Merlin, Music & Dremio: Harmonising Petabytes with a Small Team

Merlin, the “fourth global major” in music rights, represents 15% of the recorded music market and manages over a petabyte of data from 40+ digital service providers. With fewer than 50 employees, the team processes billions of royalty transactions monthly and delivers timely insights to 600+ members worldwide.

In this session, Gary Watson, Director of Data Operations, will share how Merlin uses Dremio’s lakehouse to accelerate royalty verification, uncover anomalies, and power self-service analytics—all without costly data warehouse rebuilds. Learn how a lean team turns massive complexity into agility and scale.