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MQTT Market Trends for 2024: Cloud, Unified Namespace, Sparkplug, Kafka Integration

The lightweight and open IoT messaging protocol MQTT gets adopted more widely across industries. This blog post explores relevant market…

12 months 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

Apache Kafka is NOT Hard Real Time BUT Used Everywhere in Automotive and Industrial IoT

Apache Kafka is NOT hard real-time in Industrial IoT or vehicles (such as autonomous cars) but integrates the OT/IT world…

4 years ago

Apache Kafka in Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (also known as Industry 4.0) is the ongoing automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices, using…

4 years ago

IoT Architectures for Digital Twin with Apache Kafka

A digital twin is a virtual representation of something else. This can be a physical thing, process or service. This…

5 years ago

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.…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka, KSQL and Apache PLC4X for IIoT Data Integration and Processing

Data integration and processing in Industrial IoT (IIoT, aka Industry 4.0 or Automation Industry). Apache Kafka, its ecosystem (Kafka Connect,…

5 years ago