AdTech company saves 300 eng hours, meets SLAs, and saves $10K with Gradient
AdTech company saves 300 eng hours, meets SLAs, and saves $10K with Gradient
Today, balancing performance requirements with cost efficiency is a critical challenge for both data engineers and executives. A leading advertising analytics platform faced this significant challenge. With strict customer-facing runtime Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to meet efficiently, the company needed a solution that could optimize their data infrastructure for both performance and compute costs. This
Noa Shavit
30 Oct 2024
Blog, Case Study
A new approach to managing compute resources: Insights from Sync
A new approach to managing compute resources: Insights from Sync
Today, data engineers face considerable challenges optimizing the performance of their data pipelines while managing ever rising cloud infrastructure costs. On a recent episode of the Unapologetically technical podcast, Sync Co-founder and CEO, Jeff Chou, shed light on the innovative solutions that are reshaping how we approach these challenges. Read on for the key insights,
Noa Shavit
10 Sep 2024
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Blog, Videos
Databricks 101: An Introductory Guide on Navigating and Optimizing this Data Powerhouse
Databricks 101: An Introductory Guide on Navigating and Optimizing this Data Powerhouse
In an era where data reigns supreme, the tools and platforms that businesses utilize to harness and analyze their data can make or break their competitive edge. Among these, Databricks stands out as a powerhouse, yet navigating its complexities often feels like deciphering cryptic code. With businesses generating an average of 2.5 quintillion bytes of
Noa Shavit
16 Jul 2024
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Blog
What is Databricks Unity Catalog (and Should I Be Using It)?
What is Databricks Unity Catalog (and Should I Be Using It)?
To help in your understanding, we wrote this blog post to address the question, “What is Databricks Unity Catalog?” and whether users should be using it (the answer is yes). We walk through a precise technical answer, and then dive into the details of the catalog itself, how to enable it and frequently asked questions.
Jeffrey Chou
29 May 2024
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Blog
March 2024 Release Notes
March 2024 Release Notes
Our team has been hard at work to deliver industry-leading features to support users in achieving optimal performance within the Databricks ecosystem. Take a look at our most recent releases below. Worker Instance Recommendations Introducing Worker Instance Recommendations directly from the Sync UI. With this feature, you are able to tap into optimal cluster configuration
Jeffrey Chou
26 Mar 2024
News
How Forma.ai improved their Databricks costs quickly and easily with Gradient
How Forma.ai improved their Databricks costs quickly and easily with Gradient
Forma.ai is a B2B SaaS startup based in Toronto, Canada building an AI powered sales compensation system for enterprise. Specifically, they seamlessly unify the design, execution, and orchestration of sales compensation to better mobilize sales teams and optimize go-to-market performance. Behind the scenes, Forma.ai deploys their pipelines on Databricks to process sales compensation pipelines for their
Jeffrey Chou
12 Feb 2024
Case Study
