Data Streaming

How Stablecoins Use Blockchain and Data Streaming to Power Digital Money

Stablecoins are reshaping digital money by linking traditional finance with blockchain technology. Built for stability and speed, they enable real…

2 weeks ago

Cybersecurity with a Digital Twin: Why Real-Time Data Streaming Matters

Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and manufacturing are growing, with ransomware and manipulated sensor data creating severe risks. Digital twins combined…

3 weeks ago

How Siemens, SAP, and Confluent Shape the Future of AI Ready Integration – Highlights from the Rojo Event in Amsterdam

Many enterprises want to become AI ready but are limited by slow, batch based integration platforms that prevent real time…

1 month ago

Scaling Kafka Consumers: Proxy vs. Client Library for High-Throughput Architectures

Apache Kafka’s pull-based model and decoupled architecture offer unmatched flexibility for event-driven systems. But as data volumes and consumer applications…

1 month ago

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

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

2 months ago

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

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

2 months ago

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

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

2 months ago

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

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

2 months ago

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

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

3 months ago

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

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

3 months ago