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Today, Snowflake kicked off its annual data cloud summit with the launch of Polaris Catalog, a new, open data catalog implementation for indexing and organizing data conforming to the Apache Iceberg table format.  Available in both self and Snowflake-hosted options, the catalog will be open-sourced over the next 90 days and interoperate with other query engines enterprises […]

On the first day of its Data Cloud Summit today, Snowflake unveiled Polaris, a new data catalog for data stored in the Apache Iceberg format. In addition to contributing Polaris to the open source community, the catalog also enables Snowflake customers to use open compute engines with their Iceberg-based Snowflake data, including Apache Spark, Apache […]

Industry leaders share their insights into the future of GenAI applications. Here is a look at some of the opportunities they find that organizations are investing in now. RTInsights attended the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2024 to hear about the most recent research the firm had done, the insights and recommendations it had distilled […]

These 10 capabilities that can be found in the modern data lake reference architecture, along with vendor tools and libraries for each one. 2. OTF-Based Data Warehouse Object storage is also the underlying storage solution for an OTF-Bbased data warehouse. Using object storage for a data warehouse may sound odd, but a data warehouse built […]

Snowflake says it will open up the source code to its new Polaris Catalog, a strategy that suggests it wants to lure data catalog users away from rival Databricks’ Unity Catalog while bolstering the attractiveness of its own offering, analysts said. “The move to launch Polaris Catalog provides a competitive response to Databricks’s Unity Catalog, thereby […]

Snowflake Inc. is expanding its support for the Apache Iceberg open-source table format with today’s announcement of Polaris Catalog, described as a vendor-neutral, open catalog implementation for Iceberg and other data architectures. Polaris is intended to provide centralized, cross-engine access to data. Snowflake said the catalog, which will be released to open source within the next […]

Keeping pace with news and developments in the real-time analytics and AI market can be a daunting task. Fortunately, we have you covered with a summary of the items our staff comes across each week. And if you prefer it in your inbox, sign up here! Dremio announced support for the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog Specification. The Iceberg […]

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable data management news for the week of May 30, 2024. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant big data and data management news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 30, 2024 — Dremio, the unified lakehouse platform for self-service analytics and AI, today announced support for the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog Specification, further underscoring the company’s commitment to promoting customer choice and emphasizing the importance of a strong, vendor-agnostic ecosystem. The Iceberg REST Catalog Specification is the agreed upon foundation for […]

The latest update from the data lakehouse specialist includes text-to-SQL translation capabilities and new partnerships that help create an ecosystem for GenAI development. Capabilities that address speed, cost control, ease of use and an open environment for developing generative AI models are all part of the latest platform update from Dremio. The vendor’s new features, […]

Unified data lakehouse platform Dremio has unveiled new capabilities that are designed to help its Apache Iceberg-driven lakehouse continue to challenge in the data analytics market. Dremio global customers include Maersk, Amazon, Regeneron, NetApp, and S&P Global. Customers use the technology to control and power their data mesh, data warehouse migration, data virtualization, and unified data access […]

In this week’s real-time analytics news: LinkedIn announced the launch of LakeChime, a new data trigger service designed to streamline data management within modern data lakes. Keeping pace with news and developments in the real-time analytics market can be a daunting task. We want to help by providing a summary of some of the important […]

Dremio, the unified lakehouse platform for self-service analytics and AI, unveiled new capabilities that keep Apache Iceberg lakehouse flexible, fast, and easy-to-use for every data environment. Dremio announced collaborations that bring the lakehouse to every environment for all of a customer’s data. Additionally, Dremio revealed capabilities that will further enhance its price-performant SQL engine, making […]

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable data management news for the week of May 3, 2024. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant big data and data management news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from […]

NEW YORK, May 2, 2024 — Dremio today announced new capabilities that ensure its market leading Apache Iceberg lakehouse is the most flexible, fast, and easy-to-use for every data environment. At its flagship event, Subsurface LIVE, Dremio announced partner-driven collaborations that bring the lakehouse to every environment for all of a customer’s data. Additionally, Dremio announced capabilities […]