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DBX 101 with Jussi Virtanen: what Databricks is, who it’s for, how to get started, and how to access the free edition.
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A State of Cloud Data Warehouses Talk Show is a video series in which our Partner and Data Architect Mika Heino interviews different data and AI/ML experts about topics close to their hearts.
dbx 101 with jussi virtanen, databricks lead
Welcome to a new year and the first episode of A State of Cloud Data Warehouses Talk Show of 2026!
In this episode, Jussi Virtanen, Databricks Tech Lead and ML Engineer at Recordly, is telling Mika Heino about - you guessed it - Databricks (often called DBX), an end-to-end data platform solution.
Watch the video and you'll get an overview of:
- What Databricks is and what data professionals use it for
- How you can use one platform to perform a lot of different tasks and get all of your data in one place
- Which types of organizations and which situations Databricks would be relevant
- How to get started with Databricks and get access to Databricks' Free Edition (previously known as Community Edition) and trainings.
The video is in Finnish but you can enable translated English subtitles on YouTube.
Video Timestamps
| 00:00 | Intro |
| 01:08 |
Who is Jussi Virtanen? |
| 02:34 |
What is Databricks? |
| 03:39 | Concrete example of how you can work inside Databricks |
| 09:08 |
For whom and for what is Databricks relevant? |
| 12:18 | How do you get started with Databricks? |
