Sync Computing Partners with Databricks for Lakehouse Job Cluster and Usage Optimization

Self-improving machine learning algorithms provide job cluster optimization and insights for Databricks users

February 1, 2024 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sync Computing, the industry-leading data infrastructure management platform built to leverage machine learning (ML) algorithms that allow users to automatically maximize data compute performance, today announced that it has joined forces with Databricks go-to-market (GTM) teams and their Technology Partner Program. The end goal is to help Databricks customers achieve lower costs, improved reliability, and automatic management of compute clusters at scale. With the collaboration of the two technology powerhouses efforts, Databricks customers will gain the opportunity to take advantage of Sync Computing’s Gradient solution for SLA optimization, real-time insights, and significant cost savings so that teams are able to focus on greater business objectives and ROI.

Platform and data engineering teams are constantly faced with changing pressures as the data infrastructure landscape becomes increasingly complex. They are met with ongoing needs to iterate quickly, gain real-time insights, and maximize performance all while managing cost. The Gradient platform by Sync Computing provides a single source of truth for cost tracking, data governance, and unified metrics monitoring.

“The management and cost of data pipelines is top of mind for engineering teams especially in the current economic climate. However, tuning clusters to hit cost and runtime goals is a task nobody has time for,” said Jeffrey Chou, CEO and co-founder of Sync Computing. “Databricks customers who use Sync’s Gradient toolkit are now open to a whole new world of opportunities as they can offload these tasks to Gradient while they focus on more urgent business goals. Organizations absolutely love the ROI they see almost immediately.”

Sync Computing’s machine learning-powered optimization delivers recommendations for Databricks clusters, without making any changes at the code level. Using a closed-loop feedback system, Gradient automatically builds custom-tuned machine learning models for each Databricks job it is managing using historical run logs — continuously driving Databricks jobs cluster configurations to hit user-defined business goals.

Sync for Databricks allows companies to:

• Enable platform teams full governance over config changes to meet business demands
• Slash Databricks compute and operating costs by up to 50%
• Gain coveted insights into DBU, cloud costs, and cluster anomalies
• Hit SLAs even as data pipelines change

Sync integrates with leading cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to programmatically optimize for tools like Apache Airflow and Databricks workflows, without changing a single line of code.

Learn how Sync helps organizations large and small optimize Databricks clusters at scale here.

About Sync Computing
Having been recognized as a Gartner Cool New Vendor, Sync Computing was originally spun out of MIT with the goal to make data and AI cloud infrastructure easier to control. With Sync’s one-of-a-kind solution, Gradient, users are given full ability to enable self-improving job clusters to hit SLA goals, gain infrastructure insights, and leverage tailored recommendations to achieve optimal performance. Recognized names such as Insider, Handelsblatt, Abnormal Security, Duolingo, and Adobe have relied on Sync to get the most out of the data-driven landscape with automated data optimization. To learn more, visit https://www.synccomputing.com.

Contact
McKinley Culbert
Marketing at Sync Computing
mckinley.culbert@synccomputing.com