Spark SQL, part of Apache Spark big data framework, is used for structured data processing and allows running SQL like queries on Spark data. In this article, Srini Penchikala discusses Spark SQL ...

Apache Spark has released version 1.3 of their project. The main improvements are the addition of the DataFrames API, better maturity of the Spark SQL, as well as a number of new methods added to ...

Databricks, the primary commercial steward behind the popular open source Apache Spark project, published a new report indicating the technology is still red-hot, driven by more use of SQL, streaming ...

For data engineers looking to leverage Apache Spark™'s immense growth to build faster and more reliable data pipelines, Databricks is happy to provide The Data Engineer's Guide to Apache Spark. This ...

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Reactive programming company Typesafe today released a survey that confirms the high adoption rate of Apache Spark, an open source Big Data processing framework that improves traditional Hadoop-based ...

Both HANA and Spark can speak SQL, but with Vora SAP is not only making Spark speak a better and richer dialect of SQL – one that has support for the data hierarchies that are required for online ...

It’s been about three years since Apache Spark burst onto the big data scene and became one of the hottest technologies on the planet. Judging by the numbers surrounding Spark’s adoption—including ...

And, as with Apache Spark and Databricks, Tabular is a company founded by the very creators of Apache Iceberg.

It’s hard to believe, but Apache Spark is turning 10 years old this year, as we wrote about last month. The technology has been a huge success, and become a critical component of many big data ...