The inaugural event in Thailand is part of a global movement to bring the data lakehouse to local data communities
Databricks, the lakehouse company, gathered data and AI experts and visionaries at its inaugural Data + AI World Tour in Bangkok, to connect, share best practices, and get a first look at the company’s latest product innovations.
The event theme ‘Destination Lakehouse’ highlights the building blocks of the modern data stack and focuses on the data lakehouse that enables data champions to mobilize data assets quickly for better, more informed business decisions.
Pioneered by Databricks, the lakehouse is an open and unified data management architecture that combines the flexibility, cost-efficiency and scalability of data lakes with the data management features of data warehouses, enabling business intelligence (BI) and machine learning (ML) on all data.
Databricks customers are using the lakehouse to support their data and analytics use case – from data warehousing and business intelligence (BI), to data engineering and AI/ML workloads – in a single, unified platform.
Data + AI World Tour in Thailand featured a broad lineup of Thai data and AI leaders from KASIKORNBANK, Makro and Lotus’s, True Digital Group, Siam Commercial bank, Bitkub, SCB DataX, FWD Insurance, and SCB TechX, among others.
Data-forward companies are harnessing the value of their data and applying AI to optimize their business operations and drive innovations through the lakehouse platform.
“As the digital arm of True Corporation, we process data for over 30 million customers, developing clean, standardized, and modeled components that enable us to build customized solutions for advertising, credit risk, and business insights. Thanks to Databricks’ powerful lakehouse architecture, we have been able to streamline and simplify the process of deriving value from data, which has already projected 15% cost savings in 2023 and will look to drive 50% cost savings in 2024,” Pedro Uria-Recio, Chief Analytics and AI Officer, True Digital Group.
“As one of the leaders in the insurance industry, we understand the importance of providing a more integrated customer experience. We are excited to share our experience in using Databricks’ Lakehouse Platform. Databricks’ innovative lakehouse platform has helped us overcome challenges and is supporting our business by providing a unified platform for analytics and machine learning,” Virendra Mulkalwar, Chief Data Officer, FWD Insurance.
“Data is not just an oil, it’s a crude oil that requires a refining process to turn it into high-quality fuel. As a financial institution, we rely on high-quality data to make informed decisions and provide our customers with the best possible service. That’s why we partnered with Databricks to unlock the full potential of our data,” Kramol Pulkes, Executive Vice President, Data and Analytics Head, KASIKORNBANK.
“With the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, we are able to build a modern enterprise data platform which allows us to develop new data science products and services to help transform organizations with data and AI,” Trirat Suwanprateeb, Chief Executive Officer, SCB TechX.
“At Makro and Lotus’s, we’re able to build a new customer segmentation strategy to better understand our customers and tailor services to their needs by using advanced analytics on the Databricks Lakehouse. We can now gain deeper insights to better serve our customers based on the data and analysis of customers’ purchasing behaviour,” Paul Howe, Group Chief Information Officer, Makro and Lotus’s.
Dan Itsara, Chief Technology Officer of Ascend Commerce, Dr Shuki Idan, CEO of SCB DataX, Terawat Tanasuwantan, Data Director of Bitkub, and Tapakorn Siritanawutichai, Executive Vice President of Siam Commercial Bank also discussed about powering the next era of business efficiency with data and AI at an exclusive roundtable.
“We are thrilled to bring our Data + AI World Tour event to Thailand for the first time, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to supporting innovation and empowering businesses in the ASEAN market. As pioneers of the data lakehouse, we are passionate about making data and AI accessible to everyone, and this event provides a unique opportunity for data and AI leaders to connect, share best practices, and gain insights into our latest product innovations. We’re proud to be leading the charge in modern data architecture, and to be bringing our expertise to the vibrant community of data professionals in Thailand,” Ed Lenta, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Databricks Asia Pacific & Japan.
Data + AI World Tour in Bangkok is sponsored by leading companies from across the data and AI industry including Celebal Technologies, Fivetran, DailiTech, Datalens AI, and Inteltion.
The event recording is available to view on-demand at this registration link.
About Databricks
Databricks is the lakehouse company. More than 9,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Conde Nast, H&M, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark(TM), Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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