These qualities of SQL and other factors pushed data analysts to write code that’s difficult to share or repurpose. Thinking back on those agile principles, data analytics wasn’t doing so great.

AI and data analytics company Databricks today announced the launch of SQL Analytics, a new service that makes it easier for data analysts to run their standard SQL queries directly on data lakes.

promises to bring low-latency analytics to edge devices as it allows users to work with streaming data and time-series data, combined with the built-in machine learning capabilities of Azure SQL ...