Why Databricks on Azure? A Customer’s Perspective (Ep. 2)

Azure Databricks x Learn how Shell, Nielsen, and Magneti Marelli leverage Databricks Unified Analytics Platform

Korkrid Kyle Akepanidtaworn
5 min readApr 1, 2019

Disclaimer: This is my personal blog, therefore anything I post, share, and comment don’t reflect the view of my employer. This article is a part of my Databricks series.

For those who are keen on using Databricks for the first time, please feel free to visit how to use cloud-based Spark platform on Databricks community edition, upload data to FileStore, and run your first PySpark/Scala/SQL script (Ep. 1). HERE.

What is Azure Databricks?

Azure Databricks is a fully-managed version of the open-source Apache Spark analytics and data processing engine. Azure Databricks is an enterprise-grade and secure cloud-based big data and machine learning platform.

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Korkrid Kyle Akepanidtaworn
Korkrid Kyle Akepanidtaworn

Written by Korkrid Kyle Akepanidtaworn

AI Specialized CSA @ Microsoft | Enterprise AI, GenAI, LLM, LLamaIndex, ML | GenAITechLab Fellow, MScFE at WorldQuant, MSDS at CU Boulder

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