Databricks
Databricks provides an Apache Spark based analytics platform on two of the largest cloud service providers: Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS.
Founded by Spark developers, Databricks focuses on monetizing the open source Big Data system Apache Spark by providing a unified and simple user experience. It is used for building large Data Lakes, to implement real-time streaming use cases or to replace large ETL processes.
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