What is Databricks Managed Services? 7 Reasons You Need it for Your Business

As we turn the page to 2025, Databricks is revolutionizing how businesses are utilizing their data, giving them more value and driving innovation and growth.  However, you may not have the team of experts internally to properly use Databricks. To simplify this process, your business should leverage Databricks Managed Services for easier deployment, maintenance, and more. Let’s take a deeper look at what Databricks is and how a Managed Service Provider (MSP) like DataStrike helps you and your business.‍

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What is Databricks?

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Databricks is a business intelligence platform meant to build, deploy, and maintain your data. Databricks works to provide solutions that integrate your data from whatever platforms you may be leveraging into one area. This interface provides your business with an array of tools that simplify data tasks, such as:

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• Solutions for generative AI  

• Security management  

• Machine learning (ML) modeling, model serving, & tracking  

• Dashboard visualization, data processing, & ETL  

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What is Databricks Managed Services?  

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Databricks Managed Services is a solution provided by us here at DataStrike that helps businesses optimize and maintain their Databricks environments. By leveraging our Databricks Managed Services, businesses can focus on innovation and analytics while leaving complexities to experts. It's also useful for teams that want to scale their data without using their own in-house resources to manage the platform.  

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How Can You Leverage Databricks Managed Services?  

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1. Infrastructure Management  

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One important component of Databricks Managed Services is the set-up and maintenance of your underlying cloud infrastructure. This involves an iterative process of provisioning compute resources deemed necessary, storage, and networking configurations to ensure a stable and scalable environment. DataStrike can handle tasks such as cluster configuration, auto-scaling management, and resource allocation.

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2. Security & Compliance  

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Security and compliance are imperative to any service offered by an MSP. DataStrike ensures your Databricks integration not only goes smooth but meets regulatory requirements. GDPR, HIPPA, and SOC 2 are requirements many businesses have to meet in order to become compliant.  

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This process involves access control implementation, protocols for encryption, and monitoring tools to safeguard your sensitive data. We work with your business to establish data governance policies to make sure you're up to date with legal and business standards.

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3. Performance Optimization  

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The performance of your Databricks environment can significantly impact your business's ability to process and analyze data efficiently. MSPs like DataStrike specialize in optimizing Databricks workloads to ensure maximum performance. This includes fine-tuning Apache Spark jobs, implementing caching strategies to reduce data retrieval times, and optimizing cluster configurations to handle high-demand workloads.  

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Performance optimization is also important. Businesses who are dealing with large-scale data processing or machine learning workflows could really benefit from increased performance.  

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For example, minor inefficiencies can lead to significant delays and increased costs. With Databricks Managed Services, businesses can rest assured that their data operations are running at peak efficiency.  

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4. Monitoring & Alerting  

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Maintaining Databricks requires consistent monitoring. Your business needs system alerts to detect issues as they arise and prevent them from getting any worse. Databricks Managed Services include 24x7 monitoring of your systems health and performance of your application. Our experts set up advanced alerting mechanisms to notify administrators of potential problems.  

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This includes areas such as resource contention, job failures, or usage spikes. This approach reduces downtime and makes sure that any kind of disruption will be quickly fixed. This helps to maintain consistency and reliability for your data operations. Our experts will also provide detailed analytics and reporting. This gives your business greater visibility into your Databricks platform and helps you make better decisions.

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5. Cost Management  

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One of the challenges of using cloud-based platforms like Databricks is managing costs effectively. Without proper oversight, cloud spending can quickly spiral out of control, leading to unexpected costs that strain budgets.  

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DataStrike helps you to address this challenge by providing tools and strategies to optimize cloud costs. Resource utilization patterns are examined to identify which assets may not being used properly. We do this while also implementing cost-saving measures, which include areas like spot instances or reserved capacity.  

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Additionally, these services give you the ability to access detailed reports on your cloud spending. Your business will be able to achieve a healthy balance between high performance and cost-efficiency. This ensures you’re getting the most value from your Databricks investment.  

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6. Backup & Disaster Recovery  

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Data loss can have substantial business consequences. This is what makes backup and disaster recovery an essential component of your Databricks experience. Your system requires backup mechanisms, with regular snapshots of data and metadata to protect against accidental deletions, hardware failures, or cyberattacks.  

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This offering is included in our disaster recovery plan. This will ensure quick restoration of your operations if an outage or data breach occurs. We put these measures into place to provide your business with the peace of mind you need. It's also an important job for us as an MSP to make sure your data is safe, and your business operations are running smoothly.  

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7. Expert Support

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Our Databricks Managed Services provide your business with the white-glove expertise you need to thrive. Our experts handle troubleshooting, custom configurations, and put best practices into place so your business can properly leverage Databricks.  

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This level of expertise ensures that businesses can fully utilize Databricks to meet their unique needs and goals. We become a strategic extension of your team by handling workloads your team isn’t familiar with. With a 24x7 100% onshore model, you unlock access to a team of certified Databricks experts and gain a trusted partner. You need a team of experts who work with you to navigate the challenges of Databricks and someone who always has your back.  

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Additional Benefits  

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We don’t just offer everything outlined above. Our experts dive deep into your Databricks system to deliver you a customized experience for your unique business requirements. For instance, our team can put automation tools into place.  

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By doing so, we streamline redundant tasks repetitive like job scheduling and cluster management. This will allow your team to focus on other missions and tasks that matter to your business.  

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We also provide integration services with other tools and platforms. This includes popular areas such as ETL pipelines and data warehouses. With these capabilities, your business can build out a more cohesive data ecosystem. This contributes to better decision-making processes and a more unified data structure.  

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A Quote from Our Expert Brian Wineland

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By integrating Apache Spark with data storage and real-time tools meant for team collaboration, businesses can speed up data processing, improve decision-making based off of data, and scale their AI and machine learning models more effectively than they could have imagined. Databricks also enhances productivity through its easy integration with other cloud environments and a collaborative workspace for teams.  

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Conclusion  

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DataStrike's Databricks Managed Services helps your business tackle the challenges and complexities that come from modern data platforms. By teaming up with us, your data becomes an engine that drives growth, and you can focus on the things that matter to your business. Our experts will handle your platform management, so your team's workload is lighter.  Thanks to benefits that range from infrastructure management to cost optimization, you gain access to the proper tools and support needed to become the business you know you are capable of becoming.  

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By trusting DataStrike, your business will improve its Databricks environment and have a more structured data ecosystem. You will experience higher performance, enhanced scalability, and have better security measures put into place. By doing this, you will unlock the true potential of Databricks and create a path for innovation. By addressing these challenges and providing you with 24x7 100% onshore support, you will become the best version of your business and be able to take on 2025 with a clear focus and vision.

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About DataStrike    

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DataStrike is the industry leader in 100% onshore data infrastructure services and enables companies to harness IT changes as a catalyst for growth. With a network of highly specialized experts, strategic partnerships with the world's biggest technology providers, and a platform agnostic approach, DataStrike provides innovative solutions and practical guidance to accelerate digital transformation initiatives and drive better business outcomes for small-to mid-sized businesses. Click here to learn more about our service offerings.    

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