Databricks of San Francisco, CA, and McLean, VA-based Booz Allen Hamilton announced on June 11 that the two companies are teaming up to help federal agencies scale their data analytics capabilities and accelerate AI initiatives across on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments. Booz Allen will integrate Databricks’ product and the open source technology Delta Lake into its Open Data Platform and offer the unique ability to deploy on cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure along with their expert services for data science and data engineering.
According to a 2019 Gartner survey of CIOs and other IT leaders, ‘When
asked what technology areas will be game changers, all industries and levels of
government see the top three game-changing technologies as artificial
intelligence (AI)/machine learning (27%), data analytics/predictive analytics
(22%) and cloud technologies (19%).’ However, right now the industry continues
to see government organizations encounter challenges when trying to pursue
these initiatives due to complex security and compliance requirements, poor
scalability of legacy IT infrastructure, and perceived risks associated with
cloud and IT modernization efforts.
“By leveraging a solution that integrates Databricks’ product and Delta
Lake into the Booz Allen Hamilton Open Data Platform, government organizations
can accelerate current data initiatives no matter where their data lives
today,” said Dan Tucker, vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton. “Many of our
clients are interested in moving to cloud but leverage on premise or hybrid
environments today. The joint solution is designed to improve the reliability
and performance of today’s on premise infrastructure and makes future migration
to cloud faster and easier because these workloads can also run on the secure,
cloud-based version of Databricks Unified Analytics Platform.”
Booz Allen’s Open Data Platform (ODP) features best-of-breed open source software to manage the full lifecycle of big data from ingest to insight. Now Booz Allen can integrate Databricks’ product and Delta Lake with ODP and offer U.S. government clients the unique ability to deploy it on-premises or onto hybrid infrastructure—along with expert data science and data engineering insights—to help government agencies accelerate current data initiatives no matter where their data lives today.
Through this relationship, U.S. federal government clients can rapidly deploy state of the art big data and analytics technology with Databricks’ product and Delta Lake at the highest levels of classified networks.
“Booz Allen and Databricks recognize federal customers are at varying levels of adoption when it comes to cloud adoption. Together we are providing a solution that is ready now and future proof,” said Michael Hoff, senior vice president of Business Development and Partners at Databricks. “The ability to gain new insights for data-driven decisions is no longer limited by legacy infrastructure or complex security and compliance requirements. Our solution set enables organizations to gain value, regardless of where they are in the IT modernization journey, and it provides a path for continued evolution.”
Source: Databricks
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