Enterprise Architecture

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

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

13 hours ago

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

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

3 days ago

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

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

2 weeks ago

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

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

2 weeks ago

Enterprise Agentic AI Landscape 2026: Trust, Flexibility, and Vendor Lock-in

The Enterprise Agentic AI Landscape 2026 maps every major AI vendor across two dimensions that matter most: how much you…

3 months ago

Kafka Proxy Demystified: Use Cases, Benefits, and Trade-offs

A Kafka proxy adds centralized security and governance for Apache Kafka. Solutions like Kroxylicious, Conduktor, and Confluent enable encryption, access…

8 months ago

How Siemens, SAP, and Confluent Shape the Future of AI Ready Integration – Highlights from the Rojo Event in Amsterdam

Many enterprises want to become AI ready but are limited by slow, batch based integration platforms that prevent real time…

9 months ago

The State of Data Streaming for Healthcare with Apache Kafka and Flink

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the healthcare industry powered by Apache Kafka and Apache Flink.…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

The Heart of the Data Mesh Beats Real-Time with Apache Kafka

If there were a buzzword of the hour, it would undoubtedly be "data mesh"! This new architectural paradigm unlocks analytic…

4 years ago