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Welcome to "SELECT * FROM data.lake;," the podcast where data enthusiasts and tech aficionados gather each week for deep dives into the ever-expansive world of data lakes and data lakehouses. Join your host, Alex Merced, as he embarks on a journey to unlock the untapped potential of these powerful data repositories. Follow on twitter: - Alex @amdatalakehouse blogs: - https://www.dremio.com/blogs Other Podcasts to Check Out: - Gnarly Data Waves - DataNation - In the Grand Schema of Things

Episodes

November 5, 2024 1 min

Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024


Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024


London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups


Paris Meetup: https://drmevn.fyi/1120-france-meetup


My Calendar of Events: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups

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Alex Merced discusses the new features released in Dremio version 25.2.


Try Dremio with this Tutorial:

https://drmevn.fyi/youtubelakehouse102924

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Alex Merced discussed many of the value proposition of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform such as:


  • Data Virtualization
  • Query Federation
  • Semantic Layer
  • Fast Performance
  • Data Governance
  • Data Lakehouse
  • Query Acceleration

Get hands-on with Dremio with this exercise:


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July 9, 2024 2 mins

Register for the Course: https://bit.ly/am-2024-iceberg-live-crash-course-1

Free Copy of Apache Iceberg Book: https://bit.ly/am-iceberg-book
My social and blog links: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

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Alex Merced talks about how Data Sharing is possible using the Dremio Data Lakehouse Platform.


Follow Alex, find links at https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

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In this episode, we dive deep into how Dremio combines data virtualization, a semantic layer, and a data lakehouse architecture to create a powerful platform for data analytics and management. Discover how Dremio's unique approach simplifies data workflows, enhances data accessibility, and maximizes the value of your data assets.


We'll explore:

  • The benefits of data virtualization and how it integrates disparate d...
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April 18, 2024 8 mins

Alex Merced talks about what's new in Dremio 25.0. Find several blogs on the new features and release at dremio.com/blog!


https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

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Alex Merced discusses what is a Semantic Layer?


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March 28, 2024 8 mins
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Alex Merced discusses the newest release of pyIceberg and its implications.


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Read my reflections in this blog:

https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com/p/table-format-fud-thinking-through


Follow me on social:

https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

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Find all my data resources below:
https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

Listen to the State of the Data Lakehouse Podcast Here:
https://em360tech.com/podcast/dremio-state-data-lakehouse?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=alexmercedcontent&utm_term=iceberg+lakehouse+nessie

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Alex Merced discusses some of the new innovations at Dremio in particular Reflection Recommendations and Incremental Refreshes that aim to make managing an easy to use data lakehouse at scale so much easier that it already is with Dremio.


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October 31, 2023 6 mins

Alex Merced discusses caching and Dremio's Columnar Cloud Cache feature.


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Submit your talks here:

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Alex Merced discusses how Dremio's Data Reflections features make life easier for Data Engineers and Data Analysts.


- Makes it easier for data engineers to optimize performance

- Makes it easier for data analysts to take advantage of those optimizations


In this talk I also discuss how Dremio Reflections succeeds when federating sources (Data Virtualization) over other approaches like Materialized Views and Indexes.

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Alex Merced discusses the internals of how Project Nessie catalogs work and the potential they hold to cataloging and managing data lakehouses.


Try out Nessie first hand with the following resources:


In just a few commands, you can have everything you need to practice ingestion and querying with popular data software. Just install Docker and then run the commands in the image.
You can also follow the directions in this...

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Alex Merced discusses what is Hadoop and On-Prem data lake, and how Dremio can help data lake modernization and migration efforts.


Follow Alex on twitter @amdatalakehouse


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Try Out Dremio/Apache Iceberg on your Laptop:

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Alex Merced explains the big picture of Apache Iceberg table optimization.


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