6 Reasons to Attend Spark Summit 2016May 18, 2016 by Jules Damji in Company Blog Temples of Developer Knowledge “Developers are the new kingmakers,” wrote Stephen O’Grady in his book “ The New KingMakers: How Developers Conquered the...
Sellpoints Develops Shopper Insights with DatabricksMay 11, 2016 by Saman Keshmiri and Christopher Hoshino-Fish in Company Blog This is a guest blog from our friends at Sellpoints . Saman is a Data Engineer at Sellpoints, where he responsible for developing...
Technical Preview of Apache Spark 2.0 Now on DatabricksMay 11, 2016 by Reynold Xin in Engineering Blog For the past few months, we have been busy contributing to the next major release of the big data open source software we...
Spark Saturday DC: A Meetup SummaryMay 9, 2016 by Jules Damji in Company Blog On a rainy and foggy Saturday morning, April 30th, in McLean, VA., more than 275 Apache Spark enthusiasts, forsaking the comfort of Saturday...
Introducing the Spark Live 2016 TourMay 4, 2016 by Wayne Chan in Company Blog You’ve asked and we’re making it happen - Databricks, the company founded by the team that created Apache Spark, is hitting the road...
How Omega Point Delivers Portfolio Insights for Financial Services with DatabricksMay 2, 2016 by Dave Wang in Company Blog We are proud to announce that Omega Point , a leading data analytics provider, has selected Databricks for its ability to apply advanced...
New eBook Released: Mastering Advanced Analytics with Apache SparkApril 27, 2016 by Dave Wang in Company Blog We are excited to announce that the second eBook in our technical blog book series, Mastering Advanced Analytics with Apache Spark , has...
GraphFrames On-Demand Webinar and FAQApril 21, 2016 by Dave Wang in Company Blog Last week, we held a live webinar – GraphFrames: DataFrame-based graphs for Apache Spark – to give an overview, a live demo, and...
New Content in Databricks Community EditionApril 12, 2016 by Ion Stoica in Engineering Blog At the Spark Summit New York , we announced Databricks Community Edition (CE) beta. CE is a free version of the Databricks service...
How DNV GL Uses Databricks to Build Tomorrow’s Energy GridApril 6, 2016 by Dave Wang in Energy We are proud to announce that DNV GL , a provider of software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil &...