Why Iceberg Adoption Fails and How to Fix It
In this webinar, we will walk through the most common pitfalls teams face when adopting Iceberg, explain why these challenges occur, and share practical strategies to overcome them. From catalog stability to production-grade CDC pipelines, from hybrid delete strategies to compaction, you will learn what it takes to make Iceberg work in production.
Yingjun Wu, Viktor Kessler
OCT 16, 2025
Details
Apache Iceberg promises an open table format that frees you from vendor lock-in and makes data truly shareable. Yet many teams that run a proof of concept encounter roadblocks and walk away. The reasons vary: too many moving parts, unreliable catalog services, gaps in feature support, lack of equality deletes, and more.
In this webinar, we will walk through the most common pitfalls teams face when adopting Iceberg, explain why these challenges occur, and share practical strategies to overcome them. From catalog stability to production-grade CDC pipelines, from hybrid delete strategies to compaction, you will learn what it takes to make Iceberg work in production.
Speakers:
Yingjun Wu -- Founder and CEO at RisingWave
Viktor Kessler -- Co-founder at Vakamo
Yingjun Wu -- Founder and CEO at RisingWave
Viktor Kessler -- Co-founder at Vakamo
