Apache Spark has become the de facto standard for processing data at scale, whether for querying large datasets, training machine learning models to predict future trends, or processing streaming data ...

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A Spark application contains several components, all of which exist whether you’re running Spark on a single machine or across a cluster of hundreds or thousands of nodes. Each component has a ...

Databricks, the company behind Apache Spark, today announced the beta release of Databricks Community Edition, a free version of the cloud-based big data platform at Spark Summit East. This service ...

Databricks, a startup company that provides support for the open-source Apache Spark project, received $33 million in a new funding round. Databricks also announced that it is launching a new service ...