Apache Spark is already one of the most active open source projects in the big data world, but announcements made on Monday by Spark promoter and support firm Databricks could really heat things up.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --Data + AI Summit -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced it is open-sourcing the company's core declarative ETL framework as Apache Spark™ ...

It's been a busy week in big data land. We've got news about a free community edition of Apache Spark plus more news from Spark distributor Databricks, a new Apache Software Foundation project for big ...