Why I Joined Kestra: Enterprise Workflow Orchestration for the Agentic AI Era

2 days ago
Kai Waehner

Enterprises run separate tools for IT scheduling, data pipelines, business processes, and infrastructure. None talk to each other. Modernization and…

My Confluent Chapter: From Apache Kafka Startup to $11 Billion IBM Acquisition

7 days ago

Nine years at Confluent: from a Silicon Valley startup with 100 people to an $11 billion IBM acquisition. A personal…

YAML vs XML vs JSON: History, Trade-offs, and Where Each Wins in the Age of Agentic AI

1 week ago

XML, JSON, and YAML were built for different jobs in different eras. This post covers where each came from, how…

Why Databricks and Snowflake Speak the Kafka Protocol: Ingestion vs. Architecture

2 weeks ago

Databricks and Snowflake now speak the Kafka protocol. But using the Kafka API to feed a lakehouse is very different…

Choosing an ERP for Manufacturing: How AI Is Reshaping the Vendor Landscape

3 weeks ago

ERP vendor selection for manufacturing is not a product decision. It is a strategic bet on fit, total cost, and…

Process Intelligence Explained: Mining, Orchestration, and the Decision Gate

3 weeks ago

Process intelligence is not a single tool. It combines process mining, process orchestration, and a decision gate into one architecture…

ERP Migration to SAP S/4HANA and Beyond: Lessons Learned from German Manufacturing

1 month ago

ERP modernization fails when the technology leads and the process work follows. Three German manufacturers ran their migrations differently, on…

Beyond Enterprise Data Lineage: The Case for a Platform-Independent Data Catalog

2 months ago

Most organizations start their data governance journey by asking how to track where data comes from and where it goes.…

Data Ownership in the Age of Agentic AI: Why SAP’s API Policy Forces a Data Integration Reckoning for Every Enterprise

2 months ago

Every enterprise is being told to go agentic. Meanwhile, the platforms holding your most critical business data are tightening control…

Flink CEP and Agentic AI: Real-Time Pattern Detection as the Foundation for Autonomous Decisions

2 months ago

AI agents fail in production when they are connected directly to raw event streams. Flink CEP is the missing layer…