Spark - What is it?

2022

TL; DR

A potted primer on everything that is Spark - where it came from, what its for and where its available!

Session Details

There's an engine called Apache Spark. It's in Databricks, Synapse Spark Pools, Mapping Data Flows and a whole raft of other tools and platforms... But what is it? This introduction session will give you the potted history and background of spark itself, enough to understand what people mean when they say "We use spark". If you're a data architect, solution designer, or simply want to know what this whole big data thing is about, this session is the first step you need!

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