Can Apache Kafka Replace a Database?
Kai Waehner
Can and should Apache Kafka replace a database? How long can and should I store data in Kafka?…
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Event Streaming and Apache Kafka in Telco Industry
Event Streaming is a hot topic in Telco Industry. In the last few months, I have seen various…
Apache Kafka is the New Black at the Edge in Industrial IoT, Logistics and Retailing
The following question comes up almost every week in conversations with customers: Can and should I deploy Apache…
Apache Kafka as Digital Twin for Open, Scalable, Reliable Industrial IoT (IIoT)
This blog post discusses the benefits of a Digital Twin in Industrial IoT (IIoT) and its relation to…
Apache Kafka in the Automotive Industry
In November 2019, I had the pleasure to visit “Motor City” Detroit. I met with several automotive companies,…
Service Mesh and Cloud-Native Microservices with Apache Kafka, Kubernetes and Envoy, Istio, Linkerd
This blog post takes a look at cutting edge technologies like Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Envoy, Linkerd and Istio to implement a cloud-native service mesh for a scalable, robust and observable microservice architecture.
Apache Kafka and Machine Learning for Real Time Supply Chain Optimization in IIoT
Apache Kafka and Machine Learning for Real Time Supply Chain Optimization: Integrate in real time with the legacy world and proprietary IIoT protocols (like Siemens S7, Modbus, Beckhoff ADS, OPC-UA, et al). You can process the data at scale and then ingest it into a modern database or analytic / machine learning framework.
IoT Integration with Kafka Connect, REST / HTTP, MQTT, OPC-UA – Lightboard Video
I just want to share my lightboard video recording. I talk about IoT integration and processing with Apache…
Apache Kafka vs. Middleware (MQ, ETL, ESB) – Slides + Video
This post shares a slide deck and video recording of the differences between an event-driven streaming platform like Apache Kafka and middleware like Message Queues (MQ), Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
Apache Kafka + KSQL + TensorFlow for Data Scientists via Python + Jupyter Notebook
Streaming Processing with Apache Kafka and KSQL for Data Scientists via Python and Jupyter Notebooks to build analytic models with TensorFlow and Keras.
