Databricks in Action - Azure's Blueprint for Secure and Cost-Effective Operations

Learn how Erste Group successfully migrated from a legacy system to Azure Databricks, achieving significant cost reductions and operational improvements in this 32-minute conference talk. Discover the challenges of transitioning from a complex hub-spoke architecture while maintaining strict compliance with European regulations, and explore the phased migration strategy that resulted in a 60% reduction in networking costs and 30% reduction in compute costs. Examine the new platform architecture featuring Unity Catalogue, separate data catalogs, and dedicated workspaces that now supports real-time analytics, advanced machine learning, and GenAI capabilities. Gain insights into best practices for cloud-based machine learning environments and understand how to balance security, performance, and cost-effectiveness in large-scale data platform transformations, presented by Oliver Schluga, Information Security Specialist Expert, and Vukola Milenkovic, Senior Solution Manager from Erste Group.