Data analytics contender Databricks offers a platform that, along with the open source Apache Spark technology on which its core is based, has long been a favorite for attacking streaming data, data ...

Spatial SQL and spatial joins are now supported in Lakehouse//RT and can run up to 38x faster than traditional data ...

As data sources and volumes grow, and as a data-driven orientation is increasingly deemed to be a competitive necessity, the war between platform vendors to provide the primary repository for our data ...

Since its launch in 2013, Databricks has relied on its ecosystem of partners, such as Fivetran, Rudderstack, and dbt, to provide tools for data preparation and loading. But now, at its annual Data + ...

Databricks’ annual summit has always been a party for data ecosystem stakeholders. The company shares new technologies, partnerships and developments that make working with data assets – whether ...

I have organized the major announcements from Databricks and Snowflake since 2014 into a single timeline and examined the ...

Until now, access to the Databricks platform was primarily limited to engineers and data scientists with SQL or Python skills. Databricks One introduces a completely redesigned interface, simplified ...

Data platforms make decisions all day. An SQL query keeps the rows over a threshold, matches a keyword, and joins two tables ...

Workday Data Connect federation is now in Beta on Databricks. Query Workday HR and finance data in place. Govern access ...

The data marketplace and other features are expected to accelerate data engineering tasks with an option for data monetization down the road, Databricks said. Along with open sourcing Delta Lake at ...