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The Ultimate Data Streaming Guide - Book and Industry Editions Manufacturing Automotive Financial Services Telecom Media Digital Natives

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The Ultimate Data Streaming Guide is Back – Second Edition of the Book and Industry Editions Now Available

ByKai Waehner
4. February 2026

The second edition of The Ultimate Data Streaming Guide is now available as a free eBook. It includes over 70 use cases, over 20 customer stories, a detailed use case / customer matrix, and a stronger focus on AI topics like GenAI and Agentic AI. The book shows how organizations use Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and the Confluent Data Streaming Platform to build real-time solutions with business impact. New Industry Editions are also available for Financial Services, Manufacturing and Automotive, Telecom and Media, and Digital Natives.

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The State of Data Streaming for Digital Natives in 2023

ByKai Waehner
18. July 2023

This blog post explores the state of data streaming in 2023 for digital natives born in the cloud. Data streaming allows integrating and correlating data in real-time at any scale to improve the most innovative applications leveraging Apache Kafka. I explore how data streaming helps as a business enabler, including customer stories from New Relic, Wix, Expedia, Apna, Grab, and more. A complete slide deck and on-demand video recording are included.