Square, SumUp, Shopify: Real-Time Point-of-Sale (POS) in the Age of Data Streaming

8 months ago

Point-of-Sale systems are evolving into real-time, connected platforms that go far beyond payments. Mobile solutions from Square, SumUp, and Shopify…

Online Feature Store for AI and Machine Learning with Apache Kafka and Flink

8 months ago

Real-time personalization requires more than just smart models. It demands fresh data, fast processing, and scalable infrastructure. This blog post…

How Data Streaming Powers AI and Autonomous Networks in Telecom – Insights from TM Forum Innovate Americas

8 months ago

AI and autonomous networks took center stage at TM Forum Innovate Americas 2025 in Dallas. Leaders from AT&T, Verizon, and…

Telecom OSS Modernization with Data Streaming: From Legacy Burden to Cloud-Native Agility

8 months ago

OSS is critical for service delivery in telecom, yet legacy platforms have become rigid and costly. They slow innovation just…

In-Place Kafka Cluster Upgrades from ZooKeeper to KRaft are Not Possible with Amazon MSK

8 months ago

The Apache Kafka community introduced KIP-500 to remove ZooKeeper and replace it with KRaft, a new built-in consensus layer. This…

Streaming the Automotive Future: Real-Time Infrastructure for Vehicle Data

9 months ago

Connected vehicles are transforming the automotive industry into a software-driven, data-centric ecosystem. While APIs provide access to critical vehicle data,…

How Global Payment Processors like Stripe and PayPal Use Data Streaming to Scale

9 months ago

This blog post explores how leading payment processors like Stripe, PayPal, Payoneer, and Worldline are leveraging data streaming with Apache…

The Future of Data Streaming with Apache Flink for Agentic AI

9 months ago

Agentic AI is moving into production. Autonomous, tool-using, goal-driven systems that need real-time data and context. Apache Kafka and Flink…

The Rise of Diskless Kafka: Rethinking Brokers, Storage, and the Kafka Protocol

9 months ago

Apache Kafka has evolved from a data lake pipeline into the backbone of real-time transactional systems. The shift from broker-based…

Multi-Region Kafka using Synchronous Replication for Disaster Recovery with Zero Data Loss (RPO=0)

9 months ago

Apache Kafka is the backbone of real-time data streaming. Choosing the right deployment model - self-managed, fully managed, or bring-your-own-cloud…