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Freshworks appoints Sandie Overtveld as Senior VP for APJ & MEA
Digital Transformation

Freshworks appoints Sandie Overtveld as Senior VP for APJ & MEA

Freshworks appoints Sandie Overtveld as SVP for Asia-Pacific, Japan, Middle East, and Africa markets to oversee growth efforts in these regions.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Mon, 20th Feb 2023
Data security and governance to take centre stage in 2023
Data governance

Data security and governance to take centre stage in 2023

Data security and governance will take centre stage in 2023, according to new trends predictions from Databricks.  .

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Dec 2022
Qlik and Databricks partnership advances cloud analytics
Data Analytics

Qlik and Databricks partnership advances cloud analytics

Qlik has announced two significant enhancements to its partnership with Databricks that make it easier for customers to combine Qlik's solutions and Databricks.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Sep 2022
Databricks announces new offering for Unity Catalog
Data Analytics

Databricks announces new offering for Unity Catalog

Databricks has significantly expanded data governance capabilities on the lakehouse by unveiling data lineage for Unity Catalog.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Jun 2022
Databricks appoints Trâm Phi as senior vice president & general counsel
Customers

Databricks appoints Trâm Phi as senior vice president & general counsel

Trâm Phi joins Databricks as senior VP and general counsel, bringing experience scaling high-growth companies and leading legal transitions to the role.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 27th May 2022
Databricks strengthens AWS partnership with new Lakehouse offering
Data Analytics

Databricks strengthens AWS partnership with new Lakehouse offering

Customers will experience faster onboarding and unified account administration to make building a Databricks Lakehouse on AWS easier.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 12th May 2022
Databricks grows in APAC market, expands into Korea
Microsoft

Databricks grows in APAC market, expands into Korea

Databricks officially launches a local office in Seoul, Korea, building on existing partnerships with Cloocus, Megazone and the Weverse Company.

By Jessie Chiang • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Apr 2022
Databricks grew from 600 to 3000 employees, reduced IT overhead
Software-as-a-Service

Databricks grew from 600 to 3000 employees, reduced IT overhead

Productiv SaaS Intelligence platform helps companies automate manual processes for license deprovisioning and license tier downgrades.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2022
Google Cloud forms Data Cloud Alliance for digital transformation
Data Analytics

Google Cloud forms Data Cloud Alliance for digital transformation

Google Cloud and other tech providers join forces to eliminate data lock-in and ensure seamless access to data for digital transformation.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Apr 2022
Databricks launches lakehouse for healthcare, life sciences
Artificial Intelligence

Databricks launches lakehouse for healthcare, life sciences

Databricks has launched its first lakehouse platform for organisations across the healthcare and life sciences industries, increasing the scope for innovation.

By Zach Thompson • 4 min read • Fri, 11th Mar 2022
Databricks expands availability on Google Cloud for APAC
Hyperscale

Databricks expands availability on Google Cloud for APAC

Organisations can leverage Databricks on Google Cloud to create a lakehouse capable of data engineering, data science, machine learning, and analytics.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2022
Databrick's new specialist Lakehouse for financial services
Digital Transformation

Databrick's new specialist Lakehouse for financial services

Data and AI company Databricks has announced the Lakehouse for Financial Services; an open, modern data platform designed for customer use cases.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Thu, 17th Feb 2022
Databricks launches new Partner Connect portal, extends lakehouse ecosystem
Data Analytics

Databricks launches new Partner Connect portal, extends lakehouse ecosystem

Databricks launches Partner Connect, a portal allowing customers to integrate data, analytics, and AI tools with their Databricks lakehouse.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Nov 2021
Databricks acquires low-code, no-code company to expand Lakehouse platform for citizen data scientists
Data Analytics

Databricks acquires low-code, no-code company to expand Lakehouse platform for citizen data scientists

Databricks has announced the acquisition of German start-up 8080 Labs to broadens the accessibility of its Lakehouse platform.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Oct 2021
Databricks officially valued at $38 billion following latest funding round
Artificial Intelligence

Databricks officially valued at $38 billion following latest funding round

Databricks secures $1.6bn funding to accelerate innovation and adoption of the data lakehouse, reaching a $38bn valuation.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Sep 2021
Databricks launches new machine learning platform
Data Science

Databricks launches new machine learning platform

Databricks has announced the latest generation of its machine learning offering, with the launch of Databricks Machine learning.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 4 min read • Fri, 28th May 2021
Qlik and Databricks expand strategic partnership
Data Analytics

Qlik and Databricks expand strategic partnership

Qlik has expanded its strategic partnership with Databricks with support for the launch of Delta Sharing, in order to expand joint customer ability.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 28th May 2021
New AI capabilities enabled with LiveData now automating Apache metadata into Databricks
Migration

New AI capabilities enabled with LiveData now automating Apache metadata into Databricks

WANdisco's LiveData Migrator can now automate the migration of Apache Hive metadata into Databricks, helping users unlock new AI capabilities.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 25th May 2021
Versor named first Australian implementation partner for Databricks
Data Analytics

Versor named first Australian implementation partner for Databricks

Versor becomes first Databricks implementation partner in Australia, helping customers gain business value from data.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Apr 2021