Databricks has been honored with the prestigious AWS ISV Partner of the Year award for North America, marking a significant achievement that highlights top ISV Partners leveraging AWS to drive cost efficiency, enhance agility, and accelerate innovation. This accolade is a testament to the robust partnership between Databricks and AWS, showcasing their joint commitment to delivering a unified data intelligence platform seamlessly integrated within the AWS ecosystem.
Moreover, Databricks stood as a finalist for several other esteemed awards, further emphasizing the company’s demonstrated expertise in data and analytics across diverse industries and global regions:
- Finalist for ISV Data and Analytics Partner of the Year on a Global scale
- Finalist for Industry Partner of the Year in Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods on a Global scale
- Finalist for Industry Partner of the Year in Advertising and Marketing on a Global scale
- Finalist for Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Partner of the Year in LATAM
These nominations underscore Databricks’ strong industry presence and excellence in catering to various sectors while exemplifying its commitment to delivering impactful solutions across different global markets.
Databricks has made significant strides in fortifying its position as a premier provider of seamless data and AI solutions, particularly in collaboration with AWS. Notably, Databricks is accessible in the AWS Marketplace, including a dedicated version within the AWS Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community, enabling rapid evaluation, purchase, and deployment of vendor applications via AWS IoT 1-Click.
In a continuous effort to offer customers enhanced choice and flexibility, Databricks expanded its support to include AWS Graviton3 instances, allowing users to optimize performance and cost-effectiveness for their data workloads. Additionally, the recent introduction of Lakehouse Federation in the customer preview phase emphasizes the joint commitment of Databricks and AWS in establishing an open and interoperable lakehouse architecture. This innovation enables Databricks customers to seamlessly incorporate their complete data estate into their analytics, leveraging data stored in Amazon Redshift through federated queries.
Additionally, the ability to seamlessly query Delta Lake tables in Amazon Athena represents another milestone in operational efficiency, query performance, and total cost of ownership (TCO) within the Lakehouse architecture framework built on Amazon S3. This integration harnesses Delta Lake file metadata to optimize data scan costs, resulting in up to a 40% enhancement in query performance. These developments underscore the ongoing collaboration between Databricks and AWS to deliver innovative solutions for mutual customers.
Databricks made a significant return to re:Invent as a Diamond Sponsor, showcasing thought-provoking sessions on creating and implementing custom LLMs (Large Language Models). The company also emphasized the strategic significance of governance in the AI era. Additionally, the event featured insights from joint AWS and Databricks customer Block, providing valuable perspectives on these critical themes.
FAQs
1. How does Databricks demonstrate its commitment to innovation and collaboration with AWS beyond the awards and recognitions?
Databricks showcased its thought leadership at re:Invent as a Diamond Sponsor, offering sessions on creating custom LLMs and emphasizing the importance of governance in the AI era. Additionally, insights from joint AWS and Databricks customer Block provided valuable perspectives on these critical themes.
2. What is the significance of Databricks’ availability in the AWS Marketplace, including a version for the U.S. Intelligence Community?
Databricks’ presence in the AWS Marketplace facilitates rapid evaluation, purchase, and deployment of vendor applications via AWS IoT 1-Click, showcasing accessibility and integration within AWS services.
3. What are some notable recognitions and nominations Databricks received besides the ISV Partner of the Year award?
Databricks was a finalist for multiple awards, such as ISV Data and Analytics Partner of the Year globally, Industry Partner of the Year in Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods, Advertising and Marketing globally, and Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Partner of the Year in LATAM.
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