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SaaS vs PaaS Cloud Service for Data Streaming with Apache Kafka and Flink

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Fully Managed (SaaS) vs. Partially Managed (PaaS) Cloud Services for Data Streaming with Kafka and Flink

ByKai Waehner
18. January 2025

The cloud revolution has reshaped how businesses deploy and manage data streaming with solutions like Apache Kafka and Flink. Distinctions between SaaS and PaaS models significantly impact scalability, cost, and operational complexity. Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) expands the options, giving businesses greater flexibility in cloud deployment. Misconceptions around terms like “serverless” highlight the need for deeper analysis to avoid marketing pitfalls. This blog explores deployment options, enabling informed decisions tailored to your data streaming needs.

ByKai Waehner
20. October 2016

Build intelligent Microservices by applying Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics. Leverage Apache Hadoop / Spark with Visual Analytics and Stream Processing.

ByKai Waehner
14. September 2016

This blog explains the different components of a hybrid integration architecture, their deployment models, when to use them, and their target audience. Afterward, each section shows how TIBCO’s Hybrid Integration Platform maps to this.

ByKai Waehner
5. August 2016

This article shows the different components available for a Hybrid Integration Architecture. The goal is not to discuss different vendor offerings but to explain different concepts and benefits of each component in general and how they relate to each other. Including concepts such as Hybrid Integration Platform (HIP), Cloud-Native Middleware, PaaS, Docker, iPaaS, iSaaS, API Management, and others.

ByKai Waehner
2. June 2016

This article discusses how relevant microservices, containers and a cloud-native architecture is for middleware. It is unbelievable how fast enterprises of all sizes are moving forward with these topics!

ByKai Waehner
22. April 2016

This article discusses my talk at JPoint in Moscow about: “Microservices, Containers, Docker and a Cloud-Native Architecture in the Middleware World”.

ByKai Waehner
6. April 2016

Differentiators of TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6 (BW6) and BusinessWorks Container Edition (BW CE).

Cloud

ByKai Waehner
15. October 2011

“Cloud Computing Architected – Solution Design Handbook” by John Rhoton and Risto Haukioja was published by Recursive Press in May 2011. This book is a great addition to other books about cloud computing.

ByKai Waehner
12. August 2011

Spring Roo is a tool to offer rapid application development on the Java platform. It supports two solutions for Cloud Computing at the moment: Google App Engine (GAE) and VMware Cloud Foundry. Both provide the Platform as a Service (PaaS) concept. This article will discuss the Cloud Foundry support of Spring Roo. GAE was discussed in part 1 of this article series (https://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2011/07/18/rapid-cloud-development-with-spring-roo-%E2%80%93-part-1-google-app-engine-gae).

ByKai Waehner
18. July 2011

Spring Roo is a tool to offer rapid application development on the Java platform. I already explained when to use it: https://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2011/04/05/when-to-use-spring-roo. Spring Roo supports two solutions for Cloud Computing at the moment: Google App Engine (GAE) and VMware Cloud Foundry. Both provide the Platform as a Service (PaaS) concept. This article will discuss the GAE support of Spring Roo. Cloud Foundry will be analyzed in part 2 of this article series.

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