Govern a data lake and migrate R workloads

This page records two talks from July 14, 2022. The Sydney Databricks User Group hosted them. The event, sign-up page, and old form are closed.

The full event archive keeps the old agenda. It also marks the limits of its claims. The source did not name the customer or show measured results.

Two talks shared the meetup

Unity Catalog governance

Vinny Vijeyakumaar discussed rules for lake and warehouse data. The agenda named access control, data search, and lineage in Unity Catalog.

R jobs migration

Deon Jacobs spoke about moving a data-science team’s R jobs to Databricks. Treat the old agenda as a list of talk topics. It does not prove customer results.

Speakers listed in 2022

The titles below are preserved from the event page and may have changed.

Vinny Vijeyakumaar

Vinny was listed as a Senior Solutions Architect at Databricks. His old bio covered database scale, data consulting, Google Cloud, and lakehouse work.

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Deon Jacobs

Deon was listed as Head of Data and Analytics at Data-Driven. His old bio focused on data engineering and live systems.

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Use current guidance for implementation

Unity Catalog and Databricks have changed since 2022. Check current Databricks docs before you use this agenda as a guide. Confirm the account model, workspace scope, access rights, lineage, and support for the move.