Databricks simplifies data ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
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With preconfigured connectors to Salesforce and Workday -- and more to follow -- the data cloud and AI vendor is taking aim at streamlining data ingestion. Databricks on Wednesday launched Lakeflow Connect with the general availability of connectors for Salesforce and Workday. Lakeflow Connect is a set of low-code/no-code connectors between the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and SaaS applications, databases and other file sources first unveiled in July. Together with Delta Live Tables (DLT) for data transformation and Databricks Workflows for data orchestration, it makes up the Lakeflow engineering suite. Lakeflow Connect is powered by serverless compute, which enables users to run workflows without having to provision clusters -- Databricks manages and scales the requisite compute power. In addition, it integrates with Databricks' governance, observability and security capabilities, including Unity Catalog. Kevin Petrie, an analyst at BARC U.S., noted that BARC research shows more than 90% of AI leaders are at least testing the use of structured data to inform applications. Nearly two-thirds are using real-time data to train applications, according to the research. As a result, Lakeflow Connect is a significant addition, according to Petrie. Salesforce and Workday applications provide exactly this type of data as inputs for real-time machine learning and GenAI use...
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