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  • Qlik Named 2026 Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner of the Year

    Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner

    Bengaluru: Qlik has been named the 2026 Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner of the Year, reinforcing its position as a leading provider of enterprise data integration solutions.

    The recognition, announced at the annual Data + AI Summit, highlights Qlik’s innovation and customer impact through solutions built on the Databricks platform.

    The Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner award recognizes organizations that have demonstrated excellence in helping customers build, scale, and govern data and AI initiatives using the Databricks ecosystem.

    This recognition reflects Qlik’s continued investment in delivering advanced data integration capabilities that enable organizations to move, transform, and activate data for analytics and AI workloads.

    By integrating with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, Qlik helps customers streamline data pipelines, enhance data readiness, and support scalable analytics and artificial intelligence initiatives.

    Presented during the annual Data + AI Summit, the award underscores the growing importance of seamless data integration in accelerating enterprise AI adoption.

    The recognition further demonstrates how the Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner ecosystem is enabling organizations to derive greater value from their data assets.

    “As the race to productionize AI accelerates, customers consistently ask us how they can better manage their data in order to build AI apps and agents that make a real impact on their business,” said Stephen Orban, SVP, Product Ecosystem & Partnerships at Databricks.

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    “As a key Databricks partner, Qlik helps our joint customers do exactly that. We’re proud to recognize them as 2026 Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner of the Year.”

    Qlik’s data integration strategy focuses on delivering real-time data movement, transformation, and governance capabilities that support modern data architectures.

    Through more than 250 high-quality connectors, Qlik enables seamless integration and transformation of enterprise-wide data into the Databricks platform.

    These capabilities allow users across organizations to leverage natural language interfaces to access rich, context-aware insights natively within Genie, Databricks’ AI agent that enables employees to interact with enterprise data and receive trusted answers instantly.

    The collaboration between Qlik and Databricks, strengthened through the Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner recognition, is helping organizations address growing challenges related to data complexity and AI readiness.

    When combined with the Databricks platform, Qlik’s capabilities help organizations:

    • Improve access to trusted, analytics-ready data.
    • Reduce latency in data pipelines supporting AI and machine learning workloads.
    • Simplify the management of complex, distributed data environments.

    “Organizations are looking to reduce the complexity of preparing data for analytics and AI,” said Matt Hayes, General Manager, Data Business Unit, Qlik.

    “This recognition from Databricks reflects the work our teams have done to deliver data integration capabilities that support those needs and help customers accelerate time to insight.”

    The Databricks Partner Awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated a strong commitment to helping customers build, scale, and govern data and AI solutions using the Databricks platform.

    The latest recognition further highlights Qlik’s contribution as a leading Databricks ISV Data Integration Partner, supporting enterprises in accelerating analytics and AI innovation.

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    • Salil Urunkar

      Salil Urunkar is a senior journalist and the editorial mind behind Sahyadri Startups. With years of experience covering Pune’s entrepreneurial rise, he’s passionate about telling the real stories of founders, disruptors, and game-changers.

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