Updates are available Erratum dated 2025-12-09

Article History

Received: 19 July 2025

Accepted: 8 September 2025

First Online: 18 November 2025

Change Date: 27 November 2025

Change Type: Update

Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised:

Change Details: The following corrections have been implemented in Chapter 7 of the document:

Change Details: Revision of Main Heading

Change Details: The original heading “7 The Future of the Cloud and the Future of Cloud Databases” has been removed.

Change Details: The chapter now carries the heading: “7 The Fine Art of Work Skipping (Ismail Oukid, Berni Schiefer)”.

Change Details: The previous subheading “7.1 The Fine Art of Work Skipping (Ismail Oukid, Berni Schiefer)” has been eliminated.

Change Details: Renumbering of Subsections

Change Details: The subsections have been renumbered as follows: 7.1.1 is now 7.1. 7.1.2 is now 7.2.

Change Details: Addition of a New Subsection: Conclusion

Change Details: A new subsection has been appended at the end of the chapter under the heading: “7.3 Conclusion”, containing the following text:

Change Details: We have demonstrated that work skipping is paramount for high performance in cloud-based systems and that high-quality metadata is its backbone. We also showed that there are further substantial innovation opportunities in both data pruning and result reuse.

Change Details: Snowflake unifies its core components under format-agnostic APIs, ensuring that most features and performance enhancements, including work-skipping techniques, are compatible with cite{iceberg}. In fact, we argue that Apache Iceberg is leveling the field, allowing academic researchers and industry practitioners to tackle performance challenges under the same architectural assumptions.

Change Details: The original article has been corrected.

Change Date: 9 December 2025

Change Type: Erratum

Change Details: An Erratum to this paper has been published:

Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13222-025-00522-8