Tag: metadata catalog
AWS Unveils Hosted Apache Iceberg Service on S3, New Metadata Management Layer
AWS today unveiled a new S3 bucket type that’s optimized for storing data in Apache Iceberg, which has become the defacto standard for open table formats. AWS will not only automate the “undifferentiated heavy liftin Read more…
Dremio Goes Hybrid with Nessie-Based Metadata Catalog
Dremio today announced that the metadata catalog at the heart of its Apache Iceberg-based data lakehouse now supports other popular metadata catalog services, including Snowflake’s Apache Polaris-based catalog and Data Read more…
Atlan’s Big Plans for Reimagining the Data Control Plane
If you’re in the hunt for an enterprise data catalog, you may want to keep Atlan on your speed dial, as the young company is quickly gathering momentum. In fact, Atlan recently nabbed the number one overall rating from Read more…
Data Catalogs Vs. Metadata Catalogs: What’s the Difference?
Data catalogs and metadata catalogs share some similarities, particularly in their nearly identical names. And while they have some common functions, there are also important differences between the two entities that big Read more…
Is the Universal Semantic Layer the Next Big Data Battleground?
We’ve entered a period of punctuated equilibrium in the evolution of big data over the past month, thanks to community congregating around open table formats and metadata catalogs for storing data and enabling processi Read more…
Databricks to Open Source Unity Catalog
At its Data + AI Summit today, Databricks announced that it’s open sourcing Unity Catalog, the metadata catalog that governs how users and compute engines can access data. Coming off of last week’s news around Apache Read more…
It’s Go Time for Open Data Lakehouses
If you’re a supporter of open data, it’s hard not to feel good about last week’s news around Apache Iceberg. Customers demanded an open storage format, and the two leading providers, Snowflake and Databricks, are d Read more…
What the Big Fuss Over Table Formats and Metadata Catalogs Is All About
The big data community gained clarity on the future of data lakehouses earlier this week as a result of Snowflake’s open sourcing of its new Polaris metadata catalog and Databricks’ acquisition of Tabular. The action Read more…
Iceberg Data Services Emerge from Tabular, Dremio
Data professionals with plans to build lakehouses atop the Apache Iceberg table format have two new Iceberg services to choose from, including one from Tabular, the company founded by Iceberg’s co-creator, and another Read more…
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