Delta Engine, which is based upon Spark SQL, also introduced other data warehouse requirements, like cost-based query optimizers, schema enforcement, ACID support, adaptive query execution, runtime ...

As with previous acquisitions, Databricks continues to invest in expanding its capabilities. CEO Ali Ghodsi emphasizes that Databricks SQL is the fastest-growing data warehouse solution in the market.

Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced that it has welcomed the team behind BladeBridge, a leading provider of AI-powered enterprise data warehouse migration solutions, to Databricks.

SQL is an industry-standard language for querying and manipulating data. Many data analysts perform data analytics by using SQL to query tables in a relational database. Azure Databricks includes SQL ...

Databricks says that this work, which was based on TPC-DS benchmarks but not TPC-audited, shows Databricks SQL to be 2.7x faster (see the figure below from a Databricks blog post on the subject).

Databricks said Lakebridge can cut project timelines in half while supporting migrations from more than 10 popular systems, including Teradata Inc., Snowflake Inc., Microsoft Corp. SQL Server and ...

Databricks also has plans to scale BladeBridge expertise to other system integrators, it said, adding that it sees the acquisition contributing to its goal of reaching a $3 billion revenue run ...