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Leverage Unused Compute Capacity for Data + AI With Azure Spot Instances and Azure Databricks

May 25, 2021 by Clinton Ford, Bruce Nelson and Rebecca Li in Partners

Azure Databricks support for Microsoft Azure Spot Virtual Machines (Spot VMs) is now generally available. Together, Spot VMs and Azure Databricks help innovative...

Azure Databricks Training and Key Sessions at Data + AI Summit 2021

May 11, 2021 by Clinton Ford in Events

Diamond sponsor Microsoft and Azure Databricks customers to present keynotes and breakout sessions at Data + AI Summit 2021. Register for free. Data...

Azure Databricks Achieves DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Microsoft Azure Government

February 11, 2021 by Clinton Ford and Sid Dhulipalla in Partners

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks has received a Provisional Authorization (PA) by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) at Impact...

How to Accelerate Demand Planning From 4.5 Hours to Under 1 Hour With Azure Databricks

January 28, 2021 by Adam Wasserman and Clinton Ford in Engineering Blog

The importance of supply chain analytics Rapid changes in consumer purchase behavior can have a material impact on supply chain planning, inventory management...

Over 200K Enrolled in Databricks' Certification and Training

January 13, 2021 by Taggart McCurdy and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

More than 200,000 individuals have participated in Databricks' certification and training over the past four years, including thousands of partners. In the past...

Azure Databricks Now Generally Available in the Azure China Region

December 10, 2020 by Sid Dhulipalla and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now generally available in Microsoft’s Azure China region, enabling new data and AI use...

Azure Databricks Now Generally Available in Azure Government

December 8, 2020 by Clinton Ford and Sid Dhulipalla in Company Blog

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now generally available (GA) in Microsoft's Azure Government (MAG) region, enabling new data and...

Azure Databricks Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization on Microsoft Azure Government (MAG)

November 25, 2020 by David Cook, Andrew Ledford and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorized at the High Impact level...

Key Sessions for Microsoft Azure Customers at Data + AI Summit Europe 2020

November 17, 2020 by Clinton Ford in Company Blog

Databricks, diamond sponsor Microsoft and Azure Databricks customers to present keynotes and breakout sessions at Data + AI Summit Europe. Data + AI...

Azure Databricks in Public Preview for the Azure China Region

October 14, 2020 by Andrew Ledford and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now available in public preview for Microsoft’s Azure China region, enabling new data and...

How Relogix reduced infrastructure costs by 80% with Delta Lake and Azure Databricks

September 25, 2020 by Tori McCunn and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

Get an early preview of O'Reilly's new ebook for the step-by-step guidance you need to start using Delta Lake. Introduction Relogix is a...

Operationalize 100 Machine Learning Models in as Little as 12 Weeks with Azure Databricks

August 28, 2020 by Kelly O'Malley and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

In rapidly changing environments, Azure Databricks enables organizations to spot new trends, respond to unexpected challenges and predict new opportunities. Organizations are leveraging...

How to accelerate your ETL pipelines from 18 hours to as fast as 5 minutes with Azure Databricks

August 18, 2020 by Adam Wasserman and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

Azure Databricks enables organizations to migrate on-premises ETL pipelines to the cloud to dramatically accelerate performance and increase reliability. If you are using...

Azure Databricks Now Available in Azure Government (Public Preview)

July 14, 2020 by David Cook, Andrew Ledford and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now in Microsoft’s Azure Government region, enabling new data and AI use cases for...

Key sessions for Microsoft Azure customers at Spark + AI Summit

June 23, 2020 by Clinton Ford in Company Blog

At Databricks, we are extremely excited to have Microsoft as a Diamond sponsor of the first virtual Spark + AI Summit. Microsoft and...

Connect 90+ Data Sources to Your Data Lake with Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory

March 6, 2020 by Clinton Ford and Mike Cornell in Company Blog

Get an early preview of O'Reilly's new ebook for the step-by-step guidance you need to start using Delta Lake. Data lakes enable organizations...

Azure Databricks Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification

January 22, 2020 by David Cook and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

We are excited to announce that Azure Databricks is now certified for the HITRUST Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF®). Azure Databricks is already...

Azure Databricks Highlights Adoption of Delta Lake, MLflow, and Integration with Azure Machine Learning at Microsoft Ignite 2019

November 20, 2019 by Abhinav Garg and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

Get an early preview of O'Reilly's new ebook for the step-by-step guidance you need to start using Delta Lake. At Microsoft Ignite 2019...

New Microsoft Azure Data Warehouse Service and Azure Databricks Combine Analytics, BI, and Data Science

November 4, 2019 by David Meyer and Clinton Ford in Company Blog

Read Rise of the Data Lakehouse to explore why lakehouses are the data architecture of the future with the father of the data...