Azure Databricks, industry-leading analytics platform powered by Apache Spark

This blog post was co-authored by Ali Ghodsi, CEO, Databricks. The confluence of cloud, data, and AI is driving unprecedented change. The ability to utilize data and turn it into breakthrough insights is foundational to innovation today. Our goal is to empower organizations to unleash the power of data and reimagine possibilities that will improve our world. To enable this journey, we are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Databricks, a fast, easy, and collaborative Apache Spark -based analytics platform optimized for Azure.