Databricks Inc., the primary commercial steward of the open source Apache Spark project for Big Data analytics, has upgraded its Spark-based platform, adding support for the R programming language, ...

SAP HANA seems to have taken a bit of a public beating lately, namely because its creator, Vishal Sikka, and several other notable executives left the company. And while some might speculate the ...

Databricks, the company founded by the creators of Apache Spark, has formed a new partnership with SAP. The companies have collaborated on a Databricks-certified Apache Spark distribution offering for ...

Analytics professionals are increasingly relying on the cloud as part of their work. Databricks Inc. is stepping up its efforts to capitalize on this trend today by launching a new edition of its data ...

Spark Declarative Pipelines provides an easier way to define and execute data pipelines for both batch and streaming ETL workloads across any Apache Spark-supported data source, including cloud ...

Databricks is receiving $60 million in a Series C funding round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), boosting its commitment to Apache Spark and the Databricks data platform. Also participating in ...