Databricks raises $1.6B at $38B valuation as it blasts past $600M ARR

The company views its market as a new technology category. Databricks calls the technology a data “lakehouse,” a mashup of data lake and data warehouse. Continue reading Databricks raises $1.6B at $38B valuation as it blasts past $600M ARR

UIPath CEO Daniel Dines is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk RPA and automation

UIPath came seemingly out of nowhere in the last several years, going public last year in a successful IPO during which it raised over $527 million. It raised $2 billion in private money prior to that with its final private valuation coming in at an amazing $35 billion. UIPath CEO Daniel Dines will be joining […] Continue reading UIPath CEO Daniel Dines is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk RPA and automation

Would the math work if Databricks were valued at $38B?

Databricks, the open-source data lake and data management powerhouse has been on quite a financial run lately. Today Bloomberg reported the company could be raising a new round worth at least $1.5 billion at an otherworldly $38 billion valuation. That price tag is up $10 billion from its last fundraise in February when it snagged […] Continue reading Would the math work if Databricks were valued at $38B?

VCs are betting big on Kubernetes: Here are 5 reasons why

At times, Kubernetes can feel like a superpower, but with all of the benefits of scalability and agility comes immense complexity. The truth is, few developers understand how Kubernetes works. Continue reading VCs are betting big on Kubernetes: Here are 5 reasons why

Salesforce’s Kathy Baxter is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk AI

As the use of AI has grown and developed over the last several years, companies like Salesforce have tried to tap into it to improve their software and help customers operate faster and more efficiently. Kathy Baxter, principal architect for the ethical AI practice at Salesforce will be joining us at TechCrunch Sessions: SaaS on […] Continue reading Salesforce’s Kathy Baxter is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk AI

Competition main force behind increased cloud migration

Organizations are moving to the cloud in big numbers to drive competitive strategies and provide richer customer experiences, according to Next Pathway. This is a shift from earlier adopters that looked to the cloud primarily for operation efficiencies… Continue reading Competition main force behind increased cloud migration

Immuta’s SaaS deployment option helps implement data access control across cloud data environment

Immuta launched new SaaS deployment option, enabling data teams to implement data access control across their entire cloud data environment in minutes. Modern data teams are moving to pure SaaS deployments for all of their analytics and data science, a… Continue reading Immuta’s SaaS deployment option helps implement data access control across cloud data environment

How do I select a data analytics solution for my business?

In today’s data driven world, an organization should have full insight into its database, not only because it is important to have control over it but also because it can drive business and strategy decisions based on trends and patterns. Data an… Continue reading How do I select a data analytics solution for my business?

Booz Allen and Databricks unify data and AI to meet federal agencies’ data challenges

Booz Allen Hamilton announced it is partnering with Databricks to drive business value by unifying data and artificial intelligence (AI) to meet federal agencies’ data challenges and advance their missions. Booz Allen’s innovative analytics capabilitie… Continue reading Booz Allen and Databricks unify data and AI to meet federal agencies’ data challenges

Databricks Delta Sharing protocol secures real time data sharing between organizations

Databricks announced the launch of a new open source project called Delta Sharing, an open protocol for securely sharing data across organizations in real time, completely independent of the platform on which the data resides. Delta Sharing is included… Continue reading Databricks Delta Sharing protocol secures real time data sharing between organizations