microservices

The State of Data Streaming for Telco

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the telco industry. The evolution of telco infrastructure, customer services,…

2 years ago

Apache Kafka for Data Consistency (and Real-Time Data Streaming)

Real-time data beats slow data in almost all use cases. But as essential is data consistency across all systems, including…

2 years ago

The Heart of the Data Mesh Beats Real-Time with Apache Kafka

If there were a buzzword of the hour, it would undoubtedly be "data mesh"! This new architectural paradigm unlocks analytic…

2 years ago

Streaming Data Exchange with Kafka and a Data Mesh in Motion

Data Mesh is a new architecture paradigm that gets a lot of buzzes these days. This blog post looks into…

3 years ago

Apache Kafka for Smart Grid, Utilities and Energy Production

The energy industry is changing from system-centric to smaller-scale and distributed smart grids and microgrids. These smart grids require a…

4 years ago

Top 5 Event Streaming Use Cases for 2021 with Apache Kafka

TOP 5 Event Streaming Architectures and Use Cases for 2021: Edge deployments, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, service mesh-based microservices, streaming…

4 years ago

Kafka and XML Messages – Transformation, Connector, Middleware

XML messages and XML Schema are not very common in the Apache Kafka and Event Streaming world! Why? Many people…

4 years ago

Apache Kafka and API Management / API Gateway – Friends, Enemies or Frenemies?

Event Streaming with Apache Kafka and API Management / API Gateway solutions (Apigee, Mulesoft Anypoint, Kong, TIBCO Mashery, etc.) are…

5 years ago

Mainframe Integration, Offloading and Replacement with Apache Kafka

Time to get more innovative; even with the mainframe! This blog post covers the steps I have seen in projects…

5 years ago