Databricks adds new SQL Analytics Workspace and Endpoint features, ... more visualization types are available in an Analytics Workspace query than in a notebook. Here's an example of one such ...

Databricks also has plans to scale BladeBridge expertise to other system integrators, it said, adding that it sees the acquisition contributing to its goal of reaching a $3 billion revenue run ...

Databricks SQL isn’t open source, ... can access Gemini 2.5 Pro and the smaller Flash models — including a “Deep Think” mode — directly through SQL queries and model endpoints.

Databricks this week unveiled Lakehouse Federation, a set of new capabilities in its Unity Catalog that will enable its Delta Lake customers to access, ... While use of Apache Hive as a SQL query ...

Databricks launched Lakebase today, a new database designed for enterprises and developers to build data applications and artificial intelligence agents on a single multi-cloud platform.

Some of the other updates include a query federation feature for Databricks SQL and a new capability for SQL CLI, allwoing users to run queries directly from their local computers.

Ironically, in these scuffles, Spark is currently on the sidelines: Snowpark doesn’t (yet) support Spark execution, while the new Databricks SQL, built on the Photon query engine, doesn’t use ...