Posts by Scott Walent

Get ready! In less than two weeks, thousands of developers, data scientists, analysts, researchers and business executives from around the world will gather at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, June 5-7, for the 10th edition of Spark Summit. Save 15% by using promo code DATABRICKS. Register today. Co-chaired by Reynold Xin and...

Brussels, the de facto capital of the European Union, has its draw not only to politicians and tourists but technologists and entrepreneurs. So, get ready for Europe's largest big data community gathering dedicated to Apache Spark! Registration is open now, and you can save 15% when you use "DatabricksEU16" during registration. Spark Summit Europe 2016...

San Francisco, as a cosmopolitan metropolis, has its draw not only to artists and tourists but engineers and high-tech entrepreneurs. So, get ready for the largest big data community gathering dedicated to Apache Spark! Spark Summit 2016 will be held from June 6-8 at the Union Square Hilton in San Francisco, and the recently released...

UDPATE: All slides and videos have been posted on the Spark Summit website, check them out! Like all previous Spark Summits, the first Summit of 2016 was a resounding success. As a reflection of Apache Spark’s surging popularity, the Summit in New York grew from 900 people last year, to well over 1,300 people representing...

This February, join the Apache Spark community in New York City at the New York Midtown Hilton for the second annual Spark Summit East on February 16th-18th!   We are happy to announce that the community talks agenda has been finalized and you can find the full list of 60 community talks available at the Spark...

The Databricks team would like to thank the Apache Spark community and our partners for making the inaugural Spark Summit EU 2015 a great success! The Summit was a sold out event with close to 930 attendees from over 40 countries and 330 companies. Amongst the attendees, over 400 individuals took part in three different...

We are excited to announce that the call for presentations for the second Spark Summit East is now open. Please join us in New York City on February 16 -18, 2016 to share your experience with Apache Spark and celebrate its growth. Spark Summit East 2016 is looking for presenters who would like to showcase...

This October, join the Apache Spark community in Amsterdam at the Beurs Van Berlage for the very first Spark Summit in Europe! We are happy to announce that the full agenda is now finalized, you can find the full list of 39 community talks along with the first set of keynotes on Spark-Summit.org. Those looking to...

UPDATE: Slides and videos from the Summit are now available! Check them out now! We are delighted about the success of  Spark Summit 2015 in San Francisco on June 15th and 16th, with three different sold-out Spark Training sessions on June 17th.   This is the largest Spark Summit to date with more than 2000 attendees!...

We are delighted about the success of the first Spark Summit East, held in New York City on March 18th. The summit was attended by a sold-out crowd of over 900 people from more than 300 organizations. Databricks is proud to make all talk videos, slides, training talk videos, and training materials available online for...