Virtual-DBA Launches Databricks Consulting Services to Help Enterprises Unlock the Full Value of Their Data
New offering brings governed Lakehouse architecture, Unity Catalog governance, and AI/MLOps delivery to organizations building on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
Colorado Springs, CO, September 25, 2026 --(PR.com)-- Virtual-DBA, a database and data platform managed services brand of XTIVIA, Inc., today announced the launch of its Databricks consulting practice, expanding its portfolio of database and data management services to help organizations design, build, and govern modern Lakehouse environments.
The new offering brings enterprise clients a full lifecycle of Databricks capabilities — from initial data and AI strategy and maturity assessment through Unity Catalog governance, Lakehouse implementation, and production-grade AI and MLOps — delivered by a team with more than 30 years of enterprise data engineering experience.
"Organizations investing in Databricks are often further along in adopting the technology than they are in governing and operationalizing it," said Nir Gryn, SVP of Sales at XTIVIA. "Our Databricks practice closes that gap — helping teams move from scattered pipelines and ungoverned data to a trusted, AI-ready Lakehouse, backed by the same reliability our Virtual-DBA clients expect from us on database management."
Databricks Offerings Include:
Data & AI Strategy — A five-dimension maturity assessment and Medallion architecture blueprint to identify the right starting point, whether classical ML, forecasting, LLM, or agentic AI use cases.
Unity Catalog Governance — Migration from Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog, column-level lineage, row-level security, audit logging, and compliance-ready data contracts.
Implementation — Bronze-to-Gold data engineering using Delta Live Tables, incremental ingestion, and a CI/CD accelerator that puts production pipelines in place from sprint one.
AI & MLOps — Mosaic AI, Agent Bricks, AI Gateway, and Vector Search implementations, supported by an MLOps accelerator covering feature store, model registry, drift detection, and retraining.
The practice is anchored by XTIVIA's proprietary Insight360 platform, which runs hundreds of automated checks across governance, security, cost, and performance to produce a weighted Lakehouse maturity scorecard for both technical and executive stakeholders. XTIVIA holds Databricks Advanced Specializations in Data & AI Governance, the Lakehouse, and SAP Interop.
XTIVIA has already applied these capabilities in production engagements, including modernizing a healthcare revenue-cycle management platform from a legacy Hadoop environment onto Databricks, and conducting an Azure environment assessment and roadmap for an international analytics firm.
"Most Databricks programs stall in the same places: cost growing faster than value, governance trailing engineering, and pipelines multiplying without a plan," said Dennis Robinson, President & CEO of XTIVIA. "This offering reflects patterns we've refined across real engagements, and we're excited to bring that experience to the Virtual-DBA client base."
The Databricks consulting offering is available now through Virtual-DBA and XTIVIA. Organizations can request a maturity assessment or schedule a consultation at www.virtual-dba.com or www.xtivia.com/tech-services/databricks-tech-consulting.
About Virtual-DBA
Virtual-DBA, a brand of XTIVIA, Inc., provides remote database administration and data platform managed services, helping organizations keep critical data infrastructure secure, performant, and available around the clock.
About XTIVIA
Founded in 1992 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, XTIVIA is an enterprise IT consulting firm with approximately 350 employees across five office locations.
The new offering brings enterprise clients a full lifecycle of Databricks capabilities — from initial data and AI strategy and maturity assessment through Unity Catalog governance, Lakehouse implementation, and production-grade AI and MLOps — delivered by a team with more than 30 years of enterprise data engineering experience.
"Organizations investing in Databricks are often further along in adopting the technology than they are in governing and operationalizing it," said Nir Gryn, SVP of Sales at XTIVIA. "Our Databricks practice closes that gap — helping teams move from scattered pipelines and ungoverned data to a trusted, AI-ready Lakehouse, backed by the same reliability our Virtual-DBA clients expect from us on database management."
Databricks Offerings Include:
Data & AI Strategy — A five-dimension maturity assessment and Medallion architecture blueprint to identify the right starting point, whether classical ML, forecasting, LLM, or agentic AI use cases.
Unity Catalog Governance — Migration from Hive Metastore to Unity Catalog, column-level lineage, row-level security, audit logging, and compliance-ready data contracts.
Implementation — Bronze-to-Gold data engineering using Delta Live Tables, incremental ingestion, and a CI/CD accelerator that puts production pipelines in place from sprint one.
AI & MLOps — Mosaic AI, Agent Bricks, AI Gateway, and Vector Search implementations, supported by an MLOps accelerator covering feature store, model registry, drift detection, and retraining.
The practice is anchored by XTIVIA's proprietary Insight360 platform, which runs hundreds of automated checks across governance, security, cost, and performance to produce a weighted Lakehouse maturity scorecard for both technical and executive stakeholders. XTIVIA holds Databricks Advanced Specializations in Data & AI Governance, the Lakehouse, and SAP Interop.
XTIVIA has already applied these capabilities in production engagements, including modernizing a healthcare revenue-cycle management platform from a legacy Hadoop environment onto Databricks, and conducting an Azure environment assessment and roadmap for an international analytics firm.
"Most Databricks programs stall in the same places: cost growing faster than value, governance trailing engineering, and pipelines multiplying without a plan," said Dennis Robinson, President & CEO of XTIVIA. "This offering reflects patterns we've refined across real engagements, and we're excited to bring that experience to the Virtual-DBA client base."
The Databricks consulting offering is available now through Virtual-DBA and XTIVIA. Organizations can request a maturity assessment or schedule a consultation at www.virtual-dba.com or www.xtivia.com/tech-services/databricks-tech-consulting.
About Virtual-DBA
Virtual-DBA, a brand of XTIVIA, Inc., provides remote database administration and data platform managed services, helping organizations keep critical data infrastructure secure, performant, and available around the clock.
About XTIVIA
Founded in 1992 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, XTIVIA is an enterprise IT consulting firm with approximately 350 employees across five office locations.
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719-387-0981
https://www.xtivia.com
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