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Data Streaming with Apache Kafka and Flink in the Cloud in Healthcare and Pharma at Cardinal Health

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Data Streaming in Healthcare and Pharma: Use Cases and Insights from Cardinal Health

ByKai Waehner
28. November 2024

This blog delves into Cardinal Health’s journey, exploring how its event-driven architecture and data streaming power use cases like supply chain optimization, and medical device and equipment management. By integrating Apache Kafka with platforms like Apigee, Dell Boomi and SAP, Cardinal Health sets a benchmark for IT modernization and innovation in the healthcare and pharma sectors.

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GenAI Demo with Kafka, Flink, LangChain and OpenAI

ByKai Waehner
29. January 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) enables automation and innovation across industries. This blog post explores a simple but powerful architecture and demo for the combination of Python, and LangChain with OpenAI LLM, Apache Kafka for event streaming and data integration, and Apache Flink for stream processing. The use case shows how data streaming and GenAI help to correlate data from Salesforce CRM, searching for lead information in public datasets like Google and LinkedIn, and recommending ice-breaker conversations for sales reps.

Is Amazon MSK Serverless for Apache Kafka a Self-Driving Car or just a Car Engine

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When NOT to choose Amazon MSK Serverless for Apache Kafka?

ByKai Waehner
30. August 2022

Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for data streaming. Various cloud offerings emerged and improved in the last years. Amazon MSK Serverless is the latest Kafka product from AWS. This blog post looks at its capabilities to explore how it relates to “the normal” partially managed Amazon MSK, when the serverless version is a good choice, and when other fully-managed cloud services like Confluent Cloud are the better option.