This can be a collaborative put up from Databricks and Microsoft. We thank Mohini Verma, Senior Product Advertising and marketing Supervisor, for her contributions.
Knowledge + AI Summit 2024: Register now to affix this in-person and digital occasion June 10-13 and study from the worldwide information neighborhood.
Microsoft is a Legend Sponsor of the Databricks Knowledge + AI Summit 2024, the premier occasion for the worldwide information neighborhood. Be a part of us to learn the way information intelligence allows each group to harness the ability of generative AI on their very own information. Hear from Microsoft leaders who will share how clients have efficiently leveraged the Databricks Knowledge Intelligence Platform on Azure for his or her enterprise, integrating information, AI, and analytics on one frequent platform.
At Knowledge + AI Summit, attendees can have the chance to listen to from Microsoft information leaders sharing their insights on Tuesday, June eleventh, Wednesday, June twelfth, and Thursday June thirteenth throughout Microsoft, buyer, and partner-led Breakout Classes. Come pay attention and study concerning the newest improvements and applied sciences, and listen to thought-provoking discussions together with the flexibility for networking alternatives the place you may join with different information professionals in your business.
The periods beneath are a information for everybody fascinated about Azure Databricks and span a variety of matters—from scaling real-time information processing in healthcare to implementing confidential computing and leveraging multi-cloud analytics methods. When you have questions on Azure Databricks or service integrations, join with Azure Databricks specialists at Knowledge + AI Summit on the Microsoft sales space #119 on the Expo flooring.
Microsoft Buyer Breakout Classes
Scaling Actual-Time Healthcare Knowledge Processing for the Veterans Affairs
Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 5:10 PM – 5:50 PM
The Division of Veterans Affairs (VA), the U.S.’s largest well being care system, helps over 9 million veterans throughout 172 medical facilities and 1,200 clinics. VA averages 40-60 million information of day by day affected person transactions. The Digital Well being Report Modernization Knowledge Syndication initiative goals emigrate VA information to the cloud with improved information accessibility and evaluation capabilities. Central to the initiative’s success is the usage of Azure Databricks and its Lakehouse structure. The mission options sturdy pipelines that ingest a whole bunch of terabytes of historic information into ADLS and employs structured streaming for real-time incremental information processing of 1,000+ tables, refreshing each 5 seconds. This streaming information is then shared with downstream customers to assist care supply use instances. Vital optimization methods reminiscent of Change Knowledge Feed, Predictive IO, and Photon have lowered ETL time by over 85%, empowering the VA to ship agile and responsive care to veterans.
Audio system:
- Kash Sabba, Sr. Advisor, Microsoft
- Spencer Schaefer, Chief AI Officer VISN 15, U.S. Division of Veteran Affairs
Microsoft-Led Breakout Classes
Powering Scalable Analytics and AI with Azure Knowledge Lake Storage
Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 12:30 PM – 1:10 PM
Standard AI fashions predict outcomes by analyzing information, whereas Generative AI (Gen AI) and huge language fashions (LLMs) generate completely new outputs. Scaling mannequin constructing and inferencing pose challenges in sustaining precision, governance, and safety for customer-facing functions. Azure Storage provides scalable, safe cloud storage that integrates with business main analytics engines reminiscent of Azure Databricks and Microsoft Cloth to offer a unified analytics platform for information engineering, information science, and machine studying.
Be a part of us for an in-depth session, we’ll delve into the underlying storage structure that allows hyper-scale workloads to make the most of Azure Knowledge Lake Storage (ADLS) with analytics engines of their selection for duties like information cleaning and curation inside Spark pipelines for Huge Knowledge Analytics. You’ll uncover how this curated information can then be accessed by information science and enterprise intelligence groups and might be offered to machine studying groups for additional coaching of GPT-X fashions. We’ll showcase architectural patterns, real-world workload efficiency, and storage behavioral traits of workloads operating at scale on Azure Storage at present.
Audio system:
- Jeff King, Principal Program Supervisor, Microsoft
- Saurabh Sensharma, Principal Product Supervisor, Azure Storage, Microsoft
Confidential Computing in Azure Databricks
Thursday, June 13, 2024, 12:30 PM – 1:10 PM
Be a part of us for an insightful session as we discover the highly effective mixture of Azure Databricks and Confidential Computing. Azure Databricks provides a collaborative workspace tailor-made for information groups, seamlessly integrating with Azure infrastructure providers, and facilitating your entire information lifecycle. Furthermore, our dialogue will spotlight the pivotal function of Confidential Computing in safeguarding delicate information inside hardware-based trusted execution environments, making certain information integrity and privateness. We’ll discover the cutting-edge options of Confidential VMs, which improve visitor safety with out necessitating modifications to software code, all powered by AMD SEV-SNP expertise. Lastly, get an unique sneak peek into the roadmap forward, together with upcoming assist for Intel Confidential VMs on Azure Databricks and growth plans for Confidential VM availability throughout varied areas.
Audio system:
- Lindsey Allen, GM Azure Databricks, Microsoft
Accomplice-Led Breakout Classes
Sponsored by: KPMG | Better of Each Worlds: Microsoft Cloth & Databricks for Multi-Cloud Analytics
Thursday, June 13, 2024, 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM
This session will talk about how enterprises can leverage the strengths of Microsoft Cloth and Databricks to attain one of the best by combining the “Multi-Cloud” and “Any Cloud” analytics methods. Cloth supplies a centralized information functionality throughout on-premises and cloud sources whereas benefiting from the full-features of Microsoft 365, the co-pilot ecosystem, and OpenAI. Databricks provides cloud-agnostic “compute wherever” information processing and mannequin constructing: making certain compute stays inside a particular setting, avoiding vendor lock-in, whereas offering a safe mannequin IP improvement platform. We’ll discover how important capabilities of Delta Sharing and Unity Catalog allow governance of knowledge, ML fashions, and GenAI throughout this setting and talk about first-hand learnings from harmonizing these platforms at KPMG.
Audio system:
- Sreekar Krishna, Principal, Advisory, KPMG LLP
- Tom Haslam, Principal, KPMG
We additionally invite you to go to the Microsoft sales space on the Expo flooring, the place you may get to speak 1:1 with Microsoft Azure specialists on how you can deal with your important enterprise precedence use instances with Azure Databricks.
Register now to affix this occasion and develop into a part of the information and AI neighborhood. Learn the way firms are constructing their lakehouse structure with Azure Databricks, making a unified, open, and scalable information platform. Get began with Azure Databricks with a free trial.
Be a part of the Knowledge + AI neighborhood on the 2024 Summit and unlock the ability of knowledge, analytics, and AI with Azure Databricks.
For extra particulars on the periods and audio system, go to the Knowledge + AI Summit 2024 homepage.
