Across industries like manufacturing, energy, life sciences, and retail, data drives decisions on durability, resilience, and sustainability. A significant share of this critical data resides in SAP systems, which is why so many business have invested i SAP Datasphere. SAP Datasphere is a comprehensive data service that enables seamless access to mission-critical business data across SAP […]
Posts Tagged ‘Databricks’
Dreamforce 2024 Session Recap: Data Cloud + Databricks: As Good Together as PB&J
At Dreamforce 2024, Perficient explored the integration of Databricks and Salesforce Data Cloud, focusing on an insurance industry use case. This session showcased data processing, customer engagement, and AI-driven insights, offering real-world value to enterprises. Here’s a comprehensive recap of the session, highlighting the key takeaways and technical depth discussed. Speakers Two of Perficient’s top […]
Agentforce at Dreamforce 2024: Perficient Explores Salesforce’s Agentic AI Platform
For more than a decade, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has championed the concept of shoshin—a “beginner’s mind” that allows for continuous innovation and reinvention. As the company now embarks on its “hard pivot” to Agentforce, this philosophy takes on new relevance. Agentforce isn’t just an extension of Salesforce’s AI capabilities—it’s a reimagining of what AI […]
Integrate Salesforce and Databricks
90% of Fortune 500 companies use Salesforce as their Customer Relations Management tool. I have ingested data from Salesforce into almost every database using almost every ETL tool. Every integration tool out there has a Salesforce connector; Salesforce even owns Mulesoft. The integration always worked, but it was rarely smooth. Its just something that you […]
Unity Catalog, the Well-Architected Lakehouse and Operational Excellence
I have written about the importance of migrating to Unity Catalog as an essential component of your Data Management Platform. Any migration exercise implies movement from a current to a future state. A migration from the Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog will require planning around workspaces, catalogs and user access. This is also an opportunity […]
Unity Catalog, the Well-Architected Lakehouse and Performance Efficiency
I have written about the importance of migrating to Unity Catalog as an essential component of your Data Management Platform. Any migration exercise implies movement from a current to a future state. A migration from the Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog will require planning around workspaces, catalogs and user access. This is also an opportunity […]
Unity Catalog, the Well-Architected Lakehouse and Cost Optimization
I have written about the importance of migrating to Unity Catalog as an essential component of your Data Management Platform. Any migration exercise implies movement from a current to a future state. A migration from the Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog will require planning around workspaces, catalogs and user access. This is also an opportunity […]
Unity Catalog and the Well-Architected Lakehouse in Databricks
I have written about the importance of migrating to Unity Catalog as an essential component of your Data Management Platform. While Unity Catalog is a foundational component, it should be part of a broader strategic initiative to realign some of your current practices that may be less than optimal with newer, better practices. One comprehensive […]
Maximize Your Data Management with Unity Catalog
Databricks Unity Catalog is a unified and open governance solution for data and AI, built into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Unity Catalog offers a comprehensive solution for enhancing data governance, operational efficiency, and technological performance. By centralizing metadata management, access controls, and data lineage tracking, it simplifies compliance, reduces complexity, and improves query performance […]
The Technical Power of Unity Catalog – Beyond Governance
If you use Databricks, you probably know that Databricks Unity Catalog is the industry’s only unified and open governance solution for data and AI, built into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. With Unity Catalog, organizations can seamlessly govern both structured and unstructured data in any format, as well as machine learning models, notebooks, dashboards and […]
Reducing Technical Debt with Databricks System Tables
Databricks system tables are currently in Public Preview, which means they are accessible but some detail may still change. This is how Databricks describes system tables: System tables are a Databricks-hosted analytical store of your account’s operational data found in the system catalog. System tables can be used for historical observability across your account. I’m going to […]
Perficient Colleague Attains Champion Status
Databricks has recognized David Callaghan as a Partner Champion. As the first Perficient colleague to receive inclusion in the program, David is paving the way for others to get their footing with the partner. Program Overview To be a Databricks Partner champion, one must: Display Thought Leadership Harness Technical Expertise Become Community Leader Demonstrate Innovation […]