Join Senior Technical Evangelist for Dremio, Alex Merced, as he explores one of the most critical frontiers in the lakehouse ecosystem: catalogs. As the industry embraces the lakehouse paradigm and the variety of table formats like Iceberg, Hudi, and Delta, the next key challenge is understanding the role of lakehouse catalogs. These catalogs govern and track your lakehouse assets, providing essential metadata and ensuring smooth management across different computing engines. In this talk, Alex will demystify leading catalog solutions such as Apache Polaris (incubating), Nessie, Unity Catalog, Gravitino, Dremio Catalog, and AWS Glue, and guide you through navigating this evolving landscape to effectively manage your lakehouse.