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Databricks

The lakehouse, governed and AI‑ready.

We design and optimize lakehouse architectures for the demanding parts: Unity Catalog governance at scale, declarative pipelines, and Mosaic AI for model serving and production agents.

We build on
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Runs in your cloud
AWS
Azure
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What we build on it

Work that runs on Databricks today.

Private equity firmConsumer-focused fund

CIM review cycles 4x faster

Reviewing a confidential information memorandum

BeforeBy hand
After4x faster
Analysts read each CIM end to end
Agent extracts terms, financials and risks
Key terms re-keyed into the model
Populates the model and flags gaps
The whole deal team works the queue
The deal team reviews the exceptions
Reads fromPitchBookIntapp DealCloudDatasiteRuns onClaudeDatabricks
Case study
The HartfordInsurance

Risk reports in 2 days, not 2 to 3 weeks

Producing the weekly risk report

Before2 to 3 weeks
After2 days
Analysts pull from 12 source systems
Pipelines land the 12 sources overnight
Rebuild the models in spreadsheets
Models rerun and reports render themselves
Format and circulate to 12 stakeholders
Analysts review and annotate the exceptions
Reads from12 policy and claims systemsRuns onDatabricks
Case study
Elara CaringHome health

Referral to admission in under 24 hours

Admitting a patient from a referral

Before3 to 5 days
AfterUnder 24 hours
Staff read each referral packet by hand
Models extract patient details and diagnoses
Patient data keyed into separate systems
Validation checks every record
Insurance verified one case at a time
An intake specialist handles the exceptions
Reads fromEMR and EHR systemsRuns onDatabricks
Case study
Why Blue Orange on Databricks

A durable capability, not another experiment.

We support the entire Databricks lifecycle, from ingestion and transformation through Unity Catalog, ML workflows and GenAI, with production-oriented delivery.

  • Architected for ROI

    Every engagement is shaped around business priorities: faster analytics delivery, stronger governance, lower platform cost, and better AI readiness.

  • Cost discipline built in

    Budgets, budget policies, serverless sizing and Photon tuning keep the lakehouse efficient as data volumes and workloads grow.

  • Full lifecycle delivery

    From ingestion and transformation through Unity Catalog, ML workflows and GenAI, production-oriented from the first sprint.

  1. Unity Catalog governance

    One governance plane across data and AI, migrated cleanly from legacy Hive metastores.

    • Hive metastore migration
    • Fine-grained access and row and column masking
    • Lineage and audit
    • Delta Sharing
    • Catalogs across workspaces
    • Governed ML models and features
  2. Lakeflow and Delta Live Tables

    Declarative, observable pipelines with quality enforced as data flows, not after.

    • Delta Live Tables pipelines
    • Expectations and data quality
    • Streaming and batch (medallion)
    • Auto Loader ingestion
    • CDC and SCD handling
    • Photon SQL
  3. Mosaic AI and production agents

    Models and agents served on governed data, with retrieval, evaluation and monitoring built in.

    • Model Serving endpoints
    • Vector Search for RAG
    • Agent Framework and evaluation
    • MLflow tracking and registry
    • Feature and Function Serving
    • AI Gateway and guardrails
  4. Lakehouse optimization

    Keep the lakehouse fast and cost-efficient as adoption scales across teams.

    • Budgets and budget policies
    • Serverless compute sizing
    • Liquid clustering and OPTIMIZE
    • Workspace and cluster policies
    • Databricks SQL warehouses
    • Team enablement
Workshops

Solve your toughest data challenges, fast.

Hands-on, expert guidance tailored to your needs. Our free one-day workshops help your team overcome real-world challenges, streamline data processes and get more from your Databricks investment.

  1. Choose a workshop

    Select the session that aligns with your goals.

  2. Book your spot

    Schedule your free one-day workshop with our engineers.

  3. Get results

    Walk away with actionable insights and a customized plan.

Databricks workshops

One-day workshop

Unity Catalog migration readiness

One day, free. For data governance teams, IT leaders and architects. You leave with a migration readiness plan for Unity Catalog.

  • An automated evaluation of your current Databricks architecture.
  • A migration readiness plan for Unity Catalog.
  • The challenges and opportunities for improved data management.
One-day workshop

Optimizing Databricks with budgets and budget policies

One day, free. For cloud cost managers, IT finance teams and data engineers. You leave with a framework for aligning cloud costs with business objectives.

  • Implementing Databricks Budgets and Budget Policies to control costs.
  • Budget thresholds and alerts to monitor and manage spend in real time.
  • A customized framework for aligning cloud costs with business objectives and optimizing usage.
One-day workshop

Building data pipelines with Delta Live Tables

One day, free. For data engineers, architects and DevOps teams. You leave with a plan for automated batch and streaming pipelines.

  • Building automated pipelines with Delta Live Tables.
  • Improving data quality with schema enforcement and observability tools.
  • Streamlining workflows for batch and streaming data.

Microsoft Fabric workshops

One-day workshop

Microsoft OneLake and Fabric migration readiness

One day, free. For data governance teams, IT leaders and architects. You leave with a view of your migration readiness.

  • Key Fabric concepts and core services.
  • Foundational architecture approaches and migration readiness.
  • Data source types and ingestion methods.
One-day workshop

Microsoft Fabric integrations with Azure services

One day, free. For data governance teams, IT leaders, security architects and data engineers. You leave with a framework for aligning cloud security with business objectives.

  • Securing the Fabric environment.
  • Lineage, sensitivity labels, data catalog and governance.
  • A customized framework for aligning cloud security with business objectives and optimizing usage.
One-day workshop

Building data pipelines with Delta Storage Tables

One day, free. For data engineers, architects and report developers. You leave with a plan for automated pipelines from lakehouse to Power BI.

  • Building automated pipelines using notebooks, pipelines and Delta Tables.
  • Improving data quality with Data Wrangler and observability tools.
  • Lakehouse, semantic models and Power BI.

Thinking of something else you need help with? Contact us to craft a customized workshop tailored to your needs.

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Questions

Common questions.

What does Blue Orange do on Databricks?

We design and optimize lakehouse architectures for the demanding parts: Unity Catalog governance at scale, declarative pipelines, and Mosaic AI for model serving and production agents. We support the entire Databricks lifecycle, from ingestion through Unity Catalog, ML workflows and GenAI, with production-oriented delivery from the first sprint.

Are the Blue Orange Databricks workshops free, and how long are they?

Yes. Each workshop is one day and free, run with our engineers, and you walk away with a customized plan. The three Databricks sessions are Unity Catalog migration readiness, optimizing Databricks with budgets and budget policies, and building data pipelines with Delta Live Tables. Book the workshop through our contact page.

Can Blue Orange migrate us from Hive metastore to Unity Catalog?

Yes. Unity Catalog governance is one of the four areas where we go deep: one governance plane across data and AI, migrated cleanly from legacy Hive metastores, with fine-grained access, row and column masking, lineage and audit. The free one-day Unity Catalog migration readiness workshop starts with an automated evaluation of your current Databricks architecture.

How does Blue Orange keep Databricks costs under control?

Cost discipline is built in: budgets, budget policies, serverless sizing and Photon tuning keep the lakehouse efficient as data volumes and workloads grow. Lakehouse optimization also covers liquid clustering and OPTIMIZE, workspace and cluster policies, Databricks SQL warehouses and team enablement, and a free one-day workshop covers budgets and budget policies.

Does Blue Orange also run Microsoft Fabric workshops?

Yes. Three free one-day Fabric sessions: Microsoft OneLake and Fabric migration readiness, Microsoft Fabric integrations with Azure services, and building data pipelines with Delta Storage Tables, from lakehouse to Power BI. If you need something else, contact us for a customized workshop.

What has Blue Orange built on Databricks for a client?

Bregal Sagemount screens 7x more companies a week with an LLM deal sourcing system on Databricks, a Level 3 (L3) workflow. TechSmith saved 30 analyst hours a week with one data layer on Azure Databricks. FedEx improved package volume forecast accuracy by 20% with a machine learning environment on Azure Data Lake and Databricks, built with Oliver Wyman.

Next step

Build a governed, AI-ready lakehouse.