Qlik, a global leader in data integration, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), announced a new strategic integration with Databricks AI Functions to enhance enterprise AI capabilities through advanced data solutions. Following the recent release of Qlik Talend Cloud, this integration further accelerates Qlik's focus on streamlining data workflows and enhancing AI-driven business outcomes.
The integration gives companies access to Databricks’ advanced Mosaic AI capabilities without extensive infrastructure changes or specialized training, and is fueled by advanced capabilities in the newly released Qlik Talend Cloud, helping businesses achieve new levels of efficiency and innovation.
The integration of Qlik and Databricks AI Functions enables several enhancements that streamline and enhance AI capabilities in the enterprise: The marriage of Qlik’s data integration platform and Databricks AI model APIs enables users to leverage the advanced AI capabilities of Databricks Data Intelligence Platform directly within their analytical workflows, easing the deployment of AI-driven transformations and analytics.
- Advanced AI capabilitiesQlik customers can now leverage Databricks AI capabilities such as sentiment analysis, classification, translation, and more within Qlik Cloud Data Integration workflows. Powered by modern data engineering and AI-powered data enrichment from Qlik Talend Cloud, the integration enables advanced transformations and processing with simple drag-and-drop capabilities.
- Databricks Vector Store SupportEnabling analytics from both structured and unstructured data, this new capability leverages Databricks Vector Store for Search Augmentation Generation (RAG) applications that can leverage a corpus of high-quality data that enterprises trust to enhance the depth of AI-driven analytics.
- Enhanced Data Management and Analysis: This integration builds on Databrick's comprehensive capabilities, especially in handling large volumes and varieties of data. Qlik Talend Cloud adds capabilities around data lineage, historical data management, and data product creation, which are essential to maintaining data integrity and compliance. This integration makes the enriched AI-enabled data provided by Qlik Talend Cloud available in the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
- Strategic Business ValueCombining Qlik's data solutions with Databricks' AI capabilities helps businesses gain faster and more accurate insights that improve decision-making processes, increase operational efficiency and help them respond faster to market changes. The pioneering Qlik Talend Trust Score™ for AI further enhances the trust and validity of AI-driven insights.
Through our integration with Databricks, Qlik is pushing the boundaries of enterprise AI to make it more effective and accessible. This collaboration helps customers transform data into a strategic asset, accelerating innovation and increasing business agility.
David Zember, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels and Alliances, Qlik
The partnership with Qlik underscores the two companies' shared commitment to advancing AI-driven analytics. The integration will enable our joint customers to leverage Databricks' AI capabilities within Qlik's trusted data solutions to streamline processes and unlock the full potential of their data to deliver better business outcomes.
Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners, Databricks
The integration between Qlik and Databricks delivers significant benefits, including improved operational efficiency through the automation of data workflows, drastically reducing the time from data collection to generating insights. It also enables predictive analytics and optimizes operational and decision-making processes. Additionally, this integration provides a competitive advantage by equipping businesses with the tools to proactively respond to market changes and capitalize on data-driven opportunities.
