Databricks - Unified Analytics

Databricks combines data warehousing with data lakes.

The "Lakehouse" architecture:

• Data Lake flexibility (any file format)
• Data Warehouse performance (fast SQL)
• Best of both worlds

Key features:

• Delta Lake - reliable data lake storage
• Unity Catalog - governance & security
• SQL Warehouses - run SQL queries
• Notebooks - interactive development

Databricks SQL is ANSI-standard plus:

• Delta table features
• ML functions
• Streaming support

Used at: Shell, Walgreens, Comcast, and many Fortune 500s.

Your SQL skills work perfectly in Databricks!