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Use Cases for Apache Kafka in Retail

The retail industry is completely changing these days. Consequently, traditional players have to disrupt their business to stay competitive. New business models, great customer experience, and...

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A Hybrid Streaming Architecture for Smart Retail Stores with Apache Kafka

Event Streaming with Apache Kafka disrupts the retail industry. Walmart’s real-time inventory system and Target’s omnichannel distribution and logistics are two great examples. This blog post explores...

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Omnichannel Retail and Customer 360 in Real Time with Apache Kafka

Event Streaming with Apache Kafka disrupts the retail industry. Walmart’s real-time inventory system and Target’s omnichannel distribution and logistics are two great examples. This blog post explores...

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Apache Kafka for the Connected World – Vehicles, Factories, Cities, Digital...

The digital transformation enables a connected world. People, vehicles, factories, cities, digital services, and other “things” communicate with each other in real-time to provide a safe environment,...

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App Modernization and Hybrid Cloud Architectures with Apache Kafka

Hybrid cloud architectures are the new black for most companies. A cloud-first is obvious for many, but legacy infrastructure must be maintained, integrated, and (maybe) replaced over time. Event...

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Comparison of Open Source Apache Kafka vs Vendors including Confluent,...

Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for event streaming. The open-source community is huge. Various vendors added Kafka and related tooling to their offerings or provide a Kafka cloud service....

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Low Latency Data Streaming with Apache Kafka and Cloud-Native 5G Infrastructure

Many mission-critical use cases require low latency data processing. Running these workloads close to the edge is mandatory if the applications cannot run in the cloud. This blog post explores...

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When to Use Reverse ETL and when it is an Anti-Pattern

Most enterprises store their massive volumes of transactional and analytics data at rest in data warehouses or data lakes. Sales, marketing, and customer success teams require access to these data...

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Apache Kafka Landscape for Automotive and Manufacturing

Before the Covid pandemic, I had the pleasure of visiting “Motor City” Detroit in November 2019. I met with several automotive companies, suppliers, startups, and cloud providers to discuss use cases...

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Kafka for Real-Time Replication between Edge and Hybrid Cloud

Not all workloads should go to the cloud! Low latency, cybersecurity, and cost-efficiency require a suitable combination of edge computing and cloud integration. This blog post explores architectures...

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Cloud-native Core Banking Modernization with Apache Kafka

Most financial service institutions operate their core banking platform on legacy mainframe technologies. The monolithic, proprietary, inflexible architecture creates many challenges for innovation and...

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Top 5 Data Streaming Trends for 2023

Data Streaming is one of the most relevant buzzwords in tech to build scalable real-time applications in the cloud and innovative business models. Do you wonder about my predicted TOP 5 data streaming...

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The Data Streaming Landscape 2023

Data streaming is a new software category to process data in motion. Apache Kafka is the de facto standard used by over 100,000 organizations. Plenty of vendors offer Kafka platforms and cloud...

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Data Streaming is not a Race, it is a Journey!

Data Streaming is not a race, it is a Journey! Event-driven architectures and technologies like Apache Kafka or Apache Flink require a mind shift in architecting, developing, deploying, and monitoring...

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The State of Data Streaming for Retail in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the retail industry in 2023. The evolution of omnichannel customer experiences, hybrid shopping models, and hyper-personalized recommendations...

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The State of Data Streaming for Digital Natives in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming in 2023 for digital natives born in the cloud. The evolution of digital services and new business models requires real-time end-to-end visibility,...

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The State of Data Streaming for Energy & Utilities in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the energy and utilities industry in 2023. The evolution of utility infrastructure, energy distribution, customer services, and new business...

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The State of Data Streaming for Insurance in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the insurance industry in 2023. The evolution of claim processing, customer service, telematics, and new business models requires real-time...

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The State of Data Streaming for Gaming in 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the gaming industry in 2023. The evolution of casual and online games, Esports, social platforms, gambling, and new business models require a...

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ARM CPU for Cost-Effective Apache Kafka at the Edge and Cloud

ARM CPUs often outperform x86 CPUs in scenarios requiring high energy efficiency and lower power consumption. These characteristics make ARM preferred for edge and cloud environments. This blog post...

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