4 posts tagged “Apache Iceberg”
A six-part series on IBM's own answer to the MAS 9 native-analytics ceiling: watsonx.data's open Iceberg lakehouse, fit-for-purpose query engines, MIF/Kafka extraction, medallion architecture, watsonx.ai and RAG, closed-loop write-back, and an honest head-to-head with Databricks.
Surendra KattaJul 19, 2026Part 0 of 6
MAS 9 native analytics has a real ceiling. This post names it, then makes the honest IBM-native case for watsonx.data — open Apache Iceberg, fit-for-purpose engines, and a bridge to watsonx.ai your MAS AI Service license already opened.
Surendra Katta
How Apache Iceberg's ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time-travel snapshots map onto a Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion for Maximo EAM data — with the full Db2 CREATE DATALAKE TABLE syntax, named conformed entities, and the registration mechanics that keep it all in sync.
Surendra Katta
The series finale: a caveated head-to-head — Iceberg vs. Delta, Presto C++/Velox vs. Photon, IBM Knowledge Catalog vs. Unity Catalog, Milvus/OpenRAG vs. Databricks vector search — plus how IKC and Apache Ranger govern Maximo-derived data, LABTRANS PII masking, and watsonx.governance lineage.
Surendra Katta