The 2026 Unified Data Architecture: Reconciling Multi-Cloud Data Lakehouses
May 28, 2026Multi-cloud data lakehouses in 2026 run on Apache Iceberg, open catalogs, and zero-ETL federation. Here's what a composable, unified architecture looks like.
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