Middleware

Data Integration Landscape 2026: Event Streaming, API, and Batch in the Era of Agentic AI

The Data Integration Landscape 2026 maps every major vendor across three communication paradigms: request-response, event-driven, and batch. Event streaming has…

4 weeks 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…

10 months ago

Modernizing OT Middleware: The Shift to Open Industrial IoT Architectures with Data Streaming

Legacy OT middleware is struggling to keep up with real-time, scalable, and cloud-native demands. As industries shift toward event-driven architectures,…

1 year ago

Industrial IoT Middleware for Edge and Cloud OT/IT Bridge powered by Apache Kafka and Flink

As industries continue to adopt digital transformation, the convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) has become essential.…

2 years ago

The Past, Present and Future of Stream Processing

Stream processing has existed for decades. The adoption grows with open source frameworks like Apache Kafka and Flink in combination…

2 years ago

How Lufthansa uses Apache Kafka for Middleware and Analytics

Aviation and travel are notoriously vulnerable to social, economic, and political events, as well as the ever-changing expectations of consumers.…

3 years ago

Apache Kafka as Data Hub for Crypto, DeFi, NFT, Metaverse – Beyond the Buzz

Decentralized finance with crypto and NFTs is a huge topic these days. It becomes a powerful combination with the coming…

4 years ago

When to use Apache Camel vs. Apache Kafka?

Should I use Apache Camel or Apache Kafka for my next integration project? The question is very valid and comes…

5 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…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka in the Public Sector – Part 3: Government and Citizen Services

The public sector includes many different areas. Some groups leverage cutting-edge technology, like military leverage. Others like the public administration…

5 years ago