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Comparison of Open Source Apache Kafka vs Vendors including Confluent, Cloudera, Red Hat, Amazon MSK

Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for event streaming. Various vendors added Kafka and related tooling to their offerings…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka and MQTT (Part 2 of 5) – V2X and Connected Vehicles

Apache Kafka and MQTT are a perfect combination for many IoT use cases. This blog series covers the pros and…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka for the Connected World – Vehicles, Factories, Cities, Digital Services

The digital transformation connects the world. People, vehicles, factories, cities, digital services, and other "things" communicate with each other in…

5 years ago

Event Streaming with Kafka as Foundation for a Smart City

A smart city is an urban area that uses different types of electronic Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to collect data…

5 years ago

Omnichannel Retail and Customer 360 in Real Time with Apache Kafka

Event Streaming with Apache Kafka disrupts the retail industry. Walmart's real-time inventory system and Target's omnichannel distribution and logistics are…

5 years ago

Infrastructure Checklist for Apache Kafka at the Edge

This blog post explores an infrastructure checklist to build an open, flexible, and scalable event streaming architecture with Apache Kafka…

5 years ago

Use Cases for Apache Kafka in Retail

This blog post explores use cases, architectures, and real-world deployments of Apache Kafka in edge, hybrid, and global retail deployments…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka in the Financial Services Industry

The rise of event streaming in financial services is growing like crazy. Continuous real-time data integration and processing are mandatory…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka for Smart Grid, Utilities and Energy Production

The energy industry is changing from system-centric to smaller-scale and distributed smart grids and microgrids. These smart grids require a…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka is NOT Hard Real Time BUT Used Everywhere in Automotive and Industrial IoT

Apache Kafka is NOT hard real-time in Industrial IoT or vehicles (such as autonomous cars) but integrates the OT/IT world…

5 years ago