An overview of the Databricks Lakehouse platform
The Databricks Lakehouse platform enables enterprises to build their Lakehouse by providing simplified data engineering and data management techniques. The Databricks Lakehouse platform also provides one of the best ML experiences for data scientists and ML engineers.
Finally, Databricks SQL brings in the last piece of the puzzle – a home for the business intelligence and data analyst personas with a first-class workbench that allows query editing, building visualizations, and publishing dashboards. It also allows plug-and-play with downstream business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker, and more. All of this is backed by state-of-the-art SQL query performance.
The following diagram represents the Databricks Lakehouse platform:
Figure 1.3 – The Databricks Lakehouse platform
The lakehouse platform by Databricks is a simple, open, and collaborative platform that combines the reliability, performance, and governance capabilities of data warehouses with the openness, flexibility, and economies of cloud data lakes.
