In this contributed article, Tom Scott, CEO of Streambased, outlines the path event streaming systems have taken to arrive at the point where they must adopt analytical use cases and looks at some possible futures in this area.
Developing a Deeper Understanding of Apache Kafka Architecture Part 2: Write and Read Scalability
April 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, Paul Brebner, Tech Evangelist at Instaclustr provides Part 2 of his two-part series on Apache Kafka. In Par 1 we gained an understanding of the main Kafka components and how Kafka consumers work. Now, we’ll see how these contribute to the ability of Kafka to provide extreme scalability for streaming write and read workloads.
Developing a Deeper Understanding of Apache Kafka Architecture
April 12, 2018 by 4 Comments
In this contributed article, Paul Brebner, Tech Evangelist at Instaclustr provides an understanding of the main Kafka components and how Kafka consumers work. The Apache Kafka distributed streaming platform features an architecture that – ironically, given the name – provides application messaging that is markedly clearer and less Kafkaesque when compared with alternatives.
Arcadia Data Announces Native Visual Analytics on Real-Time Streaming Data
September 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Arcadia Data, provider of the native visual analytics software for big data, announced upcoming support for KSQL, a new technology for continuous, interactive queries on Kafka topics via SQL, which was announced today by Confluent. The integration gives all users advanced visualizations for streaming data use cases, specifically around alerts and time-based data exploration (and drill downs). The integration will be available in Arcadia Enterprise later this year.
End-to-End, SQL-based Streaming Data Platform Simplifies and Speeds Delivery of Kafka-driven Analytics Applications
September 7, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Striim, Inc., provider of a leading end-to-end, real-time data integration and streaming analytics platform, announced that it has launched version 3.7.4 of the Striim™ platform, bolstering its ease of use, connectivity, manageability, and scalability for delivering streaming analytics applications involving Apache Kafka.
Interview: Gwen Shapira, System Architect at Confluent
December 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I recently caught up with Gwen Shapira, System Architect at Confluent, to talk about the market dynamics of new “fast data” technologies and what is driving its rapid adoption across large companies.
A Brief History of Kafka, LinkedIn’s Messaging Platform
April 28, 2016 by 1 Comment
In this contributed article, Joel Koshy, a member of the Kafka team within the Data Infrastructure group at LinkedIn, provides a brief history of the Kafka scalable messaging system.
