ADBC (Arrow Database Connectivity) is Apache Arrow’s answer to ODBC and JDBC: It’s a database access API and driver standard that delivers data in Arrow columnar format instead of a row-oriented format. ADBC is on a roll, speeding and simplifying data access for dbt, Databricks, DuckDB, Microsoft, Snowflake, and more. This talk presents the architecture of ADBC (APIs, drivers, driver... Read More

Apache Arrow is a multi-language toolbox for accelerated data interchange and in-memory processing. With the aim to make the data ecosystem modular and connected, Wes will talk about Apache Arrow’s vision for a future more unified data analytics ecosystem. In this talk, Wes will discuss the underlying interfaces and protocols powering the project, trends in the Apache Arrow ecosystem, and... Read More

In this talk I will discuss the role that Apache Arrow and Arrow Flight are playing to provide a faster and more efficient approach to building data services that transport large datasets. We'll look at the technical details of why the Arrow protocol is an attractive choice and look at specific examples of where Arrow has been employed for better... Read More