Spark SQL, part of Apache Spark, is used for structured data processing by running SQL queries on Spark data. Srini Penchikala discusses Spark SQL module & how it simplifies data analytics using SQL.

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 ...

Apache Spark 3.0 is now here, and it’s bringing a host of enhancements across its diverse range of capabilities. The headliner is an big bump in performance for the SQL engine and better coverage of ...

Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) launched Snowpark Connect to address long-standing challenges associated with Spark Connector, ...

The Apache Spark community last week announced Spark 3.2, a significant new release of the distributed computing framework. Among the more exciting features are deeper support for the Python data ...

But there is more! SQL Server 2019 will come with built-in support for Spark and the Hadoop File System. That’s an acknowledgement of the popularity of these open-source tools, as well as the ...