Definition
A lakehouse architecture combines data-lake storage with warehouse-like governance and SQL performance. databricks popularized the term; migrations from proprietary warehouses are a major enterprise workload.
Key Points
- 2026-07: Databricks genie-code agentic converter targets proprietary SQL → ANSI SQL for lakehouse migrations (2026-07-30-databricks-agentic-sql-converter-beta)
- Competitive migration tools: Snowflake SnowConvert, Google Gemini DMS