Natural Intelligence successfully migrated its legacy data lake from Apache Hive to Apache Iceberg, overcoming significant technical and organizational challenges. The migration utilized a hybrid approach that combined in-place and rewrite-based methods, ensuring minimal disruption and enabling gradual adoption while maintaining operational continuity. Key strategies included continuous schema synchronization and a custom change data capture process to keep data consistent across both systems.

Modern data architectures are evolving with Lakehouses combining the affordability of Data Lakes and the performance of Data Warehouses. Technologies like Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake are leading this shift, enabling teams to manage data efficiently while minimizing costs. The emergence of new systems like DuckLake further enhances the capabilities of Lakehouses, making them an attractive option for various data workloads.