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  • Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?

    Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
    Oct 17 2025
    Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons. Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com
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  • Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent

    Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
    Sep 26 2025
    Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
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  • Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer

    Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
    Sep 5 2025
    Alex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
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  • Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog

    Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
    Jun 30 2025
    Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
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  • Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3

    Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3
    Jun 11 2025
    Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data
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  • Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book!

    Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book!
    May 27 2025
    Go to the DataLakehouseHub.com and join my Slack Community Download Free Iceberg Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725iceberg Download Free Polaris Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725Polaris
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  • Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)

    Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)
    Apr 6 2025
    Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
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  • Will Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?

    Will Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?
    Feb 21 2025
    Alex Merced discusses the idea of whether Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake could merge. Follow my blog: https://medium.alexmerced.blog
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