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Top 5 Trends for Data Streaming with Kafka and Flink in 2024

Do you wonder about my predicted TOP 5 data streaming trends with Apache Kafka and Flink in 2024 to set data in motion? Discover new technology trends and best practices for event-driven architectures, including data sharing, data contracts, serverless stream processing, multi-cloud architectures, and GenAI.
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The State of Data Streaming for Healthcare in 2023 with Apache Kafka and Flink
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The State of Data Streaming for Healthcare with Apache Kafka and Flink

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the healthcare industry powered by Apache Kafka and Apache Flink. IT modernization and innovation with pioneering technologies like sensors, telemedicine, or AI/machine learning are explored. I look at enterprise architectures and customer stories from Humana, Recursion, BHG (former Bankers Healthcare Group), and more. A complete slide deck and on-demand video recording are included.
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Apache Kafka + Vector Database + LLM = Real-Time GenAI

Generative AI (GenAI) enables advanced AI use cases and innovation but also changes how the enterprise architecture looks like. Large Language Models (LLM), Vector Databases, and Retrieval Augmentation Generation (RAG) require new data integration patterns. Data streaming with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink processes incoming data sets in real-time at scale, connects various platforms, and enables decoupled data products.
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The State of Data Streaming for Digital Natives in 2023
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The State of Data Streaming for Digital Natives in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming in 2023 for digital natives born in the cloud. Data streaming allows integrating and correlating data in real-time at any scale to improve the most innovative applications leveraging Apache Kafka. I explore how data streaming helps as a business enabler, including customer stories from New Relic, Wix, Expedia, Apna, Grab, and more. A complete slide deck and on-demand video recording are included.
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Python Kafka Quix Streams and Flink for Open Source Stream Processing
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Quix Streams – Stream Processing with Kafka and Python

Over 100,000 organizations use Apache Kafka for data streaming. However, there is a problem: The broad ecosystem lacks a mature client framework and managed cloud service for Python data engineers. Quix Streams is a new technology on the market trying to close this gap. This blog post discusses this Python library, its place in the Kafka ecosystem, and when to use it instead of Apache Flink or other Python- or SQL-based substitutes.
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The State of Data Streaming for Retail in 2023
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The State of Data Streaming for Retail

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the retail industry with omnichannel customer experiences, hybrid shopping models, and hyper-personalized recommendations. Data streaming allows integrating and correlating data in real time at any scale. I explore customer stories from Walmart, Albertsons, Otto, AO.com, and more, including a slide deck and on-demand video recording.
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Data Streaming is not a Race it is a Journey
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Data Streaming is not a Race, it is a Journey!

Data Streaming is not a race, it is a journey! Event-driven architectures and technologies like Apache Kafka or Apache Flink require a mind shift in architecting, developing, deploying, and monitoring applications. This blog post explores success stories from data streaming journeys across industries, including banking, retail, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, energy & utilities, and software companies.
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Apache Kafka and Apache Flink for Open Source and Cloud-native Data Streaming
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Apache Kafka (including Kafka Streams) + Apache Flink = Match Made in Heaven

Apache Kafka and Apache Flink are increasingly joining forces to build innovative real-time stream processing applications. This blog post explores the benefits of combining both open-source frameworks, shows unique differentiators of Flink versus Kafka, and discusses when to use a Kafka-native streaming engine like Kafka Streams instead of Flink.
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Data Streaming Landscape 2023 with Apache Kafka Flink and much more
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The Data Streaming Landscape 2023

Data streaming is a new software category to process data in motion. Apache Kafka is the de facto standard used by over 100,000 organizations. Plenty of vendors offer Kafka platforms and cloud services. Many complementary stream processing engines like Apache Flink and SaaS offerings have emerged. And competitive technologies like Pulsar and Redpanda try to get market share. This blog post explores the data streaming landscape of 2023 to summarize existing solutions and market trends.
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