July 2024 Summaries

Onehouse has successfully obtained the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification, a significant milestone that highlights its commitment to data security and its ability to serve organizations handling sensitive customer information. This certification, conducted by Accorian, is crucial for companies that manage personal and financial data, as it helps mitigate the risks of data breaches and fraud. The PCI certification is part of Onehouse's comprehensive security strategy, which also includes secure data storage architecture, data isolation, strict role-based access control, and previous attainment of the SOC 2 Type II certification. These measures collectively ensure that Onehouse's data management practices adhere to the highest security standards, allowing users to manage their data securely without compromising privacy.

Apache XTable, formerly known as OneTable, is now an incubating open-source project at the Apache Software Foundation, aiming to provide omni-directional interoperability across existing data lakehouse formats such as Hudi, Delta Lake, and Iceberg. Announced at the Open Source Data Summit 2023, XTable enables interoperability between different data formats, facilitating seamless data movement and processing without vendor lock-in. Tim Brown from Onehouse, Ashwin Agrawal from Microsoft, and Anoop Johnson from Google discussed the benefits of XTable for projects like Microsoft Fabric and Google's BigLake, highlighting its ability to unify data lakes and warehouses, allowing data to be stored once and queried everywhere, thus streamlining data operations across platforms. The project is focused on improving performance and expanding its compatibility with other data formats and engines, with ongoing developments and contributions welcomed from the community.