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Automotive and Manufacturing Landscape for Apache Kafka

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Apache Kafka Landscape for Automotive and Manufacturing

ByKai Waehner
12. January 2022
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Apache Kafka is the central nervous system of many applications in various areas related to the automotive and manufacturing industry for processing analytical and transactional data in motion across edge, hybrid, and multi-cloud deployments. This article explores the event streaming landscape for automotive including connected vehicles, smart manufacturing, supply chain optimization, aftersales, mobility services, and innovative new business models.

Apache Kafka in the Automotive Industry including Car Makers Tier 1 Suppliers Manufacturing Connected Cars Mobility Services Smart City

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Real-World Deployments of Kafka in the Automotive Industry

ByKai Waehner
19. July 2021
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Apache Kafka became the central nervous system of many applications in various different areas related to the automotive industry. This blog post explores various real-world deployments across several fields including connected vehicles, smart manufacturing, and innovative mobility services. Examples include car makers such as Audi, BMW, Porsche, and Tesla, plus a few mobility services such as Uber, Lyft, and Here Technologies.

MQTT and Kafka for Mobility Services, Transportation and Cloud Native Microservices

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Apache Kafka and MQTT (Part 4 of 5) – Mobility Services and Transportation

ByKai Waehner
25. March 2021
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Apache Kafka and MQTT are a perfect combination for many IoT use cases. This blog series covers the pros and cons of both technologies. Various use cases across industries, including connected vehicles, manufacturing, mobility services, and smart city are explored. The examples use different architectures, including lightweight edge scenarios, hybrid integrations, and serverless cloud solutions. This post is part four: Mobility Services and Transportation.