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Flexible and integrated Spark service that empowers data science professionals to ask bigger, tougher questions, and deliver business value
About IBM Analytics for Apache Spark
IBM Analytics for Apache Spark is a flexible and integrated Spark service that empowers data science professionals to ask bigger, tougher questions, and deliver business value faster. It’s an easy-to-use, always-on managed service with no long-term commitment or risk, so you can begin exploring right away. Access the power of Apache Spark with no lock-in, backed by IBM’s open-source commitment and decades of enterprise experience. A managed Spark service with Notebooks as a connector means coding and analytics are easier and faster, so you can spend more of your time on delivery and innovation. A managed Apache Spark services gives you easy access to the power of built-in machine learning libraries without the headaches, time and risk associated with managing a Sparkcluster independently.
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