API Management

Request-Response with REST/HTTP vs. Data Streaming with Apache Kafka – Friends, Enemies, Frenemies?

Request-response communication with REST / HTTP is simple, well understood, and supported by most technologies, products, and SaaS cloud services.…

2 years ago

When to use Request-Response with Apache Kafka?

How can I do request-response communication with Apache Kafka? That's one of the most common questions I get regularly. This…

2 years ago

Streaming Data Exchange with Kafka and a Data Mesh in Motion

Data Mesh is a new architecture paradigm that gets a lot of buzzes these days. This blog post looks into…

2 years ago

Is Apache Kafka an iPaaS or is Event Streaming its own Software Category?

This post explores why Apache Kafka is the new black for integration projects, how Kafka fits into the discussion around…

3 years ago

Apache Kafka and API Management / API Gateway – Friends, Enemies or Frenemies?

Event Streaming with Apache Kafka and API Management / API Gateway solutions (Apigee, Mulesoft Anypoint, Kong, TIBCO Mashery, etc.) are…

4 years ago

Why I Move (Back) to Open Source for Messaging, Integration and Stream Processing

After three great years at TIBCO Software, I move back to open source and join Confluent, the company behind the…

7 years ago

Agile Cloud-to-Cloud Integration with iPaaS, API Management and Blockchain

Agile Cloud-to-Cloud Integration with iPaaS, API Management and Blockchain. Scenario use case using IBM's open source Hyperledger Fabric on BlueMix,…

7 years ago

Cloud Native Middleware Microservices – 10 Lessons Learned (O’Reilly Software Architecture 2017, New York)

I want to share my slide deck and video recordings from the talk "10 Lessons Learned from Building Cloud Native…

7 years ago

Case Study: From a Monolith to Cloud, Containers, Microservices

Case Study: How to Move from a (Middleware) Monolith to Cloud, Containers and Microservices leveraging Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Consul,…

7 years ago

Comparison of Open Source IoT Integration Frameworks

Comparison of Open Source IoT Integration Frameworks such as Eclipse Kura (+ Apache Camel), Node-RED, Flogo, Apache Nifi, StreamSets, and…

8 years ago