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Learn how to boost query performance by leveraging Databricks CloudFetch with Sigma in our latest blog post!

Big news from Databricks Conference today. Unity Catalog is going Open-Source. I love all the push for OSS and standards in the data space, right on the back of Snowflake Polaris and the Tabluar acquisition. In the evolving landscape of data engineering and analytics, the push towards OSS and standardization is more crucial than ever. Unity Catalog going open source will mean better data governance availability allowing organizations to benefit from improved data management without being locked into proprietary systems. The benefits for users are immense. OSS leads to larger community support, with better-resulting products at lower costs. They can more easily be extended to specific requirements and integrated seamlessly with existing systems, facilitating smoother workflows and better data governance. Moreover, the community-driven nature of open source means that improvements and new features are continuously being developed and shared. Excited to see these outcomes.

At the Data+AI Summit last week, Databricks announced the launch of Delta 4.0 and the general availability of liquid clustering. With liquid clustering, users simply choose the highest cardinality column of the table and instruct the Delta table to cluster on it. Users no longer need to reason about partitioning and Z-order as liquid clustering ensures the data is neither over or under partitioned. The notable benefit of properly laying out data is improved query performance. Databricks claims that some of their customers have observed a 12x read/write performance improvement with this new feature. This is undoubtedly welcome functionality, but why should only Delta lake users be privy to these benefits? Additionally, how motivated is Databricks to reduce their customer data warehouse costs by 12x? The new world I see is one in which specialized query engines have comprehensive views of the entire DAG and can optimize individual queries, as well as the underlying data layout. By monitoring DAG execution over time, auto-tuning capabilities and optimizations can be developed to ensure the most efficient pipeline execution. We are building. More on this coming soon… https://lnkd.in/gk3iRuhz

Struggling with slow data queries and high costs, we knew there had to be a better way. Enter optimization. By fine-tuning our data processing in Databricks—partitioning, caching, and optimizing queries—we saw incredible results. Faster insights, lower costs, and increased productivity. Check out my latest blog and learn how you can do the same. 💡 #DataOptimization #Databricks #DataAnalytics #BestPractices

ChaosSearch + Databricks 📈 Deliver on the best of Databricks (open Spark-based data lakehouse) and ELK (efficient search, flexible live ingestion, API/UI) via ChaosSearch on Databricks. ChaosSearch natively supports Delta Lake and Spark on Databricks, creating a seamless experience in the Databricks platform. ChaosSearch, as a Databricks Technology Partner, brings ELK use cases to Databricks ecosystem enabling centralized log and event analytics for observability and security. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dSAXRgEF

 🚀 Pro Tip in Data Engineering 🚀 💡 Want to optimize your S3 request costs while leveraging Kinesis Data Firehose for data ingestion? Here's how you can do it effectively: 🔗 Buffering: Customize buffer size to allow more data to accumulate before sending it to S3, reducing the number of PUT requests and saving costs. ⏳ Buffer Interval: Adjust the interval to balance between near real-time needs and minimizing requests, ensuring optimal data accumulation for fewer S3 requests. 📦 Compression: Use compression formats like Gzip, Snappy, or Brotli to shrink data size, lowering storage costs and reducing the amount of data transferred to S3. By implementing these strategies, you can harness the power of Kinesis Data Firehose to streamline data flow, minimize S3 requests, and ultimately cut down on overall costs. 💰💡 #DataEngineering #CostOptimization #AWS #ProTip Keep innovating and optimizing your data pipelines! 📊✨ pc: Whislabs #DataOptimization #KinesisDataFirehose #S3 #AWS #BigData #DataAnalytics #TechTips 

Last week I introduced the new Data Factory in Fabric. And explained how Data Factory is no longer a single product. But is now the combination of Data Pipeline (which is essentially what Data Factory used to be). And Data Flows Gen2. The ingestion technology Power BI uses, but improved. But which should you use, and when? Data pipeline: performs better with large datasets. Dataflow: can handle higher complexity of transformations. But why choose when the two can be combined! The horse-power of Pipeline can be combined withe the transformational functionality of Dataflow Gen2. Together, they make a perfect solution for enterprise scale data ingestion. Check out the document below! #fabric #azure #powerbi

Check out this blog where ThredUp shares its data transformation journey with Databricks. They share key milestones, including adopting Delta Lake, implementing Unity Catalog, and enhancing data science capabilities. By adopting the Databricks Platform, ThredUp was able to streamline its data processes, enhance data quality and unlock unique insights - at massive scale of over 220 million unique SKUs

Introduction to Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric - with Shabnam Watson Join this session to learn about Lakehouse architecture in Microsoft Fabric. Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end big data analytics platform that offers many capabilities including data integration, data engineering, data science, data lake, data warehouse, and many more, all in one unified SaaS model. In this session, you will learn how to create a lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric, load it with sample data using Notebooks/Pipelines, and work with its built-in SQL Endpoint as well as its default Power BI dataset which uses a brand-new storage mode called Direct Lake. VIDEO CHAPTERS 0:00 - Video Start 10:00 - Start of Livestream

Excited to share that I've earned my Databricks Fundamentals accreditation! 🎉 As a CSM at Sigma Computing, this knowledge will help me better serve our customers who leverage the powerful Sigma + Databricks combination. Speaking of which, Databricks Week 2024 is coming up! 📅 We'll be showcasing the synergy between Sigma and Databricks through insightful sessions and case studies. Want to learn how businesses can unlock their data's full potential? Check out our blog for a preview and follow Sigma on LinkedIn for live updates during the event. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gV_GS62R #DatabricsWeek2024 #SigmaComputing #DataAnalytics