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If you are early in a Hadoop to Databricks migration, the artifact worth building before any pilot is a function-by-function control map. For each capability the Hadoop estate currently provides, record three things: the control objective that must s...

Databricks swapped the old partner labels this year; Registered / Select / Elite / Global Elite are gone, replaced by Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Most write-ups on this are aimed at buyers choosing a vendor. I wanted to flip it for the people...

Every few weeks, the same conversation plays out in mid-sized data teams. Someone hits a wall with the current warehouse, a demo of Databricks goes well, and suddenly the question on the table is "should we migrate?" The problem is that most teams ev...

I came across this checklist for hiring a Databricks implementation partner, and it turned out to be the best in-house build checklist I've read in a while. 27 Questions to Choose a Databricks Implementation Partner looks like procurement filler at f...

I came across a blog post comparing Databricks and Google BigQuery for AI-ready data teams. The workload angle stood out.That feels like a useful way to frame the discussion here in the Databricks Community. A lot of platform questions come back to t...