Episodes

  • The Dremio Agentic Lakehouse - AI, Apache Iceberg, and more
    Dec 5 2025

    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.


    Try Dremio Free for 30 days at: https://www.dremio.com/get-started

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    12 mins
  • Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
    Oct 17 2025

    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

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    30 mins
  • Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
    Sep 26 2025

    Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space.
    Buy Alex Merced's latest book "Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse" use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount.
    https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse
    Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com

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    8 mins
  • Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
    Sep 5 2025

    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

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    15 mins
  • Data News: Snowflake/Databricks, Apache Iceberg v3
    Jun 11 2025

    Alex talking about latest announcements


    Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data

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    18 mins
  • BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)
    Nov 5 2024

    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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    2 mins
  • Dremio 25.2 - Hybrid Lakehouse Catalog, Unity and Polaris connectors, Dark Mode
    Oct 29 2024

    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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    8 mins
  • 21 - The Value Propositions of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform
    Aug 20 2024

    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


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    12 mins