In our comprehensive “Migration March” series, we’ve journeyed through the intricacies of data migration, unpacking the 3Rs strategy, dispelling myths, showcasing accelerators, and embracing the factory model for accelerated migration. Now, we arrive at a pivotal moment: the launch of the go-live phase. Just as athletes are celebrated for their performance on game day rather … Read more

Solving modern data problems demands modern solutions.

Your company’s data system is outdated, and the CEO wants to modernize—fast. The thought is daunting, like scaling a mountain with a toothpick. What if there’s a guide to turn this climb into a strategic ascent? Enter Databricks, where legacy migration leads to data leadership. Now, let’s embark on another migration adventure! As part of … Read more

Empowering Business Users How IT Managers Enable Success in the Databricks Lakehouse

Welcome to the second installment of our blog series dedicated to bringing your business users into the Data Intelligence Platform (DIP) with Databricks. In this blog, we’ll shift our focus to the crucial role that IT managers play in enabling business users within the Databricks DIP environment.  In today’s rapidly evolving landscape of data management … Read more

Accelerate and Simplify Data Governance with Unity Catalog and Lovelytics

Embarking on a journey toward data excellence requires more than just technological prowess; it demands a strategic approach that unifies, organizes, and empowers every facet of your data ecosystem. The expert advisors and engineers at Lovelytics understand the pivotal role that efficient data management plays in driving business success. Join us as we explore the … Read more

Lovelytics has secured strategic investments from Databricks Ventures and Interlock Equity. Having two industry-leading partners supporting our team, our mission, and the vision of Lovelytics helps us accelerate the growth of our amazing team and culture. 

Photo Courtesy of Philadelphia Union Innovations In Analysis Innovations and advancements in technology have provided a way to gather real-time precise data points during any sporting event. The result is better insights into hundreds if not thousands of variables that might give a team a strategic advantage on the field and in the team’s back office as … Read more

The View from the Lakehouse Blog Series PART 2 Over the past few years, the term “data lakehouse” has grown in popularity. Why?  Fundamentally, a data lakehouse combines the best of data warehouses and data lakes, supporting business intelligence and advanced analytics workloads in a single platform. In other words, a data lakehouse provides a … Read more

The View from the Lakehouse Blog Series PART 1 Recently, Lovelytics held our first in-person all-hands meeting in more than a year. We gathered at our headquarters in Arlington, VA to socialize, strategize, and evaluate past decisions.  A major theme this year (and in years past) was the changing needs of our clients, and how … Read more

Most of us are inevitably going to be asked one of the most common questions this time of year: “What are you thankful for?”  Of course, I am grateful for my husband, my maniac of a dog, my family, and the food I’m fortunate enough to have on the table every day. But let’s be … Read more

I’ve always found web scraping interesting, there’s a massive trove of data available to us in a wide array of formats- it presents the perfect ‘big data’ problem, how can we capture, ingest, analyze, and leverage this data? To keep things relevant for a broader audience, I’m going to focus on the capture and ingest … Read more

Synopsis: This article is a 101 level introduction to Databricks SQL, and will walk you through the steps to build simple visualizations directly within a Lakehouse environment. The article is focused around the UI and workflow of DBSQL and assumes the reader has basic SQL knowledge.  Databricks SQL (DBSQL) forms one of the three main … Read more

This is Blog #1 in a 3 Part Blog Series On HL7 and Healthcare Data Interoperability What is HL7? If you’ve worked with healthcare data, chances are you’ve heard of HL7v2. To give some background for those who aren’t familiar, HL7v2 is a messaging standard that is used to electronically exchange clinical data between systems … Read more