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December 05, 2025 The Dremio Agentic Lakehouse - AI, Apache Iceberg, and more
In this NotebookLM-generated episode, you'll hear a discussion of the new Dremio Cloud, and its features for enabling accessible agentic AI for the business.

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13 min
October 17, 2025 Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons.
Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com
30 min
September 26, 2025 Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space.
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9 min
September 05, 2025Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
x Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them.
Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com
FREE Book - Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide
FREE Book - Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide
Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse (50% off with code MLMerced)

Find all of Alex Merced's blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
15 min
June 11, 2025 Data News: Snowflake/Databricks, Apache Iceberg v3
Alex talking about latest announcements

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18 min
November 05, 2024 BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)
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
2 min
October 29, 2024 Dremio 25.2 - Hybrid Lakehouse Catalog, Unity and Polaris connectors, Dark Mode
Alex Merced discusses the new features released in Dremio version 25.2.

Try Dremio with this Tutorial:
https://drmevn.fyi/youtubelakehouse102924
9 min
August 20, 202421 - The Value Propositions of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform
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:
Intro to Dremio & Iceberg
Free Apache Iceberg Crash Course
12 min
July 09, 2024 FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course
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
3 min
June 18, 2024 20 - Data Sharing in the Dremio Lakehouse
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
7 min

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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.

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