Velox at IBM

Learn more about IBM’s work and vision for Velox, including key contributions and focus areas. Remus will cover the work done over the last year and what’s ahead for Velox at IBM.

Remus Lazar
VP Software Development, Data & AI at IBM

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1. Velox at IBM Remus Lazar Vice President, Software Development, Data & AI
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3. SQL is King
4. Velox at IBM We believe in the reusable, composable nature of Velox for Presto and Spark initially but see the potential leverage across other engines as well. We started with Presto to help build Prestissimo, and now there’s broader applicability with Gluten/Spark. We look forward to doing even more in this area. Commitment to Velox At IBM we’ve helped to make Velox production-ready for any workload. Some of our key contributions include: § Filesystem support - S3/GCS/Azure § Parquet reader § Iceberg reader § SQL coverage completion § Maintain builds system § Testing § Running benchmarks - TPC-DS Strong Partnerships We collaborate closely with Meta, Intel and the community to build Velox. The common denominator is our shared goals and vision for the project. We will bring the project forward together, as one. Join and contribute to this industry impacting development