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What is Microsoft Fabric for Azure Cloud (Beyond the Buzz) and how it Competes with Snowflake and Databricks

If you ask your favorite large language model, Microsoft Fabric appears to be the ultimate solution for any data challenge…

1 month ago

Deployment Options for Apache Kafka: Self-Managed, Fully-Managed / Serverless and BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)

BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) is an emerging deployment model for organizations looking to maintain greater control over their cloud…

2 months ago

Hello, K.AI – How I Trained a Chatbot of Myself Without Coding Evaluating OpenAI Custom GPT, Chatbase, Botsonic, LiveChatAI

Generative AI (GenAI) enables many new use cases for enterprises and private citizens. While I work on real-time enterprise scale…

5 months ago

Snowflake Data Integration Options for Apache Kafka (including Iceberg)

The integration between Apache Kafka and Snowflake is often cumbersome. Options include near real-time ingestion with a Kafka Connect connector,…

7 months ago

The State of Data Streaming for Gaming

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the gaming industry, including customer stories from Kakao Games, Mobile…

1 year ago

When NOT to choose Amazon MSK Serverless for Apache Kafka?

Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for data streaming. Various cloud offerings emerged and improved in the last years.…

2 years ago

Comparison of Open Source Apache Kafka vs Vendors including Confluent, Cloudera, Red Hat, Amazon MSK

Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for event streaming. Various vendors added Kafka and related tooling to their offerings…

4 years ago

Apache Kafka in Gaming (Games Industry, Bookmaker, Betting, Gambling, Video Streaming)

This blog post explores how event streaming with Apache Kafka provides a scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure to make gamers…

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

Can Apache Kafka Replace a Database?

Can and should Apache Kafka replace a database? How long can and should I store data in Kafka? How can…

5 years ago