to a wide variety of data sources. The first step on that journey is to orchestrate and automate ingestion with robust data pipelines. As data volume, variety, and velocity rapidly increase, there is a greater need for reliable and secure...

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now certified for the HITRUST Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF®). Azure Databricks is already trusted by organizations such as Electrolux, Shell, renewables.AI, and Devon Energy for their business-critical use cases. The HITRUST CSF certification provides customers the assurance that Azure Databricks meets a level of security...

At Microsoft Ignite 2019, thousands of attendees participated in hands-on workshops, breakout sessions, and theater presentations to learn how customers are achieving phenomenal results with Azure Databricks! It was an action-packed week of making new connections and learning about new innovation across data science, data engineering, and business analytics. We shared the news that over...

In the last two years since it first became available, thousands of companies have adopted Azure Databricks, making it one of the fastest growing data and AI services on Microsoft Azure. Customers now process over 2 exabytes per month with millions of server-hours spinning up every day. All of this is driven by organizations like...