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Data Streaming with Apache Kafka and Flink in Healthcare and Manufacturing at Siemens Healthineers

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How Siemens Healthineers Leverages Data Streaming with Apache Kafka and Flink in Manufacturing and Healthcare

ByKai Waehner
17. December 2024
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Siemens Healthineers, a global leader in medical technology, delivers solutions that improve patient outcomes and empower healthcare professionals. A significant aspect of their technological prowess lies in their use of data streaming to unlock real-time insights and optimize processes. This blog post delves into how Siemens Healthineers uses data streaming with Apache Kafka and Flink, their cloud-focused technology stack, and the use cases that drive tangible business value, such as real-time logistics, robotics, SAP ERP integration, AI/ML, and more.

Apache Kafka for Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance in Industrial IoT

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Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance with Apache Kafka

ByKai Waehner
25. October 2021
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The manufacturing industry is moving away from just selling machinery, devices, and other hardware. Software and services increase revenue and margins. Equipment-as-a-Service (EaaS) even outsources the maintenance to the vendor. This paradigm shift is only possible with reliable and scalable real-time data processing leveraging an event streaming platform such as Apache Kafka. This post explores how Kafka-native Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance help with this innovation.