November 4, 2025

Migrate from SAS to Databricks with Speed, Security, and Scale

Security Information and Event Management platforms have long been the backbone of enterprise cybersecurity. Most organizations face the same challenges: high storage costs, limited analytics, difficulty integrating diverse data sources, and analyst teams overwhelmed by false positives. SIEMs provide compliance and visibility, but rarely deliver the agility or intelligence.

Screenshot 2025 11 04 at 5.05.32 PM

Organizations running on SAS face significant barriers to innovation: high licensing and maintenance costs, poor scalability, shrinking pools of skilled experts, and performance challenges with unstructured or massive datasets. These issues not only slow down analytics but also limit AI adoption, while compliance with GDPR and HIPAA adds further complexity. Manual migrations to modern platforms often stall due to hidden dependencies, proprietary SAS code, and data structure mismatches, wasting time, money, and opportunity.

SASquatch: A SAS-to-Databricks Accelerator

Screenshot 2025 11 04 at 5.03.18 PM

Our SASquatch accelerator delivers a Smart, Rapid, and Cost-Effective path forward. Built to automate and modernize, it reduces migration timelines by up to 80% while eliminating SAS licensing costs. The solution goes beyond lift and shift to optimize workloads for scalability, security, and performance on Databricks.

  • Smart Assessment: Tailored migration roadmap with dependency mapping.
  • AI-Driven Translation: Automated code and logic migration to Python, PySpark, and SQL.
  • Compliance First: Unity Catalog ensures HIPAA and GDPR compliance.
  • Self-Healing Optimization: Automatic error resolution and performance refactoring.
  • Future-Ready: Unlocks advanced analytics and AI capabilities at scale.

Intelligent Code Modernization Flow

  • Automated Deployment: Final scripts are deployed as production-ready Databricks Jobs.
  • Analysis & Strategy: We analyze your SAS codebase and select the optimal translation path from our extensible library.
  • AI-Powered Translation: Your workloads are translated using plug-and-play Databricks LLM endpoints.
  • Validation & Self-Correction: Code is tested against a custom validation engine, with errors automatically corrected.
  • Performance Optimization: Refactored for maximum efficiency and scalability on Databricks.

With Entrada, migrating from SAS to Databricks is more than a platform upgrade: it’s a complete transformation of your data environment. By reducing migration time and eliminating legacy system constraints, we enable your teams to focus on innovation and advanced analytics. The result is a modern, scalable, and secure data platform that unlocks AI-driven insights, improves efficiency, and drives measurable business value, delivering a future-ready foundation built for growth and performance.

Other blog posts
Screenshot 2025 11 05 at 4.25.58 PM

Accelerate Your Journey: Starting Smart with Rapid GenAI

To achieve foundational stability with speed, we recommend starting with Entrada’s AI + Data Maturity Assessment Evaluations. This focused evaluation addresses all necessary dimensions of a GenAI initiative, ensuring a holistic, end-to-end perspective from day one.

Read more cyber security concept digital art 23 2151637760

Beyond SIEM: How Entrada’s Gatehouse Transforms Security Operations

Security Information and Event Management platforms have long been the backbone of enterprise cybersecurity. Most organizations face the same challenges: high storage costs, limited analytics, difficulty integrating diverse data sources, and analyst teams overwhelmed by false positives. SIEMs provide compliance and visibility, but rarely deliver the agility or intelligence.

Read more Food Distribution

Demand Forecasting Optimization to Prevent Revenue Loss & Identify Risks

Discover how Entrada helped optimized inventory management by reducing understocking and overstocking, saving $15 million annually by minimizing lost sales and spoilage costs.

Read more
Show all posts
GET IN TOUCH

Millions of users worldwide trust Entrada

For all inquiries including new business or to hear more about our services, please get in touch. We’d love to help you maximize your Databricks experience.