5 Reasons to Become an Apache Spark Expert - The Databricks Blog

Apache Spark has fast become the most popular unified analytics engine for big data and machine learning. It was originally developed at UC Berkeley in 2009 by the team who later founded Databricks. Since its release, Apache Spark has seen rapid adoption. Today's most cutting-edge companies such as Apple, Netflix, Facebook, and Uber have deployed Spark at massive scale, processing petabytes of data to deliver innovations -- from detecting fraudulent behavior to delivering personalized experiences in real-time -- that are transforming every industry. Behind these groundbreaking innovations are a small, but fast growing group of talented engineers, developers, and data scientists with deep knowledge of Apache Spark.