Databricks - Lakehouse platform for data, analytics and AI
Databricks Lakehouse Platform offers a unified system that combines the strengths of data lakes and data warehouses, streamlining your data and AI needs. Built on open standards, this platform aims to consolidate data, enhance analytics, and empower AI solutions.
Key Features:
1. Unified Platform: Integrates storage, processing, governance, analytics, AI, and sharing. It provides an end-to-end view of data lineage and compatibility with multiple tools and cloud providers.
2. Open Standards: Ensures data freedom from proprietary formats. It’s anchored on open source projects like Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, and MLflow, and facilitates secure data sharing across platforms.
3. Scalability: Offers automatic optimization for performance and storage, catering to both data warehousing and advanced AI needs.
4. Diverse Workload Enablement: Supports data engineering, data governance, warehousing, AI, data science, real-time streaming, and marketplace capabilities.
Benefits:
1. Cost Efficiency: Merges the advantages of data lakes and warehouses, potentially reducing associated costs.
2. Accelerated AI & Data Initiatives: By eradicating data silos, projects and innovations can be realized quicker.
3. Flexibility and Control: The open-source foundation ensures data remains in the user’s control, preventing lock-ins to proprietary systems.
4. Adaptable to Business Size: Whether a startup or global enterprise, Databricks can cater to varying business demands.
5. Success Stories: Trusted by companies like Comcast, AstraZeneca, HSBC, and Starbucks to transform their operations and customer experiences through data and AI.