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Agent Gateway Control Matrix: What A2A and MCP Gateways Enforce Before an Agent Touches Lakehouse Data

Agent Gateway Control Matrix: What A2A and MCP Gateways Enforce Before an Agent Touches Lakehouse Data

SAP Agent Gateway, agentgateway 1.7.0 and Databricks MCP servers compared on six controls, with checks you can run against any endpoint.

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The Iceberg Catalog Federation Map, November 2026: Which Platforms Read and Write Whose Catalog

The Iceberg Catalog Federation Map, November 2026: Which Platforms Read and Write Whose Catalog

Which platforms read and write whose Iceberg catalog in November 2026, with auth method, write support, release stage and a dated source per edge.

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Iceberg v4's _last_updated_time Column: "Rows Changed Since T" Without Rewriting Manifests

Iceberg v4's _last_updated_time Column: "Rows Changed Since T" Without Rewriting Manifests

Iceberg v4's _last_updated_time column records when each row last changed, inherited from the snapshot timestamp with no manifest rewrite.

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Should Iceberg v4 Stop Writing ORC and Avro Data Files? The Feature-Gap Case and the Read Path That Stays

Should Iceberg v4 Stop Writing ORC and Avro Data Files? The Feature-Gap Case and the Read Path That Stays

Iceberg v4 may stop writing ORC and Avro data files while keeping existing files readable, plus how to audit an estate and plan a migration.

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