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Tag: Apache Polaris

2026-08-04 • Alex Merced

The Five Layers of an Agentic Lakehouse and Where the MCP Server Sits

The five layers of an agentic lakehouse and where the MCP server sits: storage, catalog, semantic layer, MCP gateway, an...

2026-08-04 • Alex Merced

Why Agentic AI Needs a Governed Semantic Layer Behind the Model Context Protocol

Why agentic AI needs a governed semantic layer behind the Model Context Protocol: metric consistency, access control, Ap...

2026-08-04 • Alex Merced

Cross-Cloud Credential Vending in Apache Polaris and the End of Permanent Storage Keys

How Apache Polaris vends short-lived, prefix-scoped storage credentials across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and how to retire pe...

2026-08-04 • Alex Merced

How the Iceberg REST Catalog Turned Into the Lakehouse Control Plane

How the Iceberg REST catalog became the lakehouse control plane: multi-table atomic commits, credential vending, capabil...

2026-08-02 • Alex Merced

Apache Polaris 1.7.0 and the Quiet Work of Making a Catalog Trustworthy

Apache Polaris 1.7.0 deep dive: idempotent writes, semantic models, stricter credential vending, orphan cleanup, and wha...

2026-07-28 • Alex Merced

Wiring an AI Agent to Apache Polaris with the Model Context Protocol

The catalog is the right attachment point for AI agents working against a lakehouse. Here's how to wire the official Pol...

2026-07-28 • Alex Merced

Governing Iceberg Tables Across Regions Without Three Sets of Permissions

Catalog federation gives you one authorization model and one audit point across regions. Here's what it solves, what it ...

2026-07-24 • Alex Merced

The Breakdown of the Open Lakehouse in 2026: Iceberg, Arrow, Polaris, Parquet, and Ossie, and How to Actually Build One

A detailed breakdown of the five Apache projects powering the open lakehouse in 2026 -- Parquet, Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow...

2026-07-13 • Alex Merced

Apache Polaris and Multi-Engine Iceberg Catalogs

An in-depth exploration of apache polaris and multi-engine iceberg catalogs...

2026-07-06 • Alex Merced

The State of Apache Polaris in July 2026: From Incubating Catalog to the Governance Layer of the Open Lakehouse

Apache Polaris as a TLP — federation, credential vending, semantic layers, lineage, and how the open catalog became the ...

2026-06-22 • Alex Merced

Unity AI Gateway vs Apache Polaris Control Planes

Unity AI Gateway vs Apache Polaris control planes compares governance control plane architectures for modern data and AI...

2025-11-12 • Alex Merced

Comprehensive Hands-on Walk Through of Dremio Cloud Next Gen (Hands-on with Free Trial)

Walkthrough with the new trial of the Dremio Cloud Platform...

2025-10-23 • Alex Merced

2025-2026 Guide to Learning about Apache Iceberg, Data Lakehouse & Agentic AI

A curated guide to mastering Apache Iceberg, data lakehouse architectures, and the emerging field of Agentic AI for data...

2025-10-21 • Alex Merced

An Exploration of the Commercial Iceberg Catalog Ecosystem

Dive into the world of commercial Iceberg catalogs and discover how they enhance data lakehouse architectures for modern...

2025-10-17 • Alex Merced

Building a Universal Lakehouse Catalog - Beyond Iceberg Tables

Exploring paths to a universal lakehouse catalog that supports multiple data formats and engines, building on Apache Ice...

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